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Red Heat Details

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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 humourless Russian cop Ivan Danko (Arnold Schwarzenegger). He follows a drug dealer from Moscow to Chicago, where he's matched up with .. Read more

Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Belushi, Peter Boyle, Ed O'Ross
Director Walter Hill
Genres Action/Adventure, Thriller

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Red Heat

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 humourless 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 humour 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, Amazon.com

Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Belushi, Peter Boyle, Ed O'Ross, Laurence Fishburne, Gina Gershon, Richard Bright
Director Walter Hill
Studio MOMENTUM PICTURES
Run time DVD: 1 hr 39 mins
Certificate DVD Certificate 18.gif
Genres Action/Adventure, Thriller
Language English
Dubbed German, Italian, Spanish
Subtitles Dutch, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Turkish
Released DVD: 20 May 2002
Production year: 1988
Format DVD
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  • 2 stars out of 5

    Most definitely not to be confused with the Arnie action film of the same name, this is routine “bras behind bars” stuff, about an American woman in West Germany who is mistakenly arrested as a spy and tossed into a prison packed with sadistic guards and even more unmentionable inmates. The film is most notable for co-starring The Exorcist's Linda Blair and Emmanuelle herself, Sylvia Kristel, both of whom were, after their first big breaks, quickly reduced to making quickie tosh like this.

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  • A partial return to form for slam-bang Hill, this is the 48 HRS formula crossed with Gorky Park. Unstoppable unorthodox... read more on Time Out

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  • 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars

    The Heat is On!

    Not a great arnie film. He's not as big as he is in raw deal or Conan. But the sound of the punches alone in the first fist fight should keep you entertained enough for a boys night in.

      • A customer from London
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  • 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars

    The Heat is On!

    Not a great arnie film. He's not as big as he is in raw deal or Conan. But the sound of the punches alone in the first fist fight should keep you entertained enough for a boys night in.

      • A customer from London
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    • Red Heat
      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 humourless Russian cop Ivan Danko (Arnold Schwarzenegger). He follows a drug dealer from Moscow to ...