
Jed takes unofficial command as the Wolverines go into action against the invaders. That's a nifty way to include someone with military training and experience on your side. The home-team Wolverines are headed by star player Matt Eckert ( Josh Peck), whose older brother, Jed ( Chris Hemsworth), is a Marine just returning from active duty. A marketing genius figured out that China is one of the biggest markets for American movie exports, and North Korea generates unimpressive box-office bucks for Yank product, as the trade papers like to word it.īut back to football. Did this involve a change in ideology in Hollywood? Not really.


After principal photography was completed on this film three years ago and its studio (MGM) went belly-up, the enemy identity was changed to North Korea by reshooting several scenes, redubbing lots of dialogue and using digital adjustment to change the looks of flags, uniforms and insignia on trucks and tanks.

If you're wondering how North Korea (population 25 million) can raise enough invaders to attack the Unites States (population 315 million), it may help to understand that the original screenplay for this remake named the invaders as Chinese.
