Red Scorpion (1988)
- Directed by
- Joseph Zito
- Genre
- action film, thriller film, propaganda film
- Country
- South Africa, United States
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 311 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A Soviet special forces soldier is sent to kill a rebel leader in Africa. He ends up switching sides and fighting with the rebels.
action-packedexplosivemachopropagandisticfast-pacedol-timbluntformulaic
What happens
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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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