Red Scorpion
Red Scorpion (1988)

Red Scorpion

5/5
(82 votes)
5.2IMDb

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Cast

Goofs

When Lt.

Nikolai Rachenko is lifting the truck out of the ground in the final battle be props his gun up leaning on the truck.

As he lifts, you can notice the gun sliding off; and in the next shot, its back standing up.

Box Office

DateAreaGross
USA USD 4,192,440
22 February 1989 Germany USD 522,390
DateAreaGrossScreens
23 April 1989 USA USD 1,972,994 1 screen
DateAreaGrossScreens
30 April 1989 USA USD 832,004 969

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Red Scorpion is set in Africa where the Russians & Cubans are at war with the natives as they try to bring Communisim to the country, however the war isn't going as well as they had hoped so step in hard as nails Spetznats special forces solider Lieutenant Nikolai Rachenko (Dolph Lundgren) who is ordered by his boss General Vortek (T.P.

What would have actually been quite an enticing plot was poorly executed. The quality of the film very much fluctuates as you progress.

I'm not the biggest fan of action movies. But i love this one.

Standard 80's action, elevated oh so much with a wicked sense of fun and by waving the flag of freedom so hard it splinters onto the screen with comic book commies which in turn splinter into little tiny pieces by way of that god like double barrel rifle Lundgren wields in the climax.Brilliant film, leaves you giddy for a hamburger and the right to swear or bribe senators wherever you damn well please!

Once Mr. Dolph Lundgren began pursuing an acting career, it wasn't until he played He-Man in The Masters of the Universe (1987) that he began approximately putting out a movie per year.

There are four rules that seem to be required for a "great" movie:1. Acting = Dialogue2.

Surprisingly very enjoyable Lundgren flick. This is very underrated (in my opinion with a good story (even though it's pretty dumb at times.

Russian agent named Nikolai (Dolph Lundgren) is a Spetsnaz , a perfect killer machine . The Soviet lieutenant journey to Africa where is the headquarter in which lives the Russian and Cuban militia (Carmen Argenziano , Brion James).

This movie was produced and written by none other than Jack Abramoff, recently in the news (and in the slammer) due to being convicted of illegal lobbying and fraud. Eventually, two White House officials (J.

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