The United States is strategically isolated after NATO is disbanded. At the same time, the Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact allies aggressively expand. In addition, the Ukrainian wheat harvest fails while a socialist coup d'état occurs in Mexico.
In September, in the town of Calumet, Colorado, a local high school teacher pauses upon seeing Soviet troops parachuting from An-12 transport aircraft. He walks outside to question them and they open fire. Pandemonium follows as students flee amid heavy gunfire. Jed Eckert, who had dropped his brother Matt off at the high school, returns to pick him and several of their friends up, narrowly escaping the chaos.
MPAA Rating: | PG-13 |
Genre: | Action, Drama |
Country: | United States |
Produced By: | Sidney Beckerman, Barry Beckerman, Buzz Feitshans |
Directed By: | John Milius |
Written By: | John Milius, Kevin Reynolds |
Cast: | Darren Dalton, J.D. Ruybal, Powers Boothe, Doug Toby, C. Thomas Howell, Krzysztof Janczar, Fred Rexer, Patrick Swayze, Elan Oberon, Harry Dean Stanton, Jennifer Grey, Roy Jenson, Ron O'Neal, Sam Slovick, Michael D'Agosta, Ben Zeller, Radames Pera, Benjamin Schick, William Smith, Zitto Kazann, Frank McRae, Lois Kimbrell, Judd Omen, Lea Thompson, Charlie Sheen, Lane Smith, Gene Scherer, Pacho Lane, Vladek Sheybal, Tom Ireland, Brad Savage, Pepe Serna, Phil Mead, Ben Johnson, Lara Dale, George Fisher, Scott Phillips, Waldemar Kalinowski |
In Theaters: | Aug 10, 1984 |
Runtime: | 1 hour 54 minutes |
Production: | United Artists, Valkyrie Films |
Budget: | $17,000,000 |
Box Office: | $38,376,497 |
Available On: | Amazon, Itunes, Vudu |
Read More On: | Wikipedia |