When this movie was made Patrick Swayze looked like a kid just out of high school, Charlie Sheen looked like a kid still in high school, Powers Boothe was believable as a USAF Colonel and a good guy, and the Soviet Union was still a major threat.
The TV show Jericho would be a better question.
Anybody watch this grat show?
Red Dawn was made in 1984. Hard to believe that 11 years later he was in this movie:
To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar (1995) - Patrick Swayze