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Subject: Red Dawn (slight spoiler)
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Date: Sat, 11-Aug-84 22:42:15 EDT
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Posted: Sat Aug 11 22:42:15 1984
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Saw _Red Dawn_ the other night at it's first showing in Kitchener,
Ontario, Canada, and I would have to say that I don't think the four
dollars I paid was wasted.  Certain premises on which the movie was
set were rather hokey, such as all of Central America falling to the
Communists led by Cuba and Nicaragua or the demise of NATO as a result
of the Green Party winning power in West Germany (This is the slight
spoiler, that is the first thirty seconds of the movie).  I found, as
did the audience, that the battle scenes evoked a sort of ``They
blowed up real good!'' reaction, but in many ways the movie played to
the opinions of the Reagan administration and the Gun lobbies (you'll
get the idea likely when you see it).  The technical aspects weren't
bad, nor was the story nor the acting, and I would rate it 7.5 out of
ten (not many movies get that high of a rating from me).  I recommend
it if you want a serious movie.

PS. (mini-spoiler) Did anyone notice that the survivors were perhaps
the weakest emotionally in the group?

					Marcel Kahnt U. E.
					Entertainment Editor
					mathNEWS
					University of Waterloo

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