Guinness Book of Records considered it the "most violent film" at the time with a rate of 134 acts of violence per hour, or 2.23 per minute. Yet it was also the first film given a rating of PG-13. I guess the point was how much violence was depicted rather than how graphic it actually was.

The original is way better than any remake. I'm an 80s kid and there was alot of fear concerning the cold war. I think this movie is fire!

The reason Bela let them go was because he started to sympathize with the Wolverines. He says somewhere in the movie that he had always been the insurgent, never the Occupier. He knew what it was like, fighting in your homeland against an invading force. He knew he would have been doing the same things. So when he saw the brothers unarmed and gravely wounded, rather than kill them, he took pity/mercy on them instead.

11:27 it makes sense to me because during the acts and extreme hardships of war people remember their own back at home I mean literally many soldiers of war have shared their own stories of doing exactly that. Allowing an enemy to get away due to them feeling utter pure empathy to/towards what they see and or used to be a comrade or nation of no issue. Or it can even go down to the basic level of my brother in arms. But that is how I see it so take it how you will.

"Came up through Mexico, illegally" LMAO. Best line from you ever.

Col. Bella sympathized with the Wolverines because he was once a guerrilla fighter. He now realizes he has become what he once fought.

One minute in and I'm already confused, why is Russia targeting a small town when it could've been New York or Washington DC? And the teacher who walked out expecting to talk to armed hostile soldiers just won the Darwin award...

I love how out of all the American cities, Russians decide to nuke Omaha and Kansas City. Genius!

Red dawn(1984): makes highly detailed mock up Russian weapons (suchlike fake Mi-24A, T-72 MBT, ZSU-23, and Yak-38... The vehicle is so detailed that it fooled me thinking they brought the vehicle off from the black market, it's so cool 🤯) Red Dawn (2012): fuck it give this bastards an American tanks

Mystery recapped is always here when ur really just bored looking for something to watch, ur a real hero man

i love this channel this makes my day im not bored anymore when i see his videos!

The reason Col. Bela let the two brothers go as a sign of mercy and respect (Respect is big in Latin countries) was because he himself was a guerilla fighter during the Cuban revolution, one of the things that Fidel, and his brother, Raul Castro and Che Guevera said they were fighting against was imperialism, which is what the Soviet and Cuban joint operation was. It was not a revolution. It was imperialism. He became what he had fought really hard against, and Col. Bela felt regret, anger and rage, shame, and sadness at what he was doing and was tired by the time he and his executive officer saw the dead men from Nicaragua, El Salvador, Angola, Cambodia and Mexico. Col. Bela even wrote it in his letter to his esposa that there was no more revolution and that he wanted to be back on the island, resting in the sun in peace with her and you could tell he was completely tired by the letter. He saw two men that did their time in Hell. Jed and Matt went into war as boys, they died as men.

There is a story back then about red dawn directors, during shooting a scene they were pulled over by CIA agents in the car, they were asking them where they got soviet vehicles, this only explain how dedicated and accurate this guys were back in, not like cringe new production.

this movie is over 38years old and it is still lookin nicer than some 2022 movies

Its logistically really hard to fully invade US unless u have military bases in canada and south america.

The Soviet Union isn't just Russia, the Soviet Union was a Union of 16 Countries (Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Krygystan, Uzbekistan, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan)

"russia, back then known as the soviet union" Moldova, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Ukraine: am I a joke to you?

“Enemy soldiers are killing innocent civilians for apparently no reason” as he’s showing a clip of a Russian soldier picking up a handgun off a civilian… this guy

The entire Soviet army couldn’t defeat the civilians in Texas. My small neighbourhood has about 40 marines, 4 retired rangers, and 2 navy seals.

I’m happy that someone finally recapped this movie. Thanks mystery recapped :D

History teacher taught history to not realize a hostile situation.

Colonel Bella fought as a Partisan in Cuba and in a scene while writing to his Wife he felt disillusioned about the War and was going to resign his commission before Jed and his brother attacked the Headquarters near the end.

The soldier letting the brothers go made complete sense, before the attack he wrote a letter saying he would not want anything more than to leave America and enjoy the company of his wife an and child, he let them go because he can think about how hard it is to loose someone that he loves the most

I remember seeing this movie in middle school and it was absolutely heartbreaking

This and 'The Outsiders', were two of my Mom and my favorite movies when I was a kid. Seeing this makes me miss her even more.

This is one of my favorite movies of all time. Saw this one when I was a little kid and have loved everything about it ever since

I've been waiting for this

I’ve heard so many pop culture references about this movie but had never seen it. Thx, Mystery Recapped!

This what grandparents act like they went through walking to school… My grandma claims she walked to school in the freezing cold! When her dad was alive my mom asked him about it. Turns out he drove her and her brother to school EVERY DAYYYY.

Russia was part of the Soviet Union, it wasn't "known as the Soviet Union".

This film must be in Guinnes book for "Least reallistic film"

Colonel Bella let them go because he was once a partisan too, and he feels ashamed that he is now the very oppressor he had taken up arms to defeat

Keep up the good work!

I lived in the USSR and even served in army as a conscript.

The Man In The High Castle is another example of what it looks like when Germany and Japan won the War and took over the US

The plot armor is on a different level of absurd, but knowing how bad the Brezhnev years were for the Soviet Union(to a point that a Soviet Warship mutinied in an attempt to spark a 3rd Revolution) I'm not too surprised

You put so much effort in this videos . Great work. Right guys?!

Best recapper, Keep up the good work♥️

The Boeing B-29 Superfortress is an American 4 (four) engined propeller driven heavy bomber, designed by Boeing and flown primarily by the USA (united states) during Ww2 (world war 2) and the Korean War. Named in allusion to its predecessor, The B-17 Flying Fortress, the Superfortress was designed for high altitude stragitic bombing, but also excelled in low altitude night incendiary bombing, and in dropping naval mines to blockade Japan (imperial japan). B-29s dropped the atomic bombs (2 of them actually) on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the only aircraft ever to drop nuclear bombs in combat.

Good one buddy.

Movies imma never watch 🤩 but still fun to watch, great videos

Dang that first scene is brutal

This movie depicts how wars in any country could play out.

Nice recap

i love how americans always make the soviets look like the bad guys when the americans are the good guys

I like how a bunch of teenagers with no military experience somehow beat the whole Soviet/cuban army

Can you imagine the Soviets making a film about America invading Russia

If the Russians were to invade Uvalde, the police would wait for 77 minutes, before responding to the attack.

Dang, these Americans just stole the Vietnamese strategy's.

I’m from IL and I love the way you pronounced Calumet (kal-yuh-met). It sounds so much nicer!

“What if Russia won the war and began invading the US and the world.” Me: what war lol

Colonel Bella letting them live makes sense. He himself was once a guerilla fighter and could understand what they went through. In fact, he hates that Russian general guy and later resigns because he no longer wants to fight.

I wonder how Switzerland is feeling being neutral. edit: Oh wow, thanks for the likes!

Best film you've covered yet

honestly, poorly trained kids would have no chance at defeating a spetznaz unit, or a soviet special forces unit.

This is my favorite one so far

The irony of this being recapped as Russia is actually fighting a war.

probably no one asked for this but the tanks seem to be like the russian T72 tank or T80. It seems modified from another tank so it’s like a whole different tank but they added stuff on it to make it look like the T72 / T80

Kids from the 2000s will say this is freedom fighters

As soon as I click this video, a WWII game ad pops up.

i graduated highschool in 2007, and they made everyone watch this in our films class, something tells me they knew something was up and anything can happen.

I am in the movie again

*Soviet military leaders in Red Dawn:* "Comrades, we will begin our multi-pronged invasion of United States!" "Da! To victory!" *Soviet military leaders in real life:* "Comrades, we will begin our multi-pronged invasion of United Sta-" "Are you fucking kidding me????"

Tony took call of duty to a different level

You just have the best Voice to tell histories

I feel like this would pull us together as a continent

That was amazing

Was able to see the original film and loved it and still love it now, I'm really hoping Ukraine is taking a lot of notes from it too in terms of trying to fight back against the Russians

As a Russian, I see this video and I cringe because I know that this is how people see all Russians.

This is legit almost what happened couple months ago

The most surreal fact of this movie is soviet troops actually even coming close to touch mainland american soil

Good one

Hmmm “wolverines” heard that before in this channel, its definitely not from a another group which survived a attack from a country and were also named the Wolverines

I like how it’s released in 1984 Also relevant today

This movie was way more believable then the remake

When they suddenly appear from the ground when the soldiers where chasing Erica is giving me Vietnam war traps

Interesting movie, hope that will never happen! While watching the video i saw that this video kinda predicts the future

Red dawn is the best movie ever fun fact the "soviets where driving in their mock armored vehicles so two undercover cia agents pulled them over”

1:58 Ok, I'm done. Can't take this movie serious with a armed forces soldier named "Bella"

Love how every film russians are always eather the mafia of the bad guy

If propoganda was a movie, this would be its top seller

Not Russia alone invades USA in the movie, but the Soviet Union and the Communist Allies (Eastern Europe and Cuba). They had (in reality) the largest army in human history with ca. 4 million soldiers and more than 110.000 tanks and armored vehicles (I remember that number from the 80s). In the alternative timeline of the movie NATO broke apart and US stands alone against the Commies.

Belarus Left The Chat China Left The Chat North Korea Left The Chat Serbia Left The Chat Armenia Left The Chat India Left The Chat Cuba Left The Chat

“Damn, they must be Mets fans” 🤣🤣🤣

Love u so much keep up the good work ❤️

"A plumber named Chris will show up and become a freedom fighter with his GF Isabella and they will gain freedom freedom for America".

All they have to do is jump on the subway in Brighton beach Brooklyn and take over Lower Manhattan, meanwhile a few cargo ships unload troops and equipment on Coney island. Lucy I'm home!

This is the same movie but the 19s version

So rn that is what happening in Ukraine but Ukraine is winning ( Ukraine support button 👇🏻

The war is actually still going on between, Russia and Ukraine. This is crazy 😮

funny how this is happening in reverse

0:50 the quiet kid breathing heavily rn

I found a full timeline of the red dawn story, but i can't find it anymore, but the Russian's loose the war in the end, they become bogged down and starve and in the end sign a peace treaty.

Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna make you cry Never gonna say goodbye Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

Cool But it's undigestable that he let the brothers go away!

i tought in the last you posted the same thing it was north korea

I wish all wars would end forever

I remember this movie called "Red Dawn" it was a real popular movie. and different for those times, where the heros got killed I wanted to watch it over and over, because in those times this scenario was not unlikely. we were still in the cold war period, though that was coming to an end, I grew up during that time and being "nuked" was a very real threat.

Please do the Beast 🙏 it’s a 1980s or 90s (I can’t remember) abt a russian tank

“And they must be nets fans” little out if charecter lol