Guest Blogger: Courtney S1

Red Dawn, attack of the communist North Koreans, came to theaters on November 2nd of 2012. The two main characters of the movie are brothers, who don’t seem to get along so well. The handsome Chris Hemsworth plays the mysterious older brother, “high school football star-turned-Marine”. He’s not the type to give up and bow down. Josh Peck’s character is brave and ruthless. His love for his girlfriend ends up putting himself and the others in danger. One morning they wake up to an attack; they quickly adjust to the situation at hand and fight back. With the help of a few others, they start putting a stop to the North Koreans and form their own little militia, the Wolverines. The themes of the movie seem to be a little cliché. There could be more than one theme, but the one that stood out the most is fight for what you believe in. It’s humorous how the main men in the movie are all well known as their other roles from the actors’ previous works. Why doesn’t Thor get his hammer and destroy everyone? Where is Drake, Josh? Did Peeta really just demand for bread? Those are just a few examples of things that might run through someone’s head during the film. However, they didn’t act like those characters. I think they did I very good job on their performances of their characters. Overall it’s a satisfactory movie. It was given a C by Lisa Schwarzbaum from Entertainment Weekly; I think that’s what I would give it too. I really did enjoy the movie but in truth, there isn’t much to it. It has its good moments and then moments that just don’t make sense. They should have spent a little more time on the screenplay to give it the depth it is lacking. If you’re the type of person who likes light hearted action war films, then you should definitely check it out. If not, then it’s best not to spend your money on it.