Red Scorpion 2
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American VHS cover of "Red Scorpion 2".
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| Directed by | Michael Kennedy |
| Produced by | Robert K. MacLean Jack Abramoff Robert Abramoff Dale A. Andrews George G. Braunstein Mary Eilts Michele White |
| Written by | Troy Bolotnick Barry Victor Straw Weisman Arne Olsen (characters) |
| Starring |
Matt McColm John Savage Jennifer Rubin |
| Music by | George Blondheim |
| Edited by | Gary Zubeck |
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Production
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Abramoff Production
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| Distributed by | Home Box Office (HBO) (USA TV) MCA/Universal Home Video (USA USA VHS/laserdisc) |
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Release date
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May 1994 (France)
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Running time
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95 minutes |
| Country | United States Canada |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $8,000,000 |
Red Scorpion 2 is a 1994 action film starring Matt McColm, John Savage and Jennifer Rubin. It was directed by Michael Kennedy. The film is a sequel to the 1988 film Red Scorpion which starred Dolph Lundgren, although the story is largely unrelated to the first installment.
The film stars Matt McColm as Nick Stone, John Savage as Andrew Kendrick and Jennifer Rubin as Sam Guinness. Other cast members include Paul Ben-Victor as Vince D'Angelo, Michael Covert as Billy Ryan, Réal Andrews as Winston 'Mad Dog' Powell, Duncan Fraser as Mr. Benjamin, George Touliatos as Gregori and Michael Ironside as Col. West.Marc Singer was the original choice for the role of the film's nemesis Andrew Kendrick, whilst Gary Daniels and David Bradley were considered for the role of leading hero character Nick Stone.
The first version of the screenplay for this film was written by Dennis Hackin. A second different version, set in Malaysia, was written by Clay Walker in 1990. Neither of these screenplays were used. The version set in Malaysia was seemingly due to go ahead and in the New Straits Times of June 18, 1992, it was reported that the script was being written by Vigil and was scheduled to be shot in Europe in November. In the same issue it had confusingly stated that McColm was "in Malaysia to promote his latest movie, Red Scorpion 2: The Spear of Destiny. In this movie, McColm takes the lead as Kurt Hawkins, a US Special Forces staff sergeant."
The film had a working title of Red Scorpion 2: Spear of Destiny, which was used on the film's laserdisc release exclusively. It was filmed in Britannia Beach, British Columbia, Canada, and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The two producers Jack and Robert Abramoff of Abramoff Production, had written the original story of the first Red Scorpion film, whilst Jack Abramoff would also produce it.
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