I think they're meant to be North Koreans invading. Doesn't look to bad though, will definitely give it a watch.

In March 2011, the Los Angeles Times reported that MGM is changing the villains in its Red Dawn remake from Chinese to North Korean in order to maintain access to China's lucrative box office. The changes reportedly cost less than $1 million and involve changing an opening sequence summarizing the story's fictional backdrop, re-editing two scenes and using digital technology to transform many Chinese symbols to Korean. The changes will not eliminate all references to China though will give North Korea a much larger role in the coalition that invades the U.S. Producer Trip Vinson stated, "We were initially very reluctant to make any changes, but after careful consideration we constructed a way to make a scarier, smarter and more dangerous 'Red Dawn' that we believe improves the movie"

The Grey is fantastic, loved the ending

Yeah, I thought it was going to be cheesy action movie with the sole premise being Liam Neeson vs Wolves but I was pleasantly surprised. It's actually intense when you consider the way it addresses certain themes and deals with the notion/accepting of death

Worst slump in a decade as Hollywood loses golden touch
DateSeptember 11, 2012 - 4:37PM

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Horror film The Possession was the highest earner last weekend, taking $US9.5 million.

Hollywood has suffered its worst weekend at the American box office since the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 terror attacks, with analysts blaming a surfeit of sequels and remakes for deterring audiences.

Initial estimates suggested the entire gross takings for cinemas in North America would be around $US65 million ($A62.8 million) last weekend, down 20 per cent from the same period a year ago.

In September 2001, takings on one weekend fell to just $US59.7 million ($A57.7 million).


The Words, which stars Bradley Cooper, was savaged by critics and disappointed at the box office.

The results were so bad that the best-performing movie in America, measured in terms of revenue per screen, was Raiders of the Lost Ark, first released in 1981. It was shown on re-release on 267 screens last weekend and took in $US1.7 million ($A1.6 million), at an average $US6460 ($A6244) per screen.

Advertisement No single film grossed more than $US10 million over the weekend. The nearest was The Possession, a horror story with no big stars, that took just $US9.5 million ($A9.18 million).

Other major releases also disappointed. The Words, starring Bradley Cooper, one of Hollywood's most in-demand leading men, was savaged by critics as "boring" and "turgid", while The Cold Light of Day, an action film starring the British actor Henry Cavill, Bruce Willis and Sigourney Weaver, also flopped badly after costing $US20 million ($A19.3 million) to make. It was described by The New York Times as a "catastrophe worth noting only for the presence of its name cast."


The Dark Knight Rises has been a rare success story for Hollywood.

The Labour Day weekend, which has just passed, is traditionally slow for cinemas, but this year attendances sank to levels which shocked studio executives.

It capped a disappointing season for Hollywood, which had expected its biggest ever summer. In a still troubled economy, executives were reluctant to take risks on original concepts and relied heavily on a series of big-budget action films and superhero sequels.

The result was the lowest summer movie attendance in 20 years. The number of tickets sold fell to 532 million, down 4 per cent from summer 2011.

Two films that were successful - The Avengers and The Dark Knight Rises, a Batman film - accounted for almost a quarter of the entire box office return in North America. Before the summer even began, the Disney studio had been forced to incur a $US200 million ($A193 million) writedown over its science-fiction flop, John Carter, in March.

Paul Dergarabedian, a box office analyst at Hollywood.com, said: "It is pretty scary when the top movie comes in at only $9.5 million. On paper, the summer of 2012 looked like a clear record-breaker. But the audience is what makes and breaks the summer, and they didn't come out in the numbers we expected for a lot of these films."

Factors contributing to the slump included the Olympics on TV. The mass shooting in which 12 people were killed at a screening of The Dark Knight Rises in Colorado in July also put people off. But neither factor was believed to have had a major impact on attendance.

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The Expendables 2 was just WOW... Loved it so freaking much.

Some BRUUUUUUTAL kills in there.

I've been out on 'rent the DVD' duty by the missus... What should I get? She won't give me any ideas :lol:

I've been out on 'rent the DVD' duty by the missus... What should I get? She won't give me any ideas :lol:

I've been out on 'rent the DVD' duty by the missus... What should I get? She won't give me any ideas :lol:

I've been out on 'rent the DVD' duty by the missus... What should I get? She won't give me any ideas :lol:

American Reunion: if you came of age with these films, you'll love this, if you didn't maybe not so good.