Red Heat

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Red Heat

R

Released Jun 17, 1988

1h 43m

Action

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A Moscow detective (Arnold Schwarzenegger) shows his local police escort (James Belushi) how to hunt a Soviet drug smuggler in Chicago.

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Critics Consensus

Red Heat's overreliance on genre formula is bolstered by Walter Hill's rugged direction and a strong touch of humor.

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Variety Staff

Variety

Schwarzenegger, who when he dons a green suit is dubbed 'Gumby' by Belushi, is right on target with his characterization of the iron-willed soldier, and Belushi proves a quicksilver foil.

Jul 6, 2010

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Geoff Andrew

Time Out

Surface stuff, moderately contemptuous, but entertaining enough.

Feb 9, 2006

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Vincent Canby

New York Times

''Red Heat'' is a topically entertaining variation on the sort of action-adventure nonsense that plays best on television.

May 20, 2003

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

Schwarzenegger is watchable in yet another guns-and-stunts adventure, but this production is entirely forgettable.

Rated: 4/10

Feb 6, 2025

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Mitchell Beaupre

Paste Magazine

Red Heat is absolutely worth the watch for the first 15 minutes alone.

Rated: 6.5/10

Sep 29, 2023

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Rene Jordan

El Nuevo Herald (Miami)

Red Heat is a fast-paced action comedy, with gun fire, bursting with mishaps all around. [Full review in Spanish]

Jul 7, 2022

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Justin W

Good old fashion gun action

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/25/24

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Gregory R

I always enjoyed this movie. Not the best Arnie movie, far from the worst.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/06/24

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Nawt W

Flailing the most stereotypical portrayal of a Soviet cop the 1980s could manifest as the main draw of the story, it unfortunately fails to do anything but the bare minimum with its own concept.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

11/26/23

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Sometimes you gotta bring the heat down Walter Hill directs an action buddy-cop flick starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jim Belushi, Peter Boyle, Laurence Fishburne, and Gina Gershon A Moscow detective Ivan Danko is hunting a Soviet drug smuggler Viktor Rostavili He follows him to NYC with the help of an American officer Art Ridzik Viktor's wife is also a big part in bringing him down Ultra-violent, action-packed, and two strong leads help the movie be exciting The gun fights are brutal and this moves by pretty quick The final chase involving two buses is filmed very slickly For all its formula the two actors are the best bits seeing the differences of justice between the East and west It's the stuff made for tv but highly entertaining

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

06/18/23

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max n

This is average enough. Not one of Arnold's best movies in my opinion, but Red Heat isn't too bad. Though I wanted to like it a lot more than I did.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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isla s

This is very much a stereotyped action thriller film of the late 1980s. The mock Russian accents are cringe-y, to say the least. Its a fairly entertaining watch otherwise I suppose although not exactly chock-full of substance, I think its fair to say. Watching Art Ridzik,(the wise guy cop played by Jim Belushi) get annoyed with Ivan Danko, played by Arnold Schwarzenegger, was amusing. I also spotted Peter Boyle, i.e. the dad from Everybody Loves Raymond and a young(ish) pre-Matrix Laurence Fishburne. This is an alright, if unsurprisingly by the book, action thriller that may be of interest if it sounds any good but I don't know I'd especially go far out of your way to watch it.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Synopsis

A Moscow detective (Arnold Schwarzenegger) shows his local police escort (James Belushi) how to hunt a Soviet drug smuggler in Chicago.

Director: Walter Hill
Producer: Gordon Carroll, Walter Hill
Screenwriter: Harry Kleiner, Walter Hill, Troy Kennedy Martin
Distributor: TriStar Pictures
Production Co: Carolco Pictures Inc.
Rating: R
Genre: Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 17, 1988, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 23, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $35.0M
Runtime: 1h 43m
Sound Mix: Surround

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