Yeah I really liked Red Dawn...excellent cast and interesting "cold war" type plot to the movie. "Wolverines!"
I like "The Duke" movies too - always "good guy vs. bad guy" - but this movie (and it's sequel Y.G. II) has the same exact theme....good vs. evil.
In Young Guns...it's the local government in cahoots with a local land baron who represents the evil....a continuing theme very familiar in today's world.
Violence...you bet. But always
good vs. evil violence. The best kind.
The movie also has value in it's historical basis. Based on a real person (Billy the Kid) in our country's pioneering & "wild west" era.
I think Emilio is great in the lead role - the rest of the regulators are great as well. I also like the background music - especially in Y. G. II.