Forget about the campy 80s movie! Forget about that movie and watch this movie on its own. What is more realistic... The Main Hero actually has combat training and experience. The Fight continues after the movie ends and you have some idea of what happens next. The North Koreans only took over two states and the Russians eventually joined them (not hugely different from the first) and they're honestly more formidable than the Cubans taking over several states (it was Cuban lead and later the russians joined the attack in the first movie). The kids were not just camping, they were actually hiding in caves and not out in the open with fires going so they could be seen from the air. Overall, the acting was better, the story was slightly stronger, the situation was actually more believable than the first and it doesn't feel like a campy B movie cult classic but, that's probably why some are offended by it.

Red dawn11 I liked the beginning it was exciting n then it got slow but as the movie went on it was good. All the sneak attacks were nice; some of the stuff was hard to believe..the ending was not god I hated it.

Awesome Fresh new story while staying close enough to the original without carbon copying. The only bad part is the character cast as Mattie. If you liked the original you'll love the new one.

Gets kinda lost in its own mess A fairly contemporary remake of the original red dawn with a really subpar cliche romance subplot that fails to get anywhere through the movie and the end was fairly dissapointing and didn't really give us any closure or the actual scale of the invasion

Worst remaking ever!!!!!!!! The idealism of charging monetary for crappy movies is unrealistic in information age. U can't trick people into buying/watching crappier remakes from stupid Hollywood executives anymore! This movie suxed! someone should kill the casting agents that thought it was good for putting Thor as US Military op as the lead!

WTF Josh Peck!!! Almost every scene in the movie has Josh Peck with his mouth open and a stupid look on his face. I guess the Disney Channel didn't teach him to close it!!! They could have redone this movie a little bit better. A helicopter can be heard for miles away, but for some reason this small mountain town can hide noises of loud engines. Also why does the North Korean Army have American Hummers?

Decent Movie This is one of the few times that Hollywood did n't come up with an epic fail when doing a remake. How are people saying this movie racist? You need to explain your reasons for your accusations after you make them or you end up looking like a giant idiot.

Bad movie Bad acting, bad story, lots of cheese. Overwhelming propaganda. This movie sucks! What a waste of money. How can anybody give this movie a rating above 3 stars? Nothing, I mean thing, seemed believable.

I saw it in the theater When you use actors don't put people with accents it comes out on some parts and josh peck wasn't good. He is better off on comedy movies then action. That ugly guy from hunger games is kind of weird.

I love it I watced this on tv and its so cool there only in high school and there killing a bad guy milatary at the end they chase the badguys off. And if your in high school and a bad guy team comes get some friends and start chasing the bad guys army till they cry like babys and just kick there but like nowon cares but dont show this to children if you dont want them to here swares.

It's OK There is commie killing, always a good thing. Matty is horrible, maybe worse than young Vader, whoever that stiff was. Kill a commie for your mommy, and let freedom ring.

B Category Extremely unrealistic! A group of teenagers taking out an entire NK regiment is trust downright impossible and they made Russian spetz look like first year cadets. The action and overall story line were good. Still like the first one better

Josh peck ruined this movie Josh peck is a horrible actor and, in my opinion, ruined what could have been a relatively good movie. The original movie was far better than this crappy remake. Peck seemed to over act and it showed. As for the other actors they also weren't the best pick either. Stick to the original!

Thought it was good I haven't seen the original, but I liked this. It had a very good pace, was well acted, I thought the script was pretty decent, and the premise is semi believable. I want expecting an artful masterpiece, and so I was pretty happy with what I got.

Awful Don't bother, original one is still the best, hemsworth was the only good thing about it, the nickelodeon kid is a terrible actor

Red dawn This movie was amazing it has alot of action and cool sneak attacks

AMAZING never saw the first one but heard it was terrible. this version is simply awesome and brings patriotism to your heart. truely

Too fast-paced The story line started out so fast paced that it hardly seemed believable. The first five minutes they're at a high school football game and the five minutes later they're evading the North Koreans who've just invaded the US. That's believable right?

Horrible The story was boring. So i could pay attention enough...i guess that's why i didn't get what was so special about these kids and this area. Normally im all for a good fight but i fast foward through most of this movie it was not worth the time just was not good.

Good Awesome movie still a fan of the original but this one was pretty good too watched it twice already I highly recommend it