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Red Heat
1988
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 |
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| 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 |
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| Director | Walter Hill |
| Studio | MOMENTUM PICTURES |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 39 mins |
| Certificate | |
| 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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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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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.
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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.
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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 ...
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