Red Dawn

Red Dawn is a 2028 future action film based on the 1984 film and 2012 remake of the same name. It's a reimagined Red Dawn involving a crossover between two video games Doki Doki Literature Club Plus which was released in 2021 and Friday Night Funkin which was released in 2020. The film centers a resistance group stopping the Monikan (Japanese) invasion which took place in San Diego. This movie is inspired by the video game Homefront, a video game about North Korea reuniting with South Korea, annexing Southeast Asia, parts of Oceania and then invading the west coast and midwest part of the USA.

Plot
An introductory montage shows Japan suffering from a imperialist coup d’etat, the European Union gets hit from a economic crisis and a weaker NATO Alliance. As the Monikan Imperial Army rebel that is responsible for the coup they deposed the emperor choosing their new ruler who is 29 years old named Monika. As ruler Monika formed the Monikan Empire after annexing the Kuril Islands from Russia. Russia is now dominated by the Ultranationalists after they seized power in Russia after overthrowing the Russian government.

U.S. Marine Jed Eckert is home on leave in San Diego, California. He reunites with his father, San Diego Police Sergeant Tom Eckert, and his brother Matt who is a football player, as well as his childhood friend now girlfriend Toni Walsh, and her friend Erica Martin who is Matt's Girlfriend. On Saturday morning Jed and Matt drove their truck to go to Cars and Coffee. When they got there they met a man who has a Lambo, they have a conversation about his car and everything else. Suddenly their conversation was interrupted because they looked up in the sky shocked to see swarms of Monikan paratroopers and transport aircraft. Jed Eckert and Matt ran to go back to their truck while the guy went back to his Lambo but he ended up getting shot when he went inside by a paratrooper. Their father tells them to flee to the cabin while he helps the townspeople.

They are joined there by Robert Kitner, Daryl Jenkins, Danny Jackson, siblings Dan and Jimmy Morris, characters from the video game Friday Night Funkin who are actually real Boyfriend and Girlfriend who are couples and Senpai who is now there friend after he forgave them after the rap battle and he got revived after he was destroyed and later Toni; Erica was captured by the Monikans. Tensions build as teens try to surrender to the invaders or resist, with Senpai betraying their position. Monikan soldiers under the command of Captain Itami bring Sergeant Eckert and the mayor out to convince the group to surrender; while the Mayor convinces the boys to give up, Itami kills Sergeant Eckert because he refused to cooperate and encouraged them to resist.

In Downtown San Diego Monikan soldiers impose order after a hasty occupation. Captain Itami instructs the Monikan Imperial Soldiers to find a place to put their tanks and army vehicles.

Later, Jed tells everyone they are going to fight and the others agreed to join him, calling themselves "Wolverines" just like their school mascot. After acquiring weapons, establishing a base in a abandoned mine, and being trained by Jed, the Wolverines begin a series of guerrilla attacks against soldiers and collaborators, including Senpai. As Matt manages to free Erica from her imprisonment, he jeopardizes the mission resulting in Jimmy's death.

They stole a van in Downtown and drove to the freeway to go north. When they arrived they saw the whole city with a lot of soldiers guarding just like Downtown. They arrived at weird place there that was new. They saw a lying pit where dead bodies are being dumped. They are shocked they started shooting and kill all the soldiers there. After killing them and blowing up their tanks with anti tank grenades they hide in the pit so the Monikan soldiers don't see them.

When the soldiers arrived with their helicopter they saw their fellow soldiers killed and tried to look for the Wolverines but they didn't get to find them so they went back to their helicopter and left.

Jed tells them to get out of the corpse and go back to the van back to their base but they made a pit stop at a store filling the van trunk with Coca Cola, etc. After they leave the store they drove again to go back to their base.

Cast
Nikolas Mabani as Jed Eckert

TBA as Matt Eckert

Christian Reyes as Robert Kitner

TBA as Toni Walsh

TBA as Erica Martin

Brendan Frodente as Boyfriend, the boyfriend of Girlfriend, he is good at rap battles and member of the Wolverines.

Lauren Frodente as Girlfriend, the girlfriend of Boyfriend and she supports him in his rap battle and member of the Wolverines.

TBA as Daryl Jenkins

TBA as Danny Jackson

Phillip Cheung as SDPD Sergeant Tom Eckert

TBA as Daniel "Dan" Morris

TBA as James "Jimmy" Morris

TBA as Senpai, a guy who did battles with Boyfriend and was a rogue member of the Wolverines.

TBA as Monika (appeared in the montage), the former club president of the literature club and now empress of the Monikan Empire.

TBA as Yuri, she is one of Monika’s former best friends and a member of the literature club until it was disbanded. As of now she is doing better after she was sent to a psych ward due to her knife problems. She currently lives in Paris, France.

TBA as Natsuki, she is one of Monika’s former best friends and a member of the literature club until she transferred to another school after the literature club was disbanded. She is currently married to a chef from a fancy restaurant in San Diego.

TBA as Sayori (cameo), she is one of Monika’s best friends and Vice President of the Literature club until she passed away by committing suicide because she suffered from depression.

TBA as Captain Itami, He is in charge of the Monikan troops occupying San Diego. He is also the father of Natsuki.

TBA as Sergeant Major Andrew “Andy” Tanner, USMC

Brandon Mabani as Captain dela Cruz, USMC

TBA as Sergeant Jones, USMC

TBA as Sergeant Miller, USMC

TBA as Mayor Jenkins

Trivia

 * The word “red” on Red Dawn 2028 is associated with imperialism and communism.


 * The film was originally going to be called “Green Dawn” but the screenwriter and the voice actor playing Robert Kitner named Christian Reyes' uncle said having a different name will confuse people and stealing.


 * The actor/screenwriter Christian suggest that Monika should be to be played by a Japanese actress who is 5’7” because he claims Monika’s official height is 5’7” and he argues that in order to make it into realism Monika has to be pure Japanese.
 * Daryl, Erica, Robert, and Toni’s last names are the same like the 2012 Red Dawn movie because Christian says their last names make sense.