The long-shelved Red Dawn remake finally hits theaters this week, with an exciting focus on action and an uneven story that asks audiences to suspend just a bit too much of their disbelief.

Read on for more about the “Red Dawn” 40th anniversary. Writer Kevin Reynolds ’ original script was called “Ten Soldiers” and was intended to be a small-budget “art” picture.

DETROIT, MI - A remake of the film "Red Dawn," shot in Detroit, has Metro Detroiters talking on social media sites like Twitter and Facebook. News surfaced Sunday night about a premiere event in ...

Four decades ago, a low-budget action movie captured America's Cold War moment. All these years later, does it still hold up?

Maybe it's thematically appropriate for "Red Dawn" to be edited like guerilla warfare. The movie does literally depict such acts. But the camera shakes so wildly and the cuts are so rapid, any ...

But Red Dawn was more about jingoistic patriotism than it was about the Cold War. The Wolverine hatred of an "other," not the Reds specifically, is what drives the original Red Dawn.

I had the chance to see "Red Dawn" about a month ago and have been able to sit back for a while and think about it, which may not have been a good thing.

Notable from the “Red Dawn” script is how troops from Russia, Cuba and Nicaragua came to attempt the bold invasion: In the film’s alternate ’80s timeline, the disbanding of NATO leads to ...

The mastermind behind Red Dawn, John Milius, infused the film with his trademark blend of patriotism and action, crafting a tale of bravery and defiance in the face of overwhelming odds. Sidney ...

A remake of the invasion movie ‘Red Dawn’ — with its villains now digitally modified from Chinese to North Korean — will finally hit American shores next year.

Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson’s ascent of El Capitan’s Dawn Wall has inspired a new film that exposes a drama far more breathtaking than the story that made global headlines. Get the story ...

"Red Dawn" has a lasting legacy not only as a bit of trivia as the first "PG-13" film, but also as a symbol of the outnumbered underdog fighting the good fight.