tora-san 's love in osaka ( 男はつらいよ 浪花の恋の寅次郎 otoko wa tsurai yo : naniwa no koi no torajirō ) aka tora 's many-splintered love is a 1981 japanese comedy film directed by yoji yamada .

it stars kiyoshi atsumi as torajirō kuruma ( tora-san ) , and keiko matsuzaka as his love interest or " madonna " .

tora-san 's love in osaka is the twenty-seventh entry in the popular , long-running otoko wa tsurai yo series .

it was the first film in the series in which hidetaka yoshioka played the role of tora-san 's nephew mitsuo suwa .

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movie : tora - san 27 : tora - san ' s love in osaka / tora san ' s many splintered love romaji : otoko wa tsurai yo . 1981 japanese films ; films ; 1981 films ; comedy films .
tora - san # 2 . 7 : tora - san ' s love in osaka . tora - san # 2 . 7 : tora - san ' s love in osaka . director : yoji yamada . cast : kiyoshi atsumi , chieko baisho , keiko matsuzaka , masami shimojo . tora meets a pretty woman fumi , while on a peddling junket to a small island in the inland sea .
tora - san falls in love with the beautiful osaka geisha he first saw while visiting japan ' s famous inland sea . later , tora - san helps her search for her long - lost brother .
the 27th tora - san movie finds the itinerant peddler falling in love with the beautiful osaka geisha ( keiko matsuzaka ) he first saw on the inland sea . later , tora - san helps her search for her long - lost brother . this film marks hidetaka yoshioka ' s first appearance in the series as tora - san ' s nephew ( and sakura and hiroshi ' s son ) , mitsuo .
in his travels through japan , tora - san meets and falls in love with a female doctor , however he is afraid of committing to a relationship .
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it ' s tough to be a man - tora - san ' s love in naniwa .
naniwa is an old - fashioned name for osaka , much like edo is to tokyo , and still exists as a ward in japan ' s third - largest city , and the setting for many famous films including kenji mizoguchi ' s
a girl who has escaped from an institution falls in love with tora - san . he decides to marry her , but his family and the girl ' s teacher break up the romance .
the german - language site molodezhnaja gives tora - san ' s grand scheme three out of five stars . [ 6 ]
( 1984 ) , which had been released just before the tora - san film .
tora - san works hard to bring together his nephew , mitsuo , and mitsuo ' s girlfriend who is engaged to someone else .
tora meets a pretty woman fumi , while on a peddling junket to a small island in the inland sea . tora is magnetized by fumi even though knowing little or nothing about her . tora encounters fumi again in osaka . then , he comes to know that fumi makes her living as a geisha . tora sends a postcard to toraya in shibamata to have his family know that he is having a good time with fumi in osaka . . .
in japan , the film has been released on videotape in 1983 and 1995 , and in dvd format in 2005 and 2008 .
in japan , the film has been released on videotape in 1987 and 1996 , and in dvd format in 2002 and 2008 .
in japan , the film has been released on videotape in 1989 and 1996 , and in dvd format in 2005 and 2008 .
in japan , the film has been released on videotape in 1994 and 1996 , and in dvd format in 2000 and 2008 .
in the midst of japan ' s rising economy of the mid - 1980s , the itinerant tora - san becomes drunk with a hard - working company section chief . after an hour commute , the two sleep off their night ' s revelry at the section chief ' s home in ibaraki prefecture . when the section chief disappears due to the pressure of his job , tora - san helps his wife to find the man , while secretly hoping they do not , as he has fallen in love with her .
in japan , the film has been released on videotape in 1996 , and in dvd format in 1997 , 2002 , and 2008 .
much of the film ' s humor is derived from the myriad differences between tokyoites and those from the kansai region ( in central japan ) , particularly osaka , a difference comparable to that between new yorkers and angelinos . the film affectionately plays up these differences : the friendliness of osaka ' s citizens , their popular preference for blander cuisine than that favored in tokyo . a very funny sequence has tora - san returning home to his family in tokyo with such an impenetrable
when his travels take him to rural hokkaido , tora - san helps a cantankerous old veterinarian in his relationships with his estranged daughter , and a woman in whom he is secretly interested .
tora - san , the näive and romantic peddler , returns once more to his home in hokkaido where , as usual , he falls in love with a lovely young lady . the girl this time is rinko ueno , who has . . . see full summary »
not much : a skimpy director ' s biography and filmography ( in both chinese and english ) is all that ' s offered here , repeated in the cd - shaped booklet included with the disc .
predictably , tora - san falls in love with her and despite being almost completely broke makes camp at the
new world hotel ,
a shabby downtown establishment run by a tough - looking but mother - dominated hotel manager ( gannosuke ashiya ) .
tora - san ' s grand scheme was released theatrically on february 27 , 1970 . [ 7 ] in japan , the film has been released on videotape in 1989 and 1995 , and in dvd format in 2000 , 2005 , and 2008 . [ 8 ] animeigo released the film on dvd in the us along with the other first four films in the otoko wa tsurai yo series on november 24 , 2009 . [ 9 ]
it stars kiyoshi atsumi as torajir . it was the first film in the series in which hidetaka yoshioka played the role of tora - san ' s nephew mitsuo suwa . he helps her to track down her estranged brother , and informs his family that he plans to marry her . his plans are foiled when the geisha informs tora - san that she is engaged . kiyoshi atsumi was nominated for best actor by the japanese academy .
matsuzaka ' s character also makes an interesting contrast with lowly lounge singer lily ( ruriko asaoka ) , the most enduring of tora - san ' s would - be loves . both work professions that imbue popular appeal and glamour but which are , in private , disdained . it ' s all well and good to be entertained by them , just don ' t fall in love with one . but where lily is coarse and streetwise , with lacquered makeup and a singularly loud wardrobe , fumi is delicate and sophisticated , naturally beautiful and demure .
when his travels bring him to western japan , tora - san decides to pay his respects to the late hyoichiro suwa , his sister ' s father - in - law . he gets drunk with the priest at the temple , . . . see full summary »
traveling the seto inland sea , itinerant peddler tora - san ( kiyoshi atsumi ) spots a young woman , fumi ( matsuzaka ) , tending to what he wrongly assumes is her late husband ' s grave . she ' s amused by his misplaced sympathy and the two become friends . later , in osaka , he meets her once again and is surprised to discover that she works as a geisha . ( earlier , he had seen her in her
civvies
and assumed she was an office worker . )
though director / co - writer yamada obviously favors rural , remote japan to sprawling urban landscapes like osaka , the film plays as a heartfelt valentine to the city and its people . ashiya is especially funny as the browbeaten hotel manager , a kind of japanese mike mazurki , who ' s initially annoyed by tora - san ' s deadbeat attitude toward his ballooning hotel bill , only to be genuinely sorry to see him leave . yamada wisely chose osaka comedians and actors for key roles ; kon omura , to name one , turns up in a sizable part as a dock worker .
he points out that some of the film ' s humor may be lost on western viewers since it stems from the contrast between tokyo and osaka culture . director yamada , according to galbraith .
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hoping to repay his family for the trouble he has caused them in the past , torasan gambles and wins at the horse races . he plans to give his uncle and aunt a vacation in hawaii , but the travel agent turns out to be a con - artist , and makes off with his money . torasan falls in love with haruko , a young kindergarten teacher who is renting a room in his uncle ' s home . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ]
is an above - average entry in this consistently excellent series that lasted 48 feature films made between 1969 and 1995 . much of the script is centered on the amusing differences between residents of tokyo / kanto ( including tora - san and his family ) and osaka / kansai , and therefore its appeal is more specifically domestic than usual , and some of the humor untranslatable . conversely , it offers a fine performance from one of the series ' most beautiful
madonnas
( played in the film by classically beautiful keiko matsuzaka , the star of
, yamada and asama draw interesting parallels between the outwardly opposite tora - san and fumi , parallels that naturally draw them to one another . both left home at an early age , their parents are dead , they work socially unaccepted occupations , and estranged from long - lost siblings for many years . when tora - san learns that fumi has a younger brother she ' s not seen since childhood he ( with obvious allusions to his reunion with younger sister sakura ) aggressively encourages her to drop everything and find him . this time , however , the results are unexpected .
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composer , naozumi yamamoto was nominated for best music score for his work in this film .
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little slow in getting to its wrap - up , but it ' s the kind of honestly sentimental film that leaves you feeling better when the lights go up than when they went down .
the film was another big success for director yamada . it placed fifth on the year ' s top grossing domestic films ( the previous entry ,
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is presented in the usual non - anamorphic widescreen transfer , at about 1 . 85 : 1 from the 2 . 35 : 1 panavision original . the image is okay , but shochiku is merely being cheap in not providing panorama with clones of the beautiful 16 : 9 transfers they used for their own region 2 dvd releases ( which do not have english subtitles ) . the audio is mono despite the dolby stereo declaration on the box ; the english subtitles are adequate , much better than the earliest releases . optional chinese subtitles are also available .
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rates the film no better than average for the series , but still recommends it highly due to the series ' high standards . he notes that it benefits from an opening dream - sequence satire of
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red scorpion is a 1988 american action film starring dolph lundgren and directed by joseph zito .

the film was released in the us on april 21 , 1989 .

red scorpion

the film poster for red scorpion . ( photo : courtesy shapiro - glickenhaus )
with the headline : review / film ; dolph lundgren in ' red scorpion ' .
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joseph zito , who directed norris in missing in action , brought red scorpion to the screen .
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dolph : : dolph lundgren delivers the sting of the red scorpion . . . on location in africa ! ( from prevue magazine )
e heart so that the red scorpion finally see the death . remember , brother called . cold road . bang when the sound , red scorpion kneeling knees , directly fell to the ground , motionless . he knew he was completely defeated . yin and yang p .
i found red scorpion to be a mildly entertaining action flick with a few good fight scenes , but nothing more . then a couple days after i saw the first red scorpion , i saw red scorpion 2 on cable . to my surprise , red scorpion 2 was a lot better than the first . the action scenes were better , the acting was an improvement over the acting the first film [ though it still wasn ' t very good ] , and the movie was actually clever . what i also like about it was you wouldn ' t have to see the first red scorpion to understand this one . i think that should be true with all sequels .
red scorpion by joseph zito | dolph lundgren , m . emmet walsh , al white | 654930313893 | blu - ray | barnes & noble®
as a cultural document , red scorpion is definitely a film that shows its age , one whose geopolitical conflicts have long been lost to history .
the indian red scorpion is considered the most lethal of all scorpions . but despite its reputation , it only stings as a last resort . and rather …
despite all the political controversy red scorpion is a highly entertaining eighties action movie . with great stunts , a stellar cast and a ridiculous amount of explosions .
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comic book fans will know his character becomes the villain known as the scorpion .
while vulture knows spider - man is peter parker , he won’t let scorpion know .
john carmen , ms . jones ' s new york agent , said in a telephone interview this week that he had never heard of ' ' red scorpion . ' '
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defying a boycott of south africa by many united states artists , americans wrote , directed , produced and starred in the film , ' ' red scorpion , ' ' the reports said .
' ' red scorpion ' ' is loosely based on the life of jonas savimbi , the leader of a pro - western guerrilla movement in angola and a key regional ally of south africa .
but one part of the abramoff story that is rarely told is the period of his career where he was a hollywood film producer . a standout from that period was 1989’s red scorpion , starring dolph lundgren as a soviet - trained super killer . somewhere in between 1980s shlock and 1980s awesomeness , the controversial red scorpion has gone on to become a cult classic of sorts . but t
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 .
of that 1500 , only a few dozen are potentially lethal to human beings . and of those , this one , the indian red scorpion , takes the prize as the most lethal of all .
with a body count that leaves jaws firmly on the floor and a healthy disregard for troublesome logic , red scorpion is a classic 80s action spectacular that doesn t let up for a second . . .
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 . written by phillip batz
the indian red scorpion is considered the most lethal of all scorpions . but despite its reputation , it only stings as a last resort . and rather than humans , it prefers to feast on insects , like roaches .
spider - man homecoming end credits scene teases the scorpion as the next villain and maybe even the sinister six .
but abramoff ' s plan backfired : it was not long before anti - apartheid activists were protesting at the
red scorpion
set , and warner brothers , who had signed on to distribute the film , pulled out .
oh crap : nikolai ' s face when sundata catches him red handed during his assassination attempt says it all .
asked by newsday about the south african government ' s connections to the iff and
red scorpion
in 1995 , the last time he seems to have entertained questions on the subject , abramoff called the allegations
outrageous .
sadly a few cool effects sequences and two solid action sequences aren ' t enough to keep red scorpion from being a dud . it just doesn ' t have the same flare as zito ' s previous action outings and sadly this film
red scare : bonus points for having the distinction of being a cold war movie made by a future government official .
it deals about a recently formed elite commando team ( lead by matt mccolm and including jennifer rubin ) trying to destroy a neo - nazi army ( lead by john savage ) , after having been trained by an old russian soldier telling about his mentor nikolaï , who formed the
red scorpion
squads , known with their scorpion tattoo on the arm .
actor michael mando , who played the baddie , revealed he would be playing scorpion before spider - man homecoming was released .
the story of a russian special forces operative ( lundgren ) brought in to assassinate an anti - communist military leader , only to switch sides and join a group of freedom fighters in beating down the soviets , red scorpion definitely hits on all the plot points designed to make red - blooded americans cheer . ( watch the trailer here , if you ' d like . )
red scorpion [ blu - ray ] [ region free ] : urltoken dolph lundgren , m . emmett walsh , al white , brion james , carmen argenziano , t . p . mckenna , joseph zito , jack abramoff , arne olsen : dvd & blu - ray
' ' red scorpion ' ' has already drawn criticism from anti - apartheid organizations in the united states and abroad . [ in new york , arthur ashe , a co - chairman of artists and athletes against apartheid , was asked about the film . the tennis star said :
the package – synapse have presented red scorpion with a beautiful 2k transfer that is crisp and blemish free . there are some scenes , especially the darker ones , where heavy noise can become a little bothersome , but that’s about as far as anything negative goes . 9 / 10
with all the news about the various upcoming international releases of red scorpion on blu - ray ( uk , france , germany , etc . ) , i just wanted to take a few moments to let you know what’s happening with our version , which should be announced soon .
this is a classic
so bad it ' s good
movie . terrible acting , incomprehensible plot , and everything explodes . vehicles , bad guys , straw huts - - everything detonates upon impact . so why just 1 star ? are you serious ? have you seen red scorpion ?
in ' ' red scorpion , ' ' dolph lundgren plays the part of a soviet agent sent to assassinate ' ' an african resistance leader ' ' named sundata , according to jack abramoff , the film ' s american producer , who was quoted in an interview published dec . 4 in the namibian .
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the 1989 dolph lundgren vehicle “red scorpion” is the sort of movie you’d channel surf to at 2am and flip away from instantly . at first glance , it looks like any other mindless action film . you’d never give it a second thought , unless you happened stumble on it as this credit appears on the screen : “a jack abramoff production”
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dolph lundgren , the man responsible for single handedly making every american male question their masculinity in rocky iv . easily one of the most iconic classic action stars of all time , when you hear his name you expect a towering , european dose of fucking shit up on a massive scale . red scorpion delivers these goods and more . with a controversial production , overt tones of a mccarthy - istic red scare , and enough ‘splosions and action to choke a walrus , this is easily one of the coolest movies of all time .
in the scene with vulture ( aka adrian toomes ) , scorpion asks him for the true identity of the web slinger – as he wants revenge for spidey’s involvement in his arrest .
the indian red is tiny…it’s no bigger than a cigarette lighter . but it possesses a potent elixir . and when it lives near people , it often takes shelter where they do .
red scorpion is also being digitally restored by the same folks who did the indiana jones films , once upon a time in the west , the godfather trilogy , the alien films and , most recently , the all - new 4k 3d restoration on titantic . we are thrilled to be working with them on this , as well as many future releases for synapse films .
the story is a little different from other red scare films , because instead of america being invaded by commies or involved in some communist conflict , red scorpion focuses on the redemption of a soviet soldier when he comes face to face with the horrors of war . instead of the atypical american hero , here we have the “enemy of america” , in africa , and he decided to turn the tables on his controllers and snap back . it’s unique and really a breath of fresh air in a fairly mundane genre . it also has a lot of shit blowing up .
eventually , nikolai begins to side with the locals , has a red scorpion tattooed on his chest by a shaman , and helps fight against the cubans and the soviets . horror fans should note tom savini ' s expert gore effects during a torture scene , while others will be pleased with a fine supporting cast including m . emmet walsh , carmen argenziano , and brion james .
glickenhaus , who knew of crew and cast going unpaid , claimed that despite its poor box office receipts ,
red scorpion
did well in video , television and foreign sales . nonetheless , at some point prior to its release in april 1989 , the abramoffs and regency found themselves in enough debt that the film went into the possession of performance guarantees , a completion bond company .
after jack returned to washington , robert abramoff stayed in los angeles and continued to produce films . he is now a full - time lawyer . reached at the offices of burgee & abramoff in woodland hills , he refused to speak about his brother or
red scorpion .
it ' s a family matter and i prefer not to comment on anything ,
he said .
the sinister six are a group of super - villains which has included both scorpion and vulture in the past as well as spider - man baddie favourites such as doctor octopus , electro and sandman .
other trivia : lundgren is such a generous and kind raconteur that it ' s pretty funny listening to him reflexively trying to defend some things that any other star else would either conveniently gloss over or dismiss . he praises sylvester stallone ' s detail - oriented direction of rocky iv but also commends red scorpion director zito for his zeal :
zito was very postitive and had full momentum all the time rather than focussing on the individual scenes .
furthermore , lundgren ' s not even sure why he did some of the stunts that he did for red scorpion , saying about a stunt where he jumps onto a speeding motorbike :
i don ' t know if i was just stupid or if zito wanted it .
he added ,
crazy ! i would never do that today .
urltoken red scorpion : dolph lundgren , m . emmet walsh , al white , t . p . mckenna , carmen argenziano , alex colon , brion james , ruben nthodi , vuzi dibukwana , james mthoba , dinky motsemme , ernest ndhlovu , thapelo mofokeng , mxolisi hulana , nicky rebello , drummond marais , charles comyn , tullio moneta , jurgen hellberg , graham clarke , joseph zito , jack abramoff : movies & tv
we’ve been working on our release of red scorpion for almost a year now . we want ours to be the best version available in any country , on any format , and we have been taking our time putting together the ultimate version of the film for our audience . not only in compiling some amazing supplements , but also working on a restoration of the original materials to make ours the best looking version released .
in the scene , lundgren goes into a drunken rage and breaks a man ' s nose with one punch . it ' s easy to think that is drago struggling with the loss . the problem is that it is not a scene from rocky iv but from 1998 action film red scorpion , where lundgren plays a soviet spetsnaz operative . hopefully millions of people scroll far enough into the comments section to learn that .
even as propaganda , “red scorpion” is a bit confused . every single russian and cuban soldier in the film is portrayed as being pure , uncomplicated , hitler - doesn’t - look - so - bad - in - comparison evil ; every one , that is except lundgren , whose heroism dilutes the intended message that the only good soviet is a dead one . then again , by the end of the film , the only russian who’s
before fallen lobbyist jack abramoff assumed his role as the most scrutinized man in washington , he had a brief career as a budding hollywood producer . he made just one movie , the 1989 cold war bomb
red scorpion .
with its blatant propaganda , its collaboration with the apartheid south african government , and financial misdealing , it ' s notable , even for hollywood , for being one of the seamiest productions in recent memory .
if only things were as jovial off the set . they weren ' t . actors went unpaid ; argenziano said that although he was paid his initial salary , he has never received a residuals check for
red scorpion .
the manager of one of the major cast members , who did not want to be named , said that , according to her client , many of the actors and crew were never paid at all .
in countries like india , scorpion stings are a serous public health issue , particularly among children , where the unclad foot of an unwary youngster can lead to a painful and in some cases if left untreated deadly sting .
but the story behind
red scorpion
is far more captivating . the film was to be a manifesto for abramoff ; a rambo - like morality tale and a grand indictment of communism - - his reagan doctrine parable in action - packed technicolor . and in the process of conceiving of and making it , abramoff helped groom an african despot , rose to high levels in the k street food chain , and got to play international spy .
one thing to understand about abramoff was that his hollywood career and his lobbying career weren ' t separate—they were like a giant melting pot of influence and propaganda . in fact , red scorpion was effectively funded by the south african military , thanks to the fact that the country was abramoff ' s primary client at the time . if you watch the movie , in fact , you ' ll notice that the tanks being driven throughout are south african .
with citizens for america disbanded , and law school done , abramoff moved to los angeles . he came up with the premise for
red scorpion
and hired arne olsen , a young screenwriter with no credits to his name , to write it . the abramoffs told olson they wanted to base the fictional african country in the film , mombaka , directly on angola , and the rebel leader on savimbi . olsen said he churned out a baldly propagandistic script .
lundgren is the
red scorpion
of the title ( like you couldn ' t figure that out ! ) . the russian government sends lundgren , their top soldier , to africa to hunt down and kill a rebel leader that is giving russian bases some flak . lundgren infiltrates the group by look like a deserter but along the way ends up becoming empathetic towards the rebels views . his government in turn tries to exterminate lundgren so lundgren gets angry and bullets begin to fly .
how the dvd / blu ray makes the case for the film : in his liner note , damoiseu gives a stirring and comprehensive history of red scorpion that reveals how the film ' s freaky production history helped to make it a memorable role for the charismatic - - look at him pout ! - - athletic - - thighs as big as a rob liefeld comic book character ! - - and smart - - has a master ' s degree in chemical engineering ! - - swede .
since recently , dolph lundgren owns the privilege to weight on a film ' s orientation and his character ' s contruction . without the ex - punisher signature , a project can stay a treatment for eventual buyer . masters of the universe , red scorpion 2 , the punisher 2 and even the sequel of cover up . . . the list of sequels projects on dolph ' s agent desk is long .
from impact , # 30 , december 1990 ( translated from french )
james glickenhaus , whose company , schapiro glickenhaus entertainment , ended up distributing
red scorpion
after warner brothers jumped ship , said he was not aware of the help provided by the sadf , but he was aware of the controversy over the location .
look , had the film been made in nazi germany , i wouldn ' t have distributed it ,
he said .
but i personally felt upon investigating that the namibian government was more simpatico than the south african government .
and once their victim is captured –either clasped in the scorpions’ pincers , or poisoned by a deadly sting , like this roach - digestive fluids turn the meal to liquid , that can be sucked into the scorpion’s stomach . and what’s left , is cast aside .
i won ' t lie , i came out of red scorpion extremely disappointed . it starts off all right but quickly degrades into a nearly actionless display of lundgren living with some natives . it does have two good action sequences , especially the climax but that comes an hour and a half too late . the production values are also rather flat and the lighting for one thing looks really cheap . it ' s nice to see lovable character actors m . emmet walsh and brion james present but they are in mostly thankless roles
— dolph lundgren , reflecting on the production of red scorpion in a 2011 interview with the now - defunct site mondo video . the swedish actor did a number of his own stunts in the film , including a scene in which he had scorpions walking on him .
jesus , i did so many crazy stunts on that film ,
he recalled .
it ' s unbelievable when i think back about it . it would never happen today . nobody would ever let you do any of that stuff now .
while these trends ensured red scorpion could be made and would have an audience , it also meant that it was far from unique in the market . cannon films , another independent filmmaker of the era , was making dozens of films just like this one every year , relying on a stable of well - remembered b - list action heroes like chuck norris , charles bronson , and jean claude van - damme . ( side note : this documentary about cannon is an amazing document of this era and its impact on filmmaking . )
directed by joe zito , who i’m sure everyone remembers as the director behind the prowler , friday the 13th : the final chapter , and the chuck norris vehicles invasion u . s . a . and missing in action . another factor in red scorpion and the films mentioned , with the exception of missing in action , is legendary effects master tom savini . instead of machetes and pitchforks severing limbs this outing , its machine gun fire , so expect some gore in these firefights . this is way more than bond style action here .
pandin recalled that abramoff enlisted russell crystal , the head of the iff ' s johannesburg office and an advisor to f . w . deklerk , to be an informal producer on
red scorpion
( whether this meant crystal helped fund the film , pandin did not remember ) . but pandin says abramoff refused to compensate crystal afterward .
it wasn ' t a good experience ,
pandin said of the film .
a lot of people didn ' t get paid . russell wasn ' t entirely enamored of jack after that .
this action - packed controversial cult classic is now available from synapse films in a brand - new 2k high - definition transfer of the uncensored version , containing footage never before seen in the u . s . featuring amazing performances from dolph lundgren , m . emmet walsh ( blood simple ) and the late brion james ( blade runner ) , red scorpion contains bloody special effects from the legendary tom savini ( dawn of the dead , friday the 13th ) . loaded with interviews and other amazing special features , this disc will blow you away !
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considering the budget and target audience , red scorpion pretty much achieves its modest goals . draggy patches notwithstanding , this is an entertaining action movie featuring dolph lundgren at the peak of his physical form along with a healthy dosage of one - liners . in the end , however , the film offers nothing new , and the twist of making the hero a russian is hardly enough to extend the film ' s appeal beyond the audience of hardcore action fans or loyal dolph lundgren followers . if you do not fall into any of the abovementioned categories , give it a miss .
in the mid eighties when dolph lundgren was picked out of the five thousand men who auditioned for the role of the almost super human russian boxer ivan drago in rocky 4 . it was assumed that he’d been marked for stardom , but lundgren was never able to the right role . his first staring role as he - man in the highly anticipated masters of the universe ( also known as the movie that sank cannon pictures ) wasn’t the blockbuster that it was expected to be . although when he was cast as the lead in red scorpion a year later it seemed like a sure thing .
dolph lundgren ' s pectorals are the real stars of ' ' red scorpion , ' ' an action - adventure movie set in the fictional african country of mombaka . filmed from below so that one has the sense of peering up at a massive kinetic sculpture , his glistening torso , which over the course of the film is subjected to assorted tortures , is the movie ' s primary visual focus whenever the action slows down . and since mr . lundgren remains stone - faced , rarely speaking except to issue commands in a surprisingly hesitant monotone , his heaving chest actually communicates more emotion than his mumbling lips .
disc # 1 - - red scorpion 1 . the mission [ 8 : 12 ] 2 . getting in trouble [ 10 : 59 ] 3 . escape [ 11 : 16 ] 4 . traveling home [ 12 : 05 ] 5 . homecoming [ 8 : 04 ] 6 . left for dead [ 8 : 36 ] 7 . desert wandering [ 9 : 20 ] 8 . training [ 5 : 15 ] 9 . final test [ : 56 ] 10 . unwelcome reception [ 4 : 02 ] 11 . kicking some ass [ 8 : 33 ] 12 . end credits [ 7 : 22 ]
the film – ah the soviet super - solider , the biggest threat to the american way of life right under marijuana and civil rights . ever since the end of wwii ( and that one little incident where we killed the rosenberg’s for espionage , but we don’t like to talk about it ) , america has hated the idea of those godless commies gaining power . so , um , they just went out and gained a shitload of power - most notably cuba and vietnam , but even in south africa russian influence took root ( by force , but again shhhhhhhh ) . this brings us to red scorpion .
now to the smaller , more rapid explosions that produce little lead balls of instant kill . i’m talking about gunfights , and there are plenty of them . of course since there’s soviets , you’ve got ak - 47’s out the ass , but some odd choices too . like the rpk lmg ( which i only recognized from black ops , so thumbs up for violent video games on the learning scale ) , which dolph uses in an odd way , holding the bi - pod instead of the grips when firing . it’s small things like that that make red scorpion stand out , just those little deviations to action stereotypes that stick with you .
peter roff , who is listed as abramoff ' s personal assistant in the credits of
red scorpion ,
said he worked for abramoff out of the latter ' s washington office during the time of the production in 1987 and ' 88 . roff , however , recalled doing more work for the iff than for the film . indeed , he only vaguely remembered the name regency entertainment . he never went to l . a . or to the set in africa . but roff , who worked on george h . w . bush ' s ' 88 campaign , claimed he too was unaware of the source of the iff ' s funding .
designed to make red - blooded americans cheer . lundgren plays a russian special forces operative brought to an unnamed african nation , ordered to assassinate an anti - communist military leader . instead , he switches sides and joins a group of freedom fighters in beating down the soviets . it’s the cold war in desert heat , essentially .
the thing about red scorpion is that it ' s not a great movie by traditional critical standards . it ' s from an era of filmmaking when auteurs weren ' t the driving force behind independent filmmaking in hollywood . the auteurs never really went away , of course—john waters and david lynch made some of their best films during this period—but a lot of low - budget action movies being made in this era were trying to riff off the reagan - era republicanism of the rambo series . as abramoff was both a reagan - era republican and a guy who grew up in beverly hills , he was pretty much the perfect person to take advantage of this b - movie trend .
the iff , however , could not claim impartiality on the subject . it was , in fact , clandestinely funded by the sadf ' s military intelligence arm , according to former u . s . officials , anc documents , and reports published in u . s . and u . k . according to a 1995 newsday report , the iff received up to $ 1 . 5 million a year from the sadf from 1986 through 1992 , as a part of operation babushka , a smear campaign meant to discredit mandela and the anc by portraying them as allied with communist regimes . an sadf intelligence chief also told the newsday reporters that the sadf helped fund
red scorpion .
screenwriter andrew lemay did an interview with the
boxing with the truth
blog has written a screenplay and said he ' s discussed the idea with people tied to the rocky series . a synopsis of the screenplay was shared with si . the characters in the proposed drago movie are owned by mgm . lemay adapted the drago film from his original screenplay titled red glove .
' ' a south african defense force spokesman in pretoria has confirmed that vehicles , weaponry and other military equipment has been made available to the film makers , ' ' said an article published under the headline ' ' scorpion sting . ' ' ' ' this is equipment that could not be provided by the private sector . the film makers are paying for this assistance . ' '
in ' ' red scorpion , ' ' which is now playing at the criterion and other theaters , mr . lundgren portrays nikolai , a one - man , soviet - trained killing machine assigned to assassinate a rebel leader who is fighting the mombakan communist regime . attaching himself to the rebels ' second - in - command ( al white ) and a wild - eyed american journalist ( m . emmet walsh ) , he crashes their stronghold but fails to kill their leader . discarded by his nasty communist bosses for failing in his mission , he is rescued in the desert by a kindly tribe of bushmen who nurse him back to health and initiate him into the tribe . once restored to fighting condition he is ready for battle , this time on the side of the oppressed rebels .
abramoff ' s last gasp as a producer came thanks to austin st . john , a . k . a . the original red ranger from the power rangers . after st . john left the show , he created an instructional martial arts video , which you can watch here in full , because austin uploads his stuff to youtube . abramoff has just three imdb credits as a producer . somehow , this is the third .
the house of the scorpion is a dark , twisted , but ultimately hopeful story about a young clone named matt who grows up in a dystopian world under the control of a drug lord . oh , and this drug lord happens to be the man from whom he was cloned . as it turns out , this guy , called el patrón , cloned our protagonist so that he might harvest matt ' s organs to keep himself alive later in life .
but at the same time , what makes red scorpion so fun is the fact that everyone was clearly throwing caution to the wind when they made it . the film could have been shot anywhere but instead it was shot in the desert , causing the film ' s shooting schedule to distend from its original 2 1 / 2 months to 4 1 / 2 months . the film ' s crew similarly used real guns and real dynamite for stunt - work . and while tom savini ' s make - up effects certainly wasn ' t real , lundgren did many of his own stunts . several live black scorpions were let loose on his back in one scene ( their stingers had rubber tips put on them ) while a p . o . ed hyena took a bite out of lundgren after the filmmakers shot a deleted scene that ' s not featured in synapse ' s release but is alluded to in damoiseau ' s essay .
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we worked closely with two companies to help us with extras for our release . both red shirt pictures and ballyhoo motion pictures have put together some great stuff . and a big congratulations goes to tom savini who not only gave us an interview , but raided his footage archive to give us some great behind - the - scenes “on the set” footage that no one has seen in 14 years . and big thanks to dolph lundgren for allowing us into his home for a great retrospective / interview about his career .
loudmouthed , arrogant , commie hating , 100 % american ( that’s for goddamn sure ) reporter and supporter of the rebellion , dewey ferguson ( played by the legendary m . emmet walsh ) was caught by the red army snooping around the base . insulting nikolai beyond any and all comprehension , especially when you consider he could easily tear him in half , his blabbering draws the guard into the cell . when you have soviet soldiers in your jail cell and you piss them off , and you’re in the middle of fucking nowhere , that’s not exactly a good thing .
his soviet will represses these thoughts , and he progresses with his assassination mission . nikolai is caught red handed ( i think i’m getting good at this pun business ) trying to carve up sundata , who leaves him unconscious for his fellow soldiers to find , still thankful for his assistance in the escape . vortek is furious with his failure , casts him out of the spetsnaz , and sentences him to death at the hands of the cuban occupiers . since russia pretty much used cuba as a whipping boy , they decide to torture him for soviet secrets before the execution .
so since all three are on the run from a triple force of red army destruction , kintash decided to head to his home village where they can rendezvous with sundata ( which in case you forgot is the prime target of nikolai ) . upon arrival , they realize that general vortek has obliterated the village with his hind helicopter . men , women , and children have been mercilessly gunned down , bombed , and burnt . not everyone has been executed though , and the survivors receive sundata as he arrives at the graveyard of a village . nikolai sees the horrors of his faction , and begins to question who is really on the right side of the conflict .
indian red scorpions , contrary to popular belief , only use their stinger as a last resort . at night they go hunting . they wait for their prey ( insects ) to come and when they do , the scorpions grab their prey with their pincers . then , without even taking the insect inside their mouth , they produce digestive juices from their preoral gut and digest it slightly . then , the setae takes out the part of the insect that they can ' t eat , press it together and get rid of it . the food is then brought into the body by the muscular pharynx . next , food goes through the pharynx , the esophagus , the mid gut , the hind gut , and is then released in the form of feces from the anus . [ 1 ]
dolph lundgren rules . i can ' t say that i ' ve seen a lot of his work , since the ' 90s most of it has gone straight to video , but the guy knows exactly who he is and where he fits , and that is a blessing . joe zito ' s
was lundgren ' s third feature film in a prominent role and he certainly made the most of it . the story is a ludicrous , flag - waving , jingoistic mess , but the execution is actually pretty damned decent , and lundgren ' s presence on screen plays no small part in its success .
nikolai ( lundgren ) is a highly trained spetsnaz agent sent into africa to assassinate a rebel leader . he has known nothing in his life but following orders , and these orders are clear . he has to befriend a rebel in order to get close enough to snuff out the leader , but when he realizes the conditions against which these men are fighting and who is the cause , he has a change of heart and becomes a commie - killing machine .
redsploitation film was a very popular action genre in the ' 80s , thanks in large part to the cold war and reagan ' s xenophobic ranting . just as the ' 70s gave us a healthy portion of nazi - hunting flicks , the ' 80s was brimming with films about the evil empire , which was of course , the communist ussr . dolph lundgren , for some reason , was the go - to guy for imposing russian characters in action films . his breakout role as ivan
i must break you
drago in
certainly primed that pump . even though lundgren ' s looks are clearly scandinavian , his blond hair and blue eyes still managed to convey aryan evil to american filmgoers . whatever the reason , it worked , and dolph quickly became a second tier action icon .
) was a real director who had some skills and took a very difficult shoot in namibia and made it work surprisingly well . the dialogue wasn ' t going to set the world on fire , but we go into these movies expecting shit to blow up , and blow up it does .
films , but it certainly keeps the action moving at a quick pace . if you throw in a little bit of comic relief from m . emmet walsh , you ' ve got all the ingredients for a good time .
, dolph lundgren never quite made the a - list . that strata was saved for men like arnold , sly , and bruce , though i think that is a bit of a shame . lundgren clearly had the chops , and i think with the right choices he could have been a bigger star . it was nice to see him on the big screen again in
certainly does encourage me to dig through some of his dtv work in search of gems . this film is a lot of fun , if a little bit long at around 105 minutes , and deserves a second chance , definitely check it out .
this is another of the glickenhaus films coming to us from arrow video and synapse films . this time around , it looks like arrow video got the jump , and their disc is very solid . the image quality is very good , though ' 80s action films will probably never look great . there is abundant fine detail and a noticeable lack of intrusive grain , probably due to the fact that the vast majority of the film is shot in very bright lighting , thus allowing the filmmaker to use slower film speeds and reduced grain naturally . the audio is pretty good as well , there isn ' t a whole lot of directionality to the mix , but the explosions do manage to pack a punch and i found no major faults with the dialogue .
is really great . on the disc we have a commentary from zito moderated by howard s berger , which is okay , though zito seems a bit laconic on the track and needs prompting often . there is also a great interview with dolph , which is sadly only about 20 minutes , because i could listen to him all day . dolph is incredibly endearing and intelligent and understands his place in cinema history better than anyone . a true gentleman . rounding out the video extras is a brief interview with the composer , which is kind of a throw away , but is made up for by the fantastic lundgren stuff .
also included in this package is the awesome custom art from the dude designs ' tom hodge , 3 additional cover options , a fold out power , a very in depth interview and essay on zito and the film by calum waddell , and the super neat arrow video catalog . this is a very impressive region free package , and we definitely recommend it . there is a blu - ray coming soon from synapse , also , so be aware of that , and we promise to review and compare when we get out hands on that one as well , but i think you can feel confident in picking this one up , it ' s a winner !
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loved this one as kid . thanks for the review and for liking this movie .
one good dolph movie from 2005 is the mechanik ( aka
the russian specialist
) . dolph also directed this one . he ' s actually a pretty decent director . could definitely teach stallone a thing or two about putting together a coherent action scene .
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nikolai rachenko . less a man than a soulless instrument of war , rachenko is dispatched to assassinate the fiercely anti - communist leader of a rebel group in south africa . infiltrating the rebels is easy enough : gargle some vodka , get tossed in the clink , bust out the leader ' s right - hand
, and earn enough of his trust to get up close and personal with the big man himself . actually
the guy . . . ? well , that proves to be a little more problematic . rachenko ' s handlers don ' t take the news of his failure all that well , torturing him in the hopes of learning whatever rebel secrets he ' s keeping squirreled away in that tightly - cropped head of his . after pulling off another daring escape and being taken under the wing of an elderly african bushman , rachenko witnesses first - hand the horrors his former comrades have been inflicting on the proud people of this country . rachenko signs up with the rebel forces , cocks a shotgun , and steels himself for some steamy , blood - spattered commie - on - commie action .
. i mean , it ' s comfort food , and part of that ' s playing exactly like a big stack of the action movies that cannon was churning out in those days . hell , they even got
' s joseph zito to hop into the director ' s chair . there ' s not a whole lot to separate
from the rest of that one - man - army - for - truth - justice - and - the - not - communist - way bunch . sure , the couple of standout action sequences are more than a little bit badass . the african backdrop makes for some pretty spectacular visuals at times . the plight of the tormented africans themselves packs more of a sincere emotional wallop than these sorts of action flicks usually do . tom savini contributes a couple of grisly make - up effects pieces that make for some of
' s most brilliantly cringing moments . plus you score dolph lundgren in the lead , and you ' re never gonna hear me complain about
field so much of his own stuntwork , leaping off a motorcycle onto a speeding truck or marching just a few feet away from another colossal explosion . no cheating with cgi
' s good enough , but if i didn ' t have to sit down and hammer out this write - up after seeing it again for the first time in however many years , it ' d be a distant memory about twenty seconds after the fact . i
, but it ' s really , really , really routine . because his character is a coldly manufactured weapon whose heart is only just now starting to beat , dolph lundgren can ' t exude the sort of personality or charisma that usually draws you in with ' 80s action flicks . m . emmett walsh ' s grating comic relief journalist scores nothing but groans throughout just about every last frame of screentime he gets . the movie kinda takes a while to get going - -
starts not with a bang but with a conference room - - and the pace has a tendency to sputter once the adrenaline rush of its action sequences has worn off . it ' s beyond awesome that synapse films has restored an uncensored version of
is an okay - to - pretty - good action flick from the tail - end of the ' 80s . i mean , it ' s not the sort of movie you ' re likely to speak about with hushed awe like
. it ' s not the sort of movie you ' re likely to speak about , period . still , there ' s just something about these cannon - inspired shitkickers that i can ' t get enough of , and i ' m always game to pal around with dolph lundgren in 1080p . even if you ' re not all that bowled over by
itself , the story behind the movie - - a 19 - year - old king giving the production the boot a week before cameras were slated to roll , the looming spectre of apartheid stomping all over distribution , and disgraced lobbyist jack abramoff having conceived and produced the whole thing in his earlier years - - is pretty damned impressive , and all of that ' s covered in great detail throughout the extras on this blu - ray disc . the movie itself is nothing all that great or noteworthy or whatever , but you know if you ' re a sucker for this flavor of action flick , and if you are ,