Red Scorpion
– A Russian KGB agent is sent to Africa to kill an anti-Communist black revolutionary. However, he has..
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.
21 Apr 1989
English, Russian
Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.
Joseph Zito
Robert Abramoff (story by), Jack Abramoff (story by), Arne Olsen (story by), Arne Olsen (screenplay by)
Dolph Lundgren, M. Emmet Walsh, Al White, T.P. McKenna
Hesitating in the moment he is about to kill the rebel leader, Nikolai fails and is captured. Rather than being killed outright, he is forced to undergo a shamanic initiation ritual. The ingestion of the poison of a local scorpion, and his initiation ceremony, including scarification (a scorpion), give him a new identity and role in the world -- the Red Scorpion.
Shapiro Glickenhaus