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 count... Read allA 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.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.
- Art Ridzik
- (as James Belushi)
- Lt. Stobbs
- (as Larry Fishburne)
- Pat Nunn
- (as Michael Hagerty)
- Gregor Moussorsky
- (as Savely Kramarov)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaArnold Schwarzenegger spent three months learning to speak Russian. Jim Belushi spent two weeks working at a Chicago police district headquarters.
- GoofsThe teleprinter at the Moscow militia headquarters is seen printing a message in Russian but in the Latin alphabet. Equipment used by the Soviet government would undoubtedly allow the Cyrillic alphabet to be used.
They do have those. Also, some using the Latin alphabet. Ever since Kennedy sent the first ones to Moscow in July 1963.
- Quotes
Ivan Danko: I have car under control.
Art Ridzik: Yeah, I'm sure they taught you all about cars and the price of insurance at your famous Russian school in Kiev!
Ivan Danko: In socialist countries, insurance not necessary. State pays for everything.
Art Ridzik: Yeah? Well, tell me something, Captain. If you've got such a fucking paradise over there, how come you're up the same creek as we are with heroin and cocaine?
Ivan Danko: Chinese find way. Right after revolution, they round up all drug dealers, all drug addicts, take them to public square, and shoot them in back of head.
Art Ridzik: Ah, it'd never work here. Fucking politicians wouldn't go for it.
Ivan Danko: Shoot them first.
- Crazy creditsIn the opening credits certain letters are reversed so as to imitate Russian Cyrillic script. In particular, "Rs" and "Ns" are reversed.
- Alternate versionsGerman theatrical version was edited for violence to secure a "Not under 16" rating. Rental VHS (Starlight) was also edited for violence. Retail VHS (Starlight, EuroVideo) included all the violence but missed 9 minutes of dialogue (oddly both versions were rated "Not under 16"). In 1997 the film was re-released by Astro, this time in its uncut form with a "Not under 18" rating (it was advertised as being a "Director's Cut"). DVD (Kinowelt) is also uncut.
- ConnectionsEdited into Running Red (1999)
- SoundtracksCantata for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution
Op.74: "The Philosophers"
Written by Sergei Prokofiev
Arranged and Conducted by James Horner
The storyline is good and director Walter Hill picks up the pace from the very beginning and doesn't really take his foot off of the speed pedal throughout the movie. And that is a good thing, because the audience is in for an action ride here, as was the tendency with the 80s action movies starring Schwarzenegger.
Needless to say that there is an abundance of action throughout the course of "Red Heat".
Arnold Schwarzenegger is superb in the role of Ivan Danko, and his accent is just glorious for the role. Jim Belushi actually fits the role of Art Ridzik, an American police officer tired of his job, worn down and just lashing out at the world; he has that particular quality to his demeanor. And that brings us to Ed O'Ross, in the role of Viktor Rostavili, because he fits that archetypical type of bad guy so well and really had that gritty look to him.
Now, you might want to put your sense of realism on the shelf before you sit down and watch "Red Heat", because that is not the main focus of the movie. You know what you get here, Schwarzenegger facing insurmountable odds and coming out on top - the same formula used in all of his action movies, essentially. But hey, it was good entertainment, and that is all that matter.
But while "Red Heat" is not the defining movie of Schwarzenegger's movie career, it is definitely one of the more memorable and outstanding movies.
I am rating "Red Heat" seven out of ten stars. I grew up on Schwarzenegger's movies and the 1988 movie "Red Heat" is still as entertaining and watchable in 2019 as it was back in 1988.
- paul_haakonsen
- Oct 19, 2019
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Details
Box office
- Budget
- $29,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $34,994,648
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $8,133,822
- Jun 19, 1988
- Gross worldwide
- $34,994,648
- Runtime1 hour 44 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1