From the windows of a high school classroom, students see paratroopers land on the varsity football field. The invasion of the United States has begun. As their town in overrun by foreign nationals, eight teenagers escape to the mountains. Taking the name of their high school football team, the Wolverines, they wage an unremitting guerrilla action in defense of their parents, their friends and their country.

Title from container. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1984. Special features: Disc one: Widescreen version of the film; "Carnage counter" featurette ; Disc two: "Red dawn rising:" look at the making of the film; "Building the Red manace:" what it took to make World War III; military training featurette; "WWIII comes to town" featurette.