

Red Scorpion
They think they control him. Think again.
A Soviet commando is sent to eliminate a rebel leader in Africa. Soon he finds himself doubting his mission.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $16M
- Box office
- $4.2M
- Language
- English
- cold war
- traitor
- mission of murder
- uprising
- revenge
- agent
- spetsnaz
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Namibia, South Africa, United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalR5 Jan 1989
FranceFR
- TheatricalU24 May 1989
GermanyDE
- Theatrical165 Jan 1989
HungaryHU
- Theatrical1621 Apr 1989
ItalyIT
- PremiereMIFED film market25 Oct 1988
JapanJP
- Theatrical28 Jan 1989
South KoreaKR
- Theatrical24 Dec 1988
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Red Scorpion was released on 24 December 1988.
Audience reviews
1- G1/10
GenerationofSwine
1/12/2023
Well it is pure, unadulterated, conservative propaganda. And it doesn't make any excuses for it. At least, it's pure circa 80s conservative propaganda before everything just went insane. However, unlike Red Dawn, which is also 80s conservative propaganda, Red Scorpion kind of really stinks. It's too much, in literally every way, from too much politics, to too much near nudity, to too much dead lifting. It ma…
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