It&rsquo;s a quiet afternoon in downtown Detroit as an invasion is in progress. </p><p> Soldiers and shabbily dressed civilians are standing at a cordoned-off area that&rsquo;s sprinkled with military vehicles, red banners and propaganda posters. A large platform holds somber-looking dignitaries in dark suits and uniforms. </p><p>&ldquo;We are not your enemies,&rdquo; says a man at a podium. </p><p> This occupying force is the cast and crew of &ldquo;Red Dawn,&rdquo; the remake of the 1984 action flick that&rsquo;s been filming since September. </p><p> &ldquo;Red Dawn,&rdquo; set to open in November 2010, is becoming a talker. The Web is littered with unauthorized photos and videos of the production and fan speculation on the updated story. </p><p> The interest is fueled by the lasting resonance of the original movie, which had a cast of rising stars (including a pre-&ldquo;Dirty Dancing&rdquo; Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey) and exquisite timing: It came out in 1984, an era when the Cold War was still kicking and President Ronald Reagan was calling the Soviet Union an evil empire. </p><p> The story of high-school kids banding together to defend themselves against invading Russians (and Cubans and Nicaraguans) was called corny and xenophobic by some critics. But it made a big impression on Gen Y viewers at the time. </p><p> &ldquo;It had a huge, awesome impact to think of the Russians taking us over,&rdquo; says Andrew Esslinger, 34, of Detroit, who used to re-enact scenes as a kid. </p><p> This time, the cast is equally fresh-faced and intriguing, and the enemies are the Russians and the Chinese. But the essential theme of young people banding together is the same, and it could tap into the worries of 2009. </p><p> &ldquo;&ensp;&lsquo;Red Dawn&rsquo; is playing to the current moment. People feel kind of isolated and alone ... anxious about domestic issues &mdash; the economy, health care, jobs &mdash; and we feel anxious about what&rsquo;s going on around the globe,&rdquo; says Jerry Herron, an American studies professor at Wayne State University. </p><p><hr class="infobox-hr-separator" /> <div class="infobox"> <strong><span class="infobox-head"> NEW FACE, FAMILIAR NAME </span></strong><br /> One of the newcomers in the &ldquo;Red Dawn&rdquo; cast is Connor Cruise, son of Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. </p><p> Connor, 14, plays one of the teens fighting off foreign invaders in the action remake. Previously, he had a small role in Will Smith&rsquo;s &ldquo;Seven Pounds.&rdquo; </p><p></div>