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6.0A Soviet commando is sent to eliminate a rebel leader in Africa. Soon he finds himself doubting his mission.
Released: 1988-12-24105 minDir: Joseph ZitoAdventure, Action, WarBudget: $16.0MBox office: $4.2MPart of: Red Scorpion Collection
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Cast
- Dolph Lundgren as Lt. Nikolai Rachenko
- M. Emmet Walsh as Dewey Ferguson
- Al White as Kallunda Kintash
- T. P. McKenna as General Vortek
- Carmen Argenziano as Colonel Zayas
- Alex Colon as Sgt. Mendez
Themes
- cold war
- traitor
- mission of murder
- uprising
- revenge
- agent
- spetsnaz
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Ratings
IMDb
5.2/10
10,237 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
17%
- Year
- 1988
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Genres
- Action, Adventure
- Rated
- R
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- propaganda film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Followed by
- Red Scorpion 2
- Main subject
- Cold War
- Director
- Joseph Zito
- Screenwriter
- Jack Abramoff
- Cast member
- Carmen Argenziano
- Composer
- Jay Chattaway
- Producer
- Jack Abramoff
- Narrative location
- South Africa
- Filming location
- Namibia
- Duration
- 106
- FilmAffinity ID
- 869928
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1989-01-05
- title
- Red Scorpion
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 17%
- assessment
- Bechdel test
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