Red Scorpion (1988)
R 19 Apr 1989 • Action, Adventure • 1h 45m
Hesitating in the moment he is about to kill the rebel leader, Nikolai fails and is captured. Rather than being killed outright, he is forced to undergo a shamanic initiation ritual. The ingestion of the poison of a local scorpion, and his initiation ceremony, including scarification (a scorpion), give him a new identity and role in the world: the Red Scorpion.
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English, Russian
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United States, South Africa, Namibia
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$4,192,440