Red Scorpion(Movie, 1988)

Name: Red Scorpion
Genre: Adventure, Action, War
Released: 1988
Duration: T01:45:00
Rating: 3

FSK: 16+ years

| 1h 45min | Genres: Adventure, Action, War

Rating: 3.0/5 (with 118 votes)

Red Scorpion is a 1988 American action film starring Dolph Lundgren and directed by Joseph Zito. Lundgren appears as a Soviet special forces ("Spetsnaz") operative sent to assassinate an anti-communist rebel leader in Africa, only to side with the rebels. It was produced by lobbyist Jack Abramoff and controversially filmed in South West Africa with the support of the apartheid-era South African government. The film was released in the United States on April 21, 1989. It is the first installment in the Red Scorpion film series. ()

Part of the Red Scorpion Collection

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About Red Scorpion

A Russian KGB agent is sent to Africa to kill an anti-Communist black revolutionary. However, he has a change of heart when he sees how the Russians and their Cuban allies are killing and repressing the locals, so he switches sides and helps the rebels.

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Trailer for Red Scorpion + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Red Scorpion (1988) BLU-RAY Trailer [HD 1080P](Trailer, 1:56)

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Additional Information

Production countries: Namibia, United States of America (USA), South Africa

Shot in: Namibia

Plays in: South Africa

Made by: Shapiro-Glickenhaus Entertainment, Scorpion Film Production

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN), Italian (IT)

Translated into 22 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date DE: 01/05/1989 (World premiere: 12/24/1988)

Cast: Dolph Lundgren, M. Emmet Walsh, Al White, T. P. McKenna, Carmen Argenziano

Director: Joseph Zito

Producer: Jack Abramoff

Screenwriter: Jack Abramoff

Director of Photography: João R. Fernandes

Composer: Jay Chattaway

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"独创黑虎帮"

"赤色威龙"

"Le Scorpion rouge"

"赤色威龍"

"Red Scorpion - Scorpione Rosso"

Keywords: uprising, revenge, agent, mission of murder, cold war, traitor, spetsnaz

Budget: 16,000,000 USD

Revenue: 4,192,440 USD (= 26%)

2 movies in the Red Scorpion Collection

1988 Red Scorpion

1995 Red Scorpion 2

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