Red Scorpion
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Red Scorpion |
| Original title | Red Scorpion |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language |
English , Russian |
| Publishing year | 1988 |
| length | 106 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Joseph Zito |
| script |
Jack Abramoff Robert Abramoff Arne Olsen |
| production | Jack Abramoff |
| music | Jay Chattaway |
| camera | João Fernandes |
| cut | Daniel Loewenthal |
| occupation | |
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Red Scorpion is one of Joseph Zito turned American action film from the year 1989 . It was indicated in Germany until August 2011 . In 1994 the sequel Red Scorpion 2 was produced. The film is controversial because of its support by the South African apartheid regime .
action
Insurgents in the African province of Momkaba are causing more and more problems for the Soviet occupation. The Soviets have long underestimated the Sundata-led insurgents. The perfectly trained Soviet special agent Nikolai Garunjevich Rachienko is assigned to kill Sundata. Through his companion Kallunda Kintash, whom he freed from prison and who considers him a deserter, he manages to get to the hiding place of Sundata. The following night, however, his attempted murder fails, he is abandoned by the Africans, picked up by the Soviets and handed over to the Cubans, who occupy the country together with the Soviets. He is said to receive the death penalty for treason, but manages to escape. When Nikolai collapses from exhaustion, he is stung by a scorpion. A Bushman helps him and nurses him back to health. After a chemical weapons attack on the Bushmen village, he returns to the insurgents. He now supports the locals in the liberation struggle and is successful. The Soviet and Cuban troops are crushed. In the end, Nikolai kills his former superior General Vortek, who tries in vain to escape by helicopter.
Production notes
Swaziland did not issue a filming permit, so they had to move to Namibia . At that time, Namibia as South West Africa was externally administered by the South African apartheid regime. Warner Bros. therefore withdrew from production. The anti-apartheid organization Artists and Athletes Against Apartheid condemned the production and saw it as a violation of the anti-South African embargo. Craig Williamson , a former major in the South African police force , helped with the filming. The American producer Jack Abramoff was also the head of the anti-communist lobby organization International Freedom Foundation (IFF), which was founded in Washington, DC in 1986 and, according to Williamson, should be "an instrument of political warfare against the enemies of apartheid". Williamson was responsible for the IFF in South Africa.
Reviews
Richard Harrington criticized in the Washington Post on April 22, 1989 the lack of originality of the film, which he compared to the films Rambo and Rocky .
"An action film that is as hateful as it is primitive."
expenditure
The film was released in August 1989 on VHS and laser disc. Synapse Films released a Blu-ray / DVD collector's edition with many extras in the US in June 2012.
Red Scorpion 2
The film Red Scorpion 2 from 1994 was also produced by Jack Abramoff, but it has no references to the first part and in which Dolph Lundgren no longer plays.
Web links
- Red Scorpion in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Red Scorpion at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- Comparison of the cut versions ORF 1 - Uncut , FSK 16 DVD - Uncut , FSK 18 Tape - Uncut , FSK 18 DVD - Unrated DVD by Red Scorpion at Schnittberichte.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for Red Scorpion . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , September 2011 (PDF; test number: 61 097 V).
- ↑ http://www.schnittberichte.com/news.php?ID=2917
- ^ Interview with Allister Sparks at democracynow.com (English), accessed on August 17, 2012
- ^ First Off. . . - Los Angeles Times . Articles.latimes.com. January 20, 1988. Retrieved September 29, 2013.
- ^ Review by Richard Harrington
- ↑ Red Scorpion. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ “RED SCORPION” Blu-ray / DVDetails and art emerge ( Memento of the original from May 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
