
- HD 1080
- Runtime: 105m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: Namibia, South Africa, United States of America
- Director: Joseph Zito
- Stars: Dolph Lundgren, M. Emmet Walsh, Al White, T. P. McKenna, Carmen Argenziano
- keywords: cold war, traitor, mission of murder, uprising, revenge, agent, spetsnaz
- Production_studio: Scorpion Film Production, Abramoff Production, Shapiro-Glickenhaus Entertainment
- Slogan: They think they control him. Think again.
- providers: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Troma NOW
- The Red Scorpion is featured in the top rankings of 1988
- #14 in Top Adventure Movies of 1988
- #41 in Top Action Movies of 1988
- #9 in Top War Movies of 1988
A Russian KGB agent is sent to Africa to kill an anti-Communist black revolutionary. However, he has a change of heart when he sees how the Russians and their Cuban allies are killing and repressing the locals, so he switches sides and helps the rebels.