A Transition into Red Dawn

Since I believe that I have more than exhausted the topic of novice and intermediate snowboarding, I am going to shift my topic of discussion from snowboarding to movies. In making this transition I would like to start off with a movie that I am sure many people will not know. The film is titled Red Dawn and was directed by John Milius. John Milius is a well respected director and or writer of many classic films such as Conan the Barbarian, Dillinger, Clear and Present Danger, and Rome. The film featured a few actors that went on to have huge careers such as Patrick Swayze, who played the part of Jed, and Charlie Sheen, who played the part of Matt.

The story takes place during the middle of the 1980’s. It starts off with the children sitting in their school in Colorado, when all of a sudden they look out their window to see paratroopers invading their football field. The attacking forces turn out to be a combination of Cuban and Soviet Union soldiers. Upon the surprise attack a group of students flee the area and take refuge in the surrounding mountains. Luckily, the story takes place during the mid 80’s because the students were armed with hunting rifles, bows, pistols, and knives.

While they are scouting the area around their camp one day a few of the members of the now self proclaimed “Wolverines” kill some of the Soviet insurgents. They then create a plan to free the rest of the town, which has been captured by the soldiers. Following this jailbreak the town had the ability to overtake the Soviet and Cuban forces and reclaim the American soil.