WHO’S IN IT? Chris Hemsworth and Isabel Lucas, plus a gaggle of pretty Hollywood tween fodder, including Connor Cruise (yes, he’s Tom’s son).

THE GIST: A tired remake of an old ’80s Patrick Swayze actioner (that time it was the Soviets who invaded), a US marine returns home to his small shitburg only to find it under attack from North Korean paratroopers. Armed with some kind of high-tech EMP weapon, Kim Jong-un’s commandos knock out the Yank’s military capability...leaving our chiselled hero and some high schoolers to wage guerrilla war.

ZOO SAYS: Aside from a script that reads worse than our post-wipe toilet paper and the nagging feeling it was sponsored by the NRA, this entire film was rejigged during post-production. Originally it had been an invasion by China’s Red Army, but after Beijing kicked up an almighty stink and the producers realised they risked alienating a major Chinese audience, parts were re-shot, a new intro cobbled together, voice-overs re-done and images digitally altered. Result? It’s now North Korean soldiers who are the evil Asian commies that are okay for gun-toting rednecks to shoot. Look, the action is passable but the propaganda is hard to swallow. 


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