Once viewers start to get an
idea of what exactly is going on, however, they may very well with the conspiracy remained in the shadows, for all the effective jolt scares in the
world can not disguise how utterly
preposterous the film becomes.
Taken as a turgid daydream (the only way to take a film this wilfully
preposterous), Red Dawn's combination
of frustrated sex, patriotic murder, young male bonding, and ditching school makes perfect sense: It's only in this
world, after all, that hiding behind your pickup when an enemy tank is bearing down on you is a damned fine
idea and assured
of success.