“””Instead of fighting the Chinese, the characters will be fighting Christians. That’ll please the ruling class AND the Chinese.”””””””
Actually instead of seeing paratroopers and helicopters in the first scene you will hear the clippety clop of the horses hooves as the AMISH come to take over the country.
Amish buggy-borne Spetznaz armed with pitchforks and butter churns. Identified by their black brim hatted uniforms. Shouting “Gee up there, ol’ Dobbin”. Love it!
Ironically, the 1984 flick depicted the Chinese as cobelligerents of the U.S., though already nuked down to
“Six hundred million screaming Chinamen”