WOLVERINES! This week on Born to Watch, we're diving deep into one of the wildest cult classics of the '80s, Red Dawn (1984). A movie where high school kids become resistance fighters, Patrick Swayze goes full method, and Powers Boothe drops American one-liners like napalm.
Join Whitey, Gow, and special guest Chris (our Canadian rebel) as they rewatch and unpack this Cold War fever dream, complete with book-burning Russians, claymore-laying teens, and surprisingly emotional goodbyes.
What’s Inside:
– Teen guerrilla warfare & Cold War paranoia
– The real reason Swayze and Jennifer Grey fell out
– Avenge Me! The wildest movie dad moment ever
– Creepy romances that thankfully got cut
– Was Daryl’s betrayal justified? (No.)
– Why this movie is better than it should be
Plus: Ordinary People, One Degree of Kurt, questionable accents and the glory of 80s hair.
If you love cult classics, 80s action, or just want to hear Aussie legends argue about picnic-basket bombs and Russian tanks, this is the episode for you.
TELL US BELOW
Is Red Dawn brilliant, bonkers—or both?
Would you have survived the invasion?
Should Darryl have lived?
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