Nikolai, about to execute the rebel leader, hesitates and is captured instead. He is spared from immediate death and forced to undergo a shamanic initiation ritual, which includes ingesting a local scorpion's poison and scarification. The experience transforms him into the Red Scorpion.

Info about Red Scorpion
Studio(s): Scorpion Film Production, Abramoff Production
Originally Released: United States, Jan 05, 1989
Production Countries: Namibia, South Africa, United States
Box Office Gross: $4,192,440.00
Budget: $16,000,000.00
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