Arnold Schwarzenegger, Brent Jennings, Brion James

After scoring a hit with the Eddie Murphy-Nick Nolte cop thriller 48 Hours, director Walter Hill returned to the buddy formula with this half-ridiculous, half-invigorating action flick about hu...( read more  read more... )morless Russian cop Ivan Danko (Arnold Schwarzenegger). He follows a drug dealer from Moscow to Chicago, where he's matched up with city cop Art Ridzik (James Belushi), whose work ethic is considerably more relaxed. Most of the humor revolves around Danko's grumpy reaction to good ol' American capitalism, while Ridzik urges him to chill out. Red Heat is not bad as action comedies go, but only if you get into the absurd spirit of this predictable fare, in which the unlikely buddies get to wisecrack and act casually while mayhem erupts everywhere they go. Incidentally, Red Heat was the first American film allowed to shoot in Moscow's Red Square. --Jeff Shannon

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R, 106 min.

Directed by: Walter Hill

Release Date: June 17, 1988

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  • September 25, 2009
    Dated but still fun. What ever happened to James Belushi?
  • July 18, 2009
    Great comedy action cop movie, Arnie in his kick ass prime and Belushi at his short lived peak. This is quite amusing in places, not hilarious but still good. Arnie is actually pretty good as a by the books rigid Russian cop, his hair is wicked :) and Belushi is a pretty good par...( read more)tner making a quite original double team, think 'Rush Hour' for adults. Like all Arnie movies, the action is fast, hard and topps. The bus chase is great.
  • February 10, 2008
    A hard-boiled action-thriller laced with great humor. An awsome film. Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Belushi are teriffic, bringing on great laughs to there play off each other chemistry. They work exceptablely well together.
  • August 25, 2007
    Well, what is it about 80's action flicks that have that unusual charm to them?

    Walter Hill is one of my favourite 80's directors, the man behind 48 Hours and the classic, The Warriors, and this time he gets Arnie and Jim Belushi teaming up for another buddy cop fair. It was i...( read more)n the 80's that the buddy cop, action flicks come out, and dysfunctional partnerships are the craze.

    Now, dont expect the movie to be a success on all levels. But its an Arnie movie at a time he was at his peak and still rising, and it was a watchable flick and if you like Arnie (who else could you find to play a giant russian military cop??) and his stoic no-nonsense, Terminator-like attitude and posture, and throw in a few good lines here and there, and you might enjoy it.

    Belushi: "No, we can't shoot people in the head, the politicians won't go for it!"
    Arnie: "Shoot the politicians first."

    Of course, if you all understand, mix a bit of communism in with capitalism, the Russian military driven mind against the typical American work ethos, you do get something quite different.

    But in all truth, Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte were funnier in 48 Hours, and Hill never did get the magic he had in The Warriors. Though all his trademarks are there, which incidentaly are the trademarks of 80's and early 90's movies such as over the top, yet pretty good action scenes, James Horner's very recognisable music score, blood, sex, nudity and all that rage. Of course, we do see Arnie in the buff from the very start (>_<") well, I guess that what makes him better than everybody else in Hollywood. ^_^"

    If you liked other 80's Arnie Movies such as Commando, Predator etc etc and Walter Hill movies, or other flicks such as Tango and Cash, then yes this is alright.
  • August 13, 2007
    Someones on heat guess which one?
  • October 27, 2009
    Good movie. Red Heat may be your typical 80's action movie, but it's very entertaining. Arnie and James Belushi are a great double act, and I loved the re-pour between the two of them. Director Walter Hill is no stranger to this genre, and with Red Heat he packed it with just eno...( read more)ugh action to camouflage it's clichéd story.
  • October 22, 2009
    I love Schwartze :) he`s movies are always good. Loved this one as well.
  • October 3, 2009
    I like the story behind it.
  • September 13, 2009
    Who is Dirty Harry?Ivan Danko

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    Directed by:Walter Hill
    Cast:Arnold Schwarzenegger,James Belushi,Laurence Fisburne,Ed O Ross
    Genre:Action
    Year of release:1988
    Running Time:106 minutes

    Plot:
    Russian cop Ivan Danko follows a drug dealer from Moscow to Chicago, where he's matched up with city cop Art Ridzik, whose work ethic is considerably more relaxed. Most of the humor revolves around Danko's grumpy reaction to good ol' American capitalism, while Ridzik urges him to chill out. Red Heat is not bad as action comedies go, but only if you get into the absurd spirit of this predictable fare, in which the unlikely buddies get to wisecrack and act casually while mayhem erupts everywhere they go.

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  • August 31, 2009
    Pure 80s cheese action.

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