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DVD ~ Arnold Schwarzenegger
3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Belushi, Peter Boyle, Ed O'Ross, Laurence Fishburne
  • Directors: Walter Hill
  • Producers: Andrew G. Vajna, Gordon Carroll, Mae Woods, Mario Kassar
  • Format: Closed-captioned, Colour, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Letterboxed, NTSC, Widescreen
  • Language English, French
  • Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
  • Region: All Regions
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: R (Restricted) (US MPAA rating. See details.)
  • Studio: Live/Artisan
  • DVD Release Date: 14 Aug 2001
  • Run Time: 104 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00005O5BC
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 81,278 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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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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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Perhaps the ideal "Arnie movie", 5 Jan 2002
By John Peter O'connor - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Red Heat [DVD] [1989] (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.

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Arnie's best role of the 80s, 24 Aug 2002
By "litelistener" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Red Heat [DVD] [1989] (DVD)
When I got Red Heat and watched it for the first time it was so amazing to see Arnie as a really hard, stern Russian. He was like a human terminator. I loved this film becuase Arnie had to go to Chicago in order to bring back a Russian drug criminal. This being the west and not the east.

In the first 20 minutes of the movie we see Arnie in action as he discovers the whereabouts of Victor (drug criminal) and tries to arrest him. Unfortunately Victor gets away and then Arnie has to go to Chicago to bring him back.

This film is filled with humour becuase of the relationship and differecnes between Arnie's views and the Chicago cops that he meets. They try to help him, but he does what he wants. Arnie being Arnie has so much fun in this role, breaks the rules and getting what he wants first.

If your an Arnie fan this move just rocks. Too cool, too funny and plenty of action.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars One of Arnold`s showcase films., 28 Jun 2006
By muzik maker (United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Red Heat [DVD] [1989] (DVD)
To begin with lets get one thing straight, Red Heat is not a reflection on reality its a film with an exaggerated look on reality, fight scenes, shoot outs and language that are there to keep us watching and entertained. If this film was meant to be true to reality it wouldnt be the film it is today, it would become a pretty boring film.
In effect this is one of Arnold`s showcase films in which he plays a russian cop hunting down a soviet criminal and from the memorable fight scene set in the sauna at the start to the amazing coach chase scene towards the end this film will keep you thoroughly entertained.
There are laughs and sarcasm from both James Belushi and Arnold at American and Russian cultures which highlight that they DO live in different lifestyles and are sure to rise at least a smile on everyones face.
But im sure that most people wont want to be watching this film to learn the difference between American and Russian ideals, more the case they will be watching it to watch Arnold in action and its from that point of view where this film succeeds hands down. Arnold is in great shape in this film and you can tell, especially in the shoot out in the hotel where he is only wearing a white thermal t-shirt(maybe he got the idea from Bruce Willis). His charisma and presence on the screen is magnetic and shows a man enjoying an increasingly successful career to which this film might not have made a huge leap to hollywood stardom but its definitely a huge part of the road to it. Schwarzenneger doing what he does best, a joy to watch.
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4.0 out of 5 stars PC Film set in the midst of Glasnost
Red Heat was a groundbreaking film in that it was the first American film to be filmed at Moscow's Red Square. Read more
Published on 28 May 2007 by Jay

4.0 out of 5 stars James and Arnold, a daring duo
A fun shoot-im-up with lots of good chase scenes and a few good plot twists. One of the things that make the movie is Arnold going around strait faced and like the terminator... Read more
Published on 14 May 2005 by bernie

3.0 out of 5 stars Moscow in Illinois
The film, with the time distance from the Soviet Union to the present situation, has lost all of its depth. Read more
Published on 25 Mar 2005 by Jacques COULARDEAU

4.0 out of 5 stars Great movie, bad acting!
This movie is great! Amd although the acting is not good, i suppose it just adds to it.
I love the shoot-outs between Arnie and his foe, it's just so great seeing a man in... Read more
Published on 16 Oct 2004 by Shkandrij

1.0 out of 5 stars The Subtitles Are Missing
I picked up this version recently (not from Amazon I'm afraid), and to my dismay I found that any time in the film that people spoke russian, NO subtitles appeared. Read more
Published on 2 Mar 2001

3.0 out of 5 stars Arny goes East
Actually you can't rate this movie 3 stars, because the fair rating will be 1 or 5 and will depend on how you feel toward trash movies in general. Read more
Published on 25 Oct 2000 by Vladimir Sergachev

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