Written by James M. Tate / 5/17/2017 / No comments / c. thomas howell , charlie sheen , eighties , jennifer grey , john milius , kevin reynolds , lea thompson , patrick swayze , powers boothe , war , william smith
AN INTREPID JOHN MILIUS DUTIFULLY DIRECTS RED DAWN
On an Optimistic Note, He was Failing History YEAR: 1984 |
Two toughest kids on the block... I guess, sooner or later, they're gonna fight.There wasn't a more perfectly suited director for RED DAWN than John Milius, whose staunch, overboard bravado towards The Right most likely shocked The Left-leaning writers, directors, producers, actors, and even critics. But still referred to as a very good (if hit/miss) director, having done an eclectic reel from DILLINGER, THE WIND AND THE LION, BIG WEDNESDAY and garnering his first box office blast with CONAN THE BARBARIAN, he's mostly known as the great writer of APOCALYPSE NOW... So here's another War... The Next Step, the 1980's, and it takes Milius, with an original story/co-written by future FANDANGO (and WATERWORLD) director Kevin Reynolds, to not only make the Russians the bad guys but to kick the Cold War in the pants by moving Soviet and Cuban ground-troops up from Mexico, and taking over half of America...
Patrick Swayze and Charlie Sheen |
Stay Red, White, and Blue, Pony Boy |
Two legends, in their own way, Boothe & Swayze |
Especially once Powers Boothe, playing an intentionally scene-stealing Air Force pilot, shows up, asleep near his crashed-jet, full of tired, world-weary experience, devil-may-care optimism and color commentary on the war's origin: the flip-side of what The Wolverines... the group's name named after their school mascot... have become as insurgents: making a mess of Ron O'Neal's Cuban/Soviet front...
RedScore: ***1/2 |
William Smith as the 11th hour Antagonist |
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