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.

Director: Joseph Zito

Writer: Robert Abramoff, Jack Abramoff, Arne Olsen

Actors: Dolph Lundgren, M. Emmet Walsh, Al White

Production: N/A