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''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, starring Dolph Lundgren, although the story is largely unrelated to the first installment. ==Background== 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.〔http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110954/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast〕 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.〔http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110954/trivia?ref_=tt_trv_trv〕 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.〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6VlPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JZADAAAAIBAJ&pg=3008,2999607&dq=red+scorpion+mccolm&hl=en〕 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."''〔https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6VlPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JZADAAAAIBAJ&pg=3068,3345237&dq=red+scorpion+mccolm&hl=en〕 The film had a working title of ''Red Scorpion 2: Spear of Destiny'', which was used on the film's laserdisc release exclusively.〔http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110954/releaseinfo?ref_=tt_dt_dt〕 It was filmed in Britannia Beach, British Columbia, Canada, and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.〔http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110954/locations?ref_=tt_dt_dt〕 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.〔http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098180/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm#cast〕 The film first aired on the Home Box Office (HBO) network on April 27, 1995, before being distributed by MCA/Universal Home Video on VHS/laserdisc on February 6, 1996.〔http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110954/companycredits?ref_=tt_dt_co〕 The film was released theatrically in Japan, India and Italy.〔 The film debuted in France during May 1994 at the Cannes Film Market, before being released within Japan, USA and South Korea respectively during 1995, and later in Italy during 1997. Like in the USA, the video release of the film in France was also in 1996.〔 ''Red Scorpion 2'' has never been released on DVD in America, but only on VHS and laserdisc. In the UK, the film was released on 1 October 1999 via Cinema Club on VHS. Additionally, Cinema Club released a double feature, which consisted of both films ''Red Scorpion'' and ''Red Scorpion 2''. In 2005, a DVD version was released in Italy, under the title ''Missione Senza Nome'', which translates to ''Mission Nameless''. In Canada, it was released in 2000 via Alliance Atlantis Video, in Greece during 1997 via New Star/Telefilm Hellas.〔 Although most VHS releases had similar artwork to one another, the laserdisc version featured completely different artwork. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Red Scorpion 2」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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