Abramoff... Norquist... Reed... LUNDGREN.

He's a human killing machine. Taught to stalk. Trained to kill. Programmed to destroy. He's played by their rules... Until now: the Jack Abramoff story.

Ok, that was actually the tagline to the Abramoff-produced 1989 action thrill-ride Red Scorpion. That's just one bit of color touched on in the new Abramoff movie being produced by Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Dark Side). It's not expected to be released until 2009, but TPMtv got a sneak peak last month in Austin, where Gibney was previewing the film at Netroots Nation. We got a chance to talk with Gibney about Jack, the inspiration for his inspiring corruption, and the novel approach Gibney is taking to marketing the upcoming film:



And why not - here's the entirety of the final battle scene from Red Scorpion, in two parts.

Part I:



Part II:



Bravo, Mr. Abramoff. Bra-... vo.