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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 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
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray
I will assume you already know the movie and are trying to decide whether or not to upgrade to blu-ray. In my opinion the transfer is fantastic, both picture and audio quality are excellent given the age of the film, making this the best version you can get and well worth the upgrade considering the price if you are a fan.
If you already own Raw Deal on blu ray the extras here are the same so it might be worth getting the American version which is region free and has different and possibly more interesting features.
If you already own Raw Deal on blu ray the extras here are the same so it might be worth getting the American version which is region free and has different and possibly more interesting features.
13 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Ivan Danko (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is a tough Moscow cop on the trail of Viktor Rostavili (Ed O'Ross) the drug dealer who killed his partner. When Viktor turns up in Chicago, having paid an American woman to marry him and being held by the local police on minor charges, Danko is sent to bring him back.
The Soviet government does not want to tell the Americans just how important a prisoner they have and so, unalerted to the danger, the Chicago cops arrange a casual handover and the rest of Viktor's gang manage to spring him. In the process, one of the two Chicago cops with Danko is killed and that leaves him and Art Ridzik (James Belushi) together on a mission. They have both lost a partner to Viktor and they want to get him.
Thrown into the mix is the inevitable element that both men are seen as unreliable by their superiors and that, while they start out with a lot of mutual suspicion, it turns into respect as they become buddies.
All of the above sounds pretty much the standard Hollywood cop story formula and that does not bode well but this movie wins on its execution and balance. It's very well edited with a constant but not overwhelming flow of action and a script that gives both Belushi and Schwarzenegger occasion to deliver moments of levity.
Both leads are well cast and they do a good job together and you can believe not just in the characters but in the way that they rub along together.
Despite the fact that parts of the movie were shot in Russia and Eastern Europe using local actors, the movie does not seem to move beyond a stereotyped view of the people and country. That is really just a small criticism though and the important thing is that this is one of the best buddy-cop movies around.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray
Ok so we all know the story Russian cop (fish out of water) arrives in the city to extradite the drug dealer who killed his friend. Excellent performances from Schwarzenegger and Belushi. Classic action comedy.
As for the bluray picture quality it is excellent. you could almost believe this is a more recent movie. It looks that new and improved. Buy it!
As for the bluray picture quality it is excellent. you could almost believe this is a more recent movie. It looks that new and improved. Buy it!
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Enjoyable 80`s film of Schwarzenegger
Yes, Arnold Schwarzenegger is a favourite of mine. I think the action scenes are well staged and looks good. Read more
Published 1 month ago by LoBo
One of Arnie's worst
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Published 5 months ago by Colonel Decker
It's OK to like each other!
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Published 8 months ago by theone&only
Good Action Movie from Arnie.
I love Arnie movies anyway so no surprise I like this one too. Saying that in my books it isn't as good as Commando and not a patch on movies like T1 and T2 but a great Arnie movie... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Mr. S. Newbury
Look out Chicago, Arnie & Jimmy are loose on the streets.
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Published 9 months ago by Spike Owen
These guys eat too much red meat!
Walter Hill is a director known for his tough guy action movies (The Warriors, Extreme Prejudice, Southern Comfort) and in the early 80s he scored big with 48 Hours, a story of... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Inspector Gadget
Red Heat Returns
Have had this as part of a VHS boxset for years and always liked the film
despite the soupy picture quality. Read more
despite the soupy picture quality. Read more
Published 15 months ago by T. Reeves
top blu ray for a 23 year old movie
I was a slow convert to the new disc format,but after seeing this movie,it has changed my mind,we all saw this back in 1988 on a not bad vhs rental,sell through was still getting... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Mrgvase
Good film, Poor Transfer
This is a good film with good action and laughs but the tranfer to Blu-ray is poor, very grainy and not much different from the dvd version. Read more
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