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Red Heat

- Moscow's toughest detective. Chicago's craziest cop. There's only one thing worse than making them mad. Making them partners.

A tough Russian policeman is forced to partner up with a cocky Chicago police detective when he is sent to Chicago to apprehend a Georgian drug lord who killed his partner and fled the country.

Release Date : 1988-06-17

Language :EnglishRussian

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Carolco PicturesLone WolfOak PicturesLone Wolf PicturesTriStar Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles : Red Heat

Cast

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Character Name : Ivan Danko

Original Name : Arnold Schwarzenegger

Gender : Male

Jim Belushi

Character Name : Art Ridzik

Original Name : Jim Belushi

Gender : Male

Peter Boyle

Character Name : Lou Donnelly

Original Name : Peter Boyle

Gender : Male

Ed O'Ross

Character Name : Viktor Rostavili

Original Name : Ed O'Ross

Gender : Male

Laurence Fishburne

Character Name : Lt. Stobbs

Original Name : Laurence Fishburne

Gender : Male

Gina Gershon

Character Name : Cat Manzetti

Original Name : Gina Gershon

Gender : Female

Richard Bright

Character Name : Sgt. Gallagher

Original Name : Richard Bright

Gender : Male

Brent Jennings

Character Name : Abdul Elijah

Original Name : Brent Jennings

Gender : Male

Gretchen Palmer

Character Name : Hooker

Original Name : Gretchen Palmer

Gender : Female

Pruitt Taylor Vince

Character Name : Night Clerk

Original Name : Pruitt Taylor Vince

Gender : Male

Mike Hagerty

Character Name : Pat Nunn

Original Name : Mike Hagerty

Gender : Male

Brion James

Character Name : Streak

Original Name : Brion James

Gender : Male

Gloria Delaney

Character Name : Intern

Original Name : Gloria Delaney

Gender : Female

Peter Jason

Character Name : TV Announcer

Original Name : Peter Jason

Gender : Male

Oleg Vidov

Character Name : Yuri Ogarkov

Original Name : Олег Видов

Gender : Male

Savely Kramarov

Character Name : Gregor Moussorsky

Original Name : Савелий Крамаров

Gender : Male

J.W. Smith

Character Name : Salim

Original Name : J.W. Smith

Gender : Male

Gene Scherer

Character Name : Consul Stepanovich

Original Name : Gene Scherer

Gender : Male

Tengiz Borisoff

Character Name : Josip Baroda

Original Name : Tengiz Borisoff

Gender : Male

Roger Callard

Character Name : Pytor Tatomovich

Original Name : Roger Callard

Gender : Male

Gábor Koncz

Character Name : Vagran Rostavili

Original Name : Gábor Koncz

Gender : Male

Géza Balkay

Character Name : Col. Kulikov

Original Name : Géza Balkay

Gender : Male

Zsolt Körtvélyessy

Character Name : Lt. Redetsky

Original Name : Zsolt Körtvélyessy

Gender : Male

János Bán

Character Name : Officer

Original Name : János Bán

Gender : Male

Masanori Toguchi

Character Name : Mongol Hippy

Original Name : Masanori Toguchi

Gender : Male

Sven-Ole Thorsen

Character Name : Nikolai

Original Name : Sven-Ole Thorsen

Gender : Male

Norbert Növényi

Character Name : Sacha

Original Name : Norbert Növényi

Gender : Male

Istvan Etlenyi

Character Name : Yegor

Original Name : Istvan Etlenyi

Gender : Male

George Gati

Character Name : Piano Player

Original Name : George Gati

Gender : Male

Peter Marikovsky

Character Name : Waiter

Original Name : Peter Marikovsky

Gender : Male

Gábor Németh

Character Name : Gangster

Original Name : Gábor Németh

Gender : Male

Istvan Vajas

Character Name : Gangster

Original Name : Istvan Vajas

Gender : Male

Peter Kis

Character Name : Gangster

Original Name : Peter Kis

Gender : Male

Atilla Fási

Character Name : Gangster

Original Name : Atilla Fási

Gender : Male

Eric Mansker

Character Name : Ali

Original Name : Eric Mansker

Gender : Male

Lew Hopson

Character Name : Jamal

Original Name : Lew Hopson

Gender : Male

Jason Ronard

Character Name : Nelligan

Original Name : Jason Ronard

Gender : Male

Gigi Vorgan

Character Name : Officer Audrey

Original Name : Gigi Vorgan

Gender : Female

Allan Graf

Character Name : Joliet Prison Guard

Original Name : Allan Graf

Gender : Male

Kurt Fuller

Character Name : Detective

Original Name : Kurt Fuller

Gender : Male

Bruno Alexander

Character Name : Detective

Original Name : Bruno Alexander

Gender : Male

Christopher Mankiewicz

Character Name : Cop in Hospital

Original Name : Christopher Mankiewicz

Gender : Male

Bob O'Donnell

Character Name : Bernie the Newsie

Original Name : Bob O'Donnell

Gender : Male

Marjorie Bransfield

Character Name : Waitress

Original Name : Marjorie Bransfield

Gender : Female

Luis Contreras

Character Name : Lupo

Original Name : Luis Contreras

Gender : Male

Christopher Anthony Young

Character Name : Hooligan

Original Name : Christopher Anthony Young

Gender : Male

William McConnell

Character Name : Police Photographer

Original Name : William McConnell

Gender : Male

Ed DeFusco

Character Name : Police Photographer

Original Name : Ed DeFusco

Gender : Male

Joey D. Vieira

Character Name : Man at Phone Booth

Original Name : Joey D. Vieira

Gender : Male

Michael Adams

Character Name : Railroad Engineer

Original Name : Michael Adams

Gender : Male

Jonathan Tate

Character Name : Prison Cleanhead

Original Name : Jonathan Tate

Gender : Male

Reviews

J

JPV852

@JPV852

2021-06-23

Entertaining enough buddy-cop movie has some fun action scenes (the bus chase sequence was great). Only thing holding it back was the pairing of Schwarzenegger and Belushi never quite worked for me. Still a good flick from Walter Hill, though not sure it ranks all that high compared with others from the era. **3.5/5**

J

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

Look out Chicago, Arnie & Jimmy are loose on the streets. Captain Ivan Danko (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is a no nonsense Soviet cop who is sent to Chicago to pick up a murdering Russian drug dealer. Upon arriving in the windy city, Danko is teamed with Art Ridzik (James Belushi), a wise-cracking street cop notorious for cutting corners to get the job done. Complete polar opposites, both men form an unlikely alliance as Danko's Soviet methods blend with Ridzik's free spirited street wise techniques. There were quite a few buddy buddy films around in the 1980s, certainly the teaming of unlikely cop partners was nothing new at the time of Red Heat's release. Yet for all it's obvious reliance on clichés, and its out dated Russian/American guffaws, Red Heat is a romping, violent and funny picture. Pairing the big Austrian Oak Schwarzenegger with the Americana that is James Belushi pays off in bundles. Yes it's sometimes crass, but Belushi's cocky mannerisms play off Schwarzenegger's robotic frame with comedic joy. All played out in amongst carnage and murder created by director Walter Hill, who is quite frankly, and thankfully, just extending the formula that he started in 1982 with 48 Hrs. The support cast is not to be sniffed at either. Peter Boyle, Ed O'Ross, Laurence Fishburne, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Brion James and Gina Gershon. All line up to add fuel to the Arnie and Jimmy fire. Also good to see is that Hill shot on location in Illinois and Moscow to give the film some scenic impetus, whilst James Horner's score is suitably bombastic and at one with the material. It's no rocket scientist who observes a film like this and calls it popcorn fodder, because it so obviously is. But within its buddy buddy framework lies a very quotable film that's essential for fans of Arnie & Jimmy. Sometimes that's all one needs from a film like this. 7/10

C

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-11-06

I am not sure how much actual acting Arnold Schwarzenegger had to do in this rather derivative crime caper. A bit like John Wayne in "Brannigan" (1975), he is despatched to partner up with a cop abroad to order to repatriate a dangerous criminal. In this case, though, he is a Russian and it is wise-cracking American "Ridzik" (Jim Belushi) that he must bridge the culture-gap and work with to track down a murderous drug dealer who did for his partner and fled. To be fair to Arnie, he has his tongue a bit in his cheek here, but Belushi just mis-fires once too often in this rather sloppy adventure. The escapades are all rather predictable and the underlying joke/scenario wears thin all too quickly. I suppose it nods a little to the thawing in the post-Reagan relationship between the USA and the Soviet Union, but the delivery borders on the slapstick at times and I was never really a fan of Belushi's brand of rather puerile comedy - indulged in spades here by a trio of writers including the usually far more reliable Troy Kennedy Martin. It passes the time effortlessly enough, and reminds us who lived through that period of just how dodgy some of our fashions were, but thereafter it's all pretty mediocre fayre.