Red Scorpion (1989)

105 min · Military Film, War Film, action film, propaganda film, thriller film

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Directors

Joseph Zito

Cast

Dolph Lundgren, M. Emmet Walsh, Al White, T.P. McKenna, Carmen Argenziano, Alex Colon, Brion James

The story

Lieutenant Nikolai Petrovitch Rachenko, a Soviet Spetsnaz operative from Ukraine, is sent to an African country in which Soviet and Cuban forces are helping the government fight an anti-communist rebel movement. He is tasked with the mission to assassinate the rebel leader. Rachenko stirs up trouble in the local bar and gets arrested for disorderly conduct.

Catalogue themes and tags

Agenten, Auflehnung, Cold War, Mission of Murder, Rach, Russin, Snitch, War, Action Thrillers, Thriller, Action, Action/Adventure

Genres

Military Film, War Film, action film, propaganda film, thriller film

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