翻拍动作片《红色黎明》

    This is a remake of John Milius' 1984 action film.

    A group of teenagers form a guerrilla* army fighting the North Koreans who suddenly besiege* their hometown of Spokane, Washington.

    The film begins with a montage* of news clips featuring the likes of Obama, Biden and Hillary Clinton warning about the threat of cyber-terrorism*.

    The filmmakers don't waste any time, beginning the action 15 minutes later, with frightening scenes of tanks and paratroopers* led by Captain Cho (Will Yun Lee) suddenly occupying the town.

    Calling themselves the "Wolverines" in honor of their high school football team, the town's teens quickly take up arms to fight the invaders*.

    Led by recently returned Iraq War vet* Jed (Chris Hemsworth), they include star quarterback* and Jed's kid brother Matt (Josh Peck); Toni (Adrianne Palicki), who carries a torch for* Jed; tech geek Robert (Josh Hutcherson); head cheerleader Erica (Isabel Lucas); and Daryl (Connor Cruise), the mayor's son. They're joined by a trio of retired Marines led by a gung-ho* type (Jeffrey Dean Morgan).

    Director Dan Bradley is a former stunt* coordinator, which accounts for the well-staged action sequences that take up most of the film's 93-minute running time. Unfortunately, cinematographer Mitchell Amundsen uses shaky, hand-held cameras to photograph much of the proceedings, resulting in near incoherent* visuals.

    Other than Hemsworth, the young performers are unconvincing* in their roles, with Palicki and Lucas somehow managing to look perfectly made-up and beautiful even in the down and dirty action.

    guerrilla 游击队

    besiege 包围

    montage 蒙太奇

    cyber-terrorism 网络恐怖主义

    paratrooper 空降兵

    invader 入侵者

    vet 老兵

    quarterback 四分卫

    carry a torch for 暗恋

    gung-ho 热心的

    stunt 特技

    incoherent 不连贯

    unconvincing 没有说服力的