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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Early drafts of the script had the protagonists fighting [[PostNineElevenTerrorismMovie Middle Eastern terrorists]]. This was likely changed because, unless said terrorists were the [[VideoGame/CommandAndConquerGenerals Global Liberation Army]], it'd be WAY too unrealistic for terrorists to be able to push so far inland.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Early drafts of the script had the protagonists fighting [[PostNineElevenTerrorismMovie [[Post911TerrorismMovie Middle Eastern terrorists]]. This was likely changed because, unless said terrorists were the [[VideoGame/CommandAndConquerGenerals Global Liberation Army]], it'd be WAY too unrealistic for terrorists to be able to push so far inland.
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* UnderminedByReality: The film's message about standing up for your ideals and never giving in to foreign invaders rings rather hollow given that the filmmakers censored the identity of the villains in post-production to retain access to that [[MoneyDearBoy sweet Chinese box office cash.]]
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* The above was then changed to make the invaders Chinese but that was ultimately changed to North Koreans as to not alienate the Chinese market but this decision was rendered moot as the film was ultimately not released in China with North Koreans now being the villains likely the reason why due to China being one of very few countries on anything close to resembling good terms with North Korea.
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* The above was then changed to make the invaders Chinese but that was ultimately changed to North Koreans as to not alienate the Chinese market but this decision was rendered moot as the film was ultimately not released in China with North Koreans now being the villains likely the reason why due to China being one of very few countries on anything close to resembling good terms with North Korea.
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* TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment: Actually managed to make it all the way through the production phase, only to get sunk by MGM's financial insolvency. It was also delayed because the premise of China attacking America scared off all other major distributors, so MGM had to change the villain to North Korea in order to make it more attractive to film companies, and even then it took several months before it finally found a distributor willing to take a chance on the film. It probably helped that Creator/ChrisHemsworth and Josh Hutcherson had recently found fame for ''{{Film/Thor}}'' and ''Film/TheHungerGames'', respectively.
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* TheShelfOfMovieLanguishment: Actually managed to make it all the way through the production phase, only to get sunk by MGM's financial insolvency. It was also delayed because the premise of China attacking America scared off all other major distributors, so MGM had to change the villain to North Korea in order to make it more attractive to film companies, and even then it took several months before it finally found a distributor willing to take a chance on the film. It probably helped that Creator/ChrisHemsworth and Josh Hutcherson Creator/JoshHutcherson had recently found fame for ''{{Film/Thor}}'' and ''Film/TheHungerGames'', respectively.
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* FakeAmerican[=/=]FakeNationality: Ironically, the main hero is played by an Australian while the main villain is played by an American.
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* FakeAmerican[=/=]FakeNationality: FakeAmerican: Ironically, the main hero is played by an Australian while the main villain is played by an American.American.
* FakeNationality: The Chinese bad guys, played by Chinese actors, were changed to North Korean bad guys in post-production.
* FakeNationality: The Chinese bad guys, played by Chinese actors, were changed to North Korean bad guys in post-production.
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* UnderminedByReality: The film's message about standing up for your ideals and never giving in to foreign invaders rings rather hollow given that the filmmakers censored the identity of the villains in post-production to retain access to that [[MoneyDearBoy sweet Chinese box office cash.]]
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* UnderminedByReality: The film's message about standing up for your ideals and never giving in to foreign invaders rings rather hollow given that the filmmakers censored the identity of the villains in post-production to retain access to that [[MoneyDearBoy sweet Chinese box office cash.]]
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* UnderminedByReality: The film's message about standing up for your ideals and never giving in to foreign invaders rings rather hollow given that the filmmakers censored the identity of the villains in post-production to retain access to that [[MoneyDearBoy sweet Chinese box office cash.]]
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* TomHanksSyndrome: Josh Peck reached significant fame in the United States as a star on multiple Nickelodeon comedies such as The Amanda Show and Drake & Josh usually playing a [[FatIdiot fat buffoon]]. Here, he's in a war action film playing a teenager forced to fight for his country against North Korean terrorists.
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** Not that North Koreans managing to invade America is any more realistic.
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** Not that North Koreans managing to invade America is any more realistic. They can't even afford airlines to infiltrate the United States what with their dictator Kim Jong-un squandering all his country's money on himself like luxuries, parties, nuclear bombs and a dolphin aquarium.
