No, not the Battle of Algiers. I am talking about Red Dawn. That Reagan era film about the Soviet Union (along with the Cubans) invading the U.S. I remember how everyone on the left dissed the film when it came out. Its politics was simple minded. The acting was not very good. Etc., etc. But what most critics missed was that this was a lot of young men's fantasies. When THEY come here we will all band together and use every ingenious tick to beat THEM.
I have thought a number of times since W & Dicks excellent adventure (not) began that the people in Iraq would band together (at least for a while) and do whatever they could to expel US. If only W had been watching this film during one of his late night drunks.
So tonight at 9 on Spike (where else?)