Red Dawn (1984)

The Red Dawn trailer is for John Milius' 1984 Cold War action drama. One morning, Soviet and Cuban paratroopers land outside a high school in Calumet, Colorado, kicking off an invasion of the United States. Brothers Jed and Matt Eckert, played by Patrick Swayze and Charlie Sheen, escape into the mountains with a group of friends. As the occupation tightens its grip on their town, the teenagers turn themselves into a guerrilla band called the Wolverines, named after their school mascot, and start fighting back. C. Thomas Howell, Lea Thompson and Jennifer Grey co-star, with Powers Boothe as a downed Air Force pilot. It was the first film released with a PG-13 rating. It was remade in 2012. It is available on Blu-ray and digital.