The 2012 Red Dawn remake received poor reviews and was criticized as "pointless." Chris Hemsworth stars as Jed Eckert in the remake, leading a group of teens against North Korean invaders.

This remake of Red Dawn is so brain-dead it makes the relentless idiocy of the original look almost thoughtful. The 1984 version featured Patrick Swayze and a bunch of small-town Colorado teens ...

the Point Break remake exists as a series of disjointed ... make sense of the movie's alternate universe. However, despite Red Dawn's difficulties, the film was not a total disaster.