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.
- Director
- Joseph Zito
- Signature
- Action · Craft · Tension
- Worldwide
- $4M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
18 billed performers
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How Red Scorpion actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
Story overview
What It's About
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A Soviet commando is sent to eliminate a rebel leader in Africa. Soon he finds himself doubting his mission.
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The numbers
Box Office & Release
Red Scorpion returned 0.3× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $16M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $4M
- Release date
- Dec 24, 1988
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English, Italian
- Country
- Namibia, United States of America
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