Query: 1980s political films about science and the United States Armed Forces
Domain: films
Relevant documents:
Best Defense
Red Dawn
Evidence from documents: Best Defense: '''''Best Defense''''' is a 1984 American comedy film starring Dudley Moore and Eddie Murphy. The original music score was composed by Patrick Williams. It was released by Paramount Pictures.
The movie takes place as two parallel plots separated by a couple of years: In 1982, Wylie Cooper (Moore) is an engineer developing a targeting system on a tank for the United States Army. In 1984, Murphy is US Army Lt. T.M. Landry, an American tank commander sent to Kuwait to demonstrate the "XM-10 Annihilator", America's latest main battle tank, which is equipped with Cooper's system. Because of the tank's poor design and shoddy construction, Landry and his crew are barely able to control or navigate the XM-10 before it leaves the proving grounds and wanders into a combat zone during Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.
Red Dawn: the United States Armed Forces: The Wolverines meet American F-15 fighter pilot Lt. Col. Andrew Tanner (Powers Boothe), shot down by Cuban MiG-21s. He informs them of the current state of the war: several American cities, including Washington D.C., were destroyed by nuclear strikes, Strategic Air Command was crippled by Cuban saboteurs, and paratroopers were dropped from airliners to seize key positions in preparation for assaults via Mexico and Alaska.
1980s: '''''Red Dawn''''' (originally called '''''Ten Soldiers''''') is a 1984 American action film directed by John Milius with a screenplay by Kevin Reynolds and Milius.
political films: The film depicts a United States that has been invaded by the Soviet Union and its Cuban and Nicaraguan allies. However, the onset of World War III is in the background and not fully elaborated.