Red Scorpion is a 1989 film directed by Joseph Zito starring Dolph Lundgren. The plot centers on Lundgren's character Nikolai, a Soviet Spetsnaz-trained KGB agent who is sent to an African country where Soviet, Czechoslovakian and Cuban forces are helping the government fight an anti-communist rebel movement. He fights with dedication for his Soviet commanders, until he is thrown in jail for drunkenly shooting up a bar. During his night in the cell, he meets an American journalist and a resistance fighter whom the Soviet command have designated both as an espionage/terrorist threat, and... Nikolai learns the truth about the Soviet presence. Nikolai is ordered to assassinate the movement's leader, but eventually turns against his government by switching sides. Disgraced and tortured by his commanding officers for failing his mission, he breaks out of the interrogation chamber and escapes to the desert, later to be found by native people.
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| Release date: | April 19, 1989 |
| Directed by: | Joseph Zito |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 105 Minutes |
| Producer: | Jack Abramoff |
| Music by: | Jay Chattaway |
| Estimated budget: | $16,000,000 |
| Genre: | Action, Thriller |