Red Scorpion (1988)
6/10
If Rambo were Russian his name would be Nikolai
7 February 2009
Warning: Spoilers
Recap: Nikolai Rachenko is an elite soldier, trained warrior and the best weapon in the Soviet System. Nikolai is Spetznaz. Now he is sent to Africa where The Soviets with their communist allies tries to pacify a country and it's native rebels. Nikolai's mission is to assassinate the leader of the rebellion, stemming it at its source. But his time with the natives open his eyes and shows his armies leaders as who they truly are.

Comments: Extremely similar to the Rambo-movies, especially the ones after First Blood. So similar that you actually might interchange Rambo and Nikolai without really noticing it, except for the hair color. This movie is all about muscles, guns and explosions.

But no one really expected anything else, did they? For all it's faults in story and, unfortunately I must say of fellow Swede Dolph and companions less than stellar acting, it is entertaining. There is a lot of shooting going on, and everything that possible can (including straw huts), blow up.

Probably not the movie you would choose for a date (well, guns for the boys and muscles for the ladies, so maybe after all? :) ) but for anyone who likes mindless action, this is a sure bet.

6/10
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