Red Dawn

"Ultimately, the problem with this 'Red Dawn' is the same problem with the first one. Despite the more realistic battle scenes, nothing in it feels more fateful than a football game.(…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)" 

"In his debut the director, Dan Bradley, a stunt coordinator with a long list of credits, handles the low-fi action well, which helps divert attention from the bargain-bin special effects, bad acting and politics" 

"Thor's Chris Hemsworth leads the pack as a high school football star-turned-Marine, while Josh Peck plays his stubborn younger brother. There's also a collection of junior guerrillas, including 'The Hunger Games' Josh Hutcherson and Friday Night Lights' Adrianne Palicki" 

"Many of the original film's booby-trap scenarios are repeated here, but without Milius' grandiosity and nihilism. There's less of both in the new 'Red Dawn'. It's not a disaster. It's just drab (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"