Review – Red Scorpion

What a shame all the production hassles didn’t manage to shut this thing down before they finished shooting it. In the wake of the whole Rambo thing, the Reagan 80s spawned a slew of cheap action movies with jingoistic conservative plots. In this go-around Dolph Lundgren plays an evil Spetsnaz operative sent to assassinate an anti-communist guerilla leader in Africa. Abandoned by his cruel taskmasters and befriended by the indigenous population, our “hero” goes to work for the forces of truth, justice and the American way. If only Lundgren didn’t look quite so much like a living, breathing Tom of Finland cartoon, this would have been a little easier to take seriously. Not a lot, but a little. See if desperate