Beystiman It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

Huievest Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Janae Milner Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

gridoon2018 If you were to rank all of Arnold Schwarzenegger's movies, "Red Heat" would place somewhere in the middle (in quality as well as in popularity). It's basic, formulaic cops-and-drug-dealers stuff, but expertly directed by action specialist Walter Hill, who also made other violent buddy-movies like "48 Hours" and its sequel. Arnold has a role here that allows him to use his robotic delivery to his advantage (he is almost like a human Terminator); it's one of his better performances, and he is certainly funnier than his co-star, James Belushi ("Hooligani!"). The bus-chase climax is pretty spectacular. **1/2 out of 4.

slightlymad22 Continuing my plan to watch every Arnie movie in order, I come to 1988's Red Heat.Plot In A Paragraph: Ivan Danko (Arnie) A tough Russian policeman is forced to partner up with a cocky Chicago police detective (James Belushi) when he is sent to Chicago to apprehend a Georgian drug lord who killed his partner and fled the country.Arnie teaming up with James Belushi in a buddy cop movie directed by Walter Hill should have been a slam dunk, but it falls flat for some reason. Belushi (despite being in lots of movies I liked) always seemed like being one great movie away from the big time. Ed O'Ross is your typical rent-a-bad guy, Laurence Fishburn is OK, I actually forgot how hot Gina Gershon was back then too. One of my biggest pet peeves from 80's movies (Lock Up is bad for this) is evident here, when punches sound like shotguns being fired. In his autobiography Total Recall, Arnie talks about how he signed on for this when all Hill had, was one scene written. Where Danko breaks the guys leg, and it ends up being an artificial leg, filled with cocaine. "I love it. I'm in." Was his reply. He also reveals he doesn't know why it wasn't the success he expected, he doesn't know if American audiences were ready to root for a Russain, if himself and Belushi were not good enough or if Hill simply put together a poor movie. With a $34 Million domestic gross, Red Heat finishes the year the 31st highest grossing movie. Even though I rarely watch it, I like it.

ivo-cobra8 Red Heat (1988) is American Bad Ass action film my favorite action classic childhood movie. Every time I see it I kept getting excited to see in it again. Red Heat is a buddy routine classic underrated action flick! I grew up with this film and I still love watching it today. Classic 80's action flick with Arnold doing his bad Russian accent and Belushi's hyper kinetics' acting. None the less they have good chemistry together and there's plenty of good one liners and action sequences to make this one very entertaining. Seeing the styles and fashions of the day is pretty funny and brings back lots of good memories from that period. After The Running Man Arnold made Red Heat. At that time it was a quite good film but now the movie looks a little out dated. Between The Terminator and Raw Deal there is Schwarzenegger's Red Heat, the 1988 action peace which also co-stars Jim Belushi who provides the comic relief from the Director who gave us Eddie Murphy in 48 hrs. Red Heat is the typical 80's action cop genre picture Arnold entertained us with during the 80's. This also would mark his last 80's picture he would then be back in 1990's Total Recall and the phenomenal sequel Terminator 2 a year later. But back to this gem. Red Heat is one of Arnie's finest movies. Though not taken seriously by a lot of his fans and fans of the 80's movies. Both Belushi and Arnold deliver really fine performances that match each other well. Of course a very young Gina Gershon makes a little appearance. Still looking exactly the same as she does today. This is one of my favorite Arnold & Belushi movie. Also Gina Gershon and Laurence Fishburne are co staring in this film. Also I think Gina Gershon did terrific job in here she also co started in Steven Seagal's film Out For Justice (1991). This film is very bashed and hated, I grew up with this film. I love that Arnold plays A Russian Cop who fly's in to the States to find and track down a ruthless criminal Viktor Rostavili (Ed O'Ross) to bring him back to Russia. I still think Red Heat is one of Walter Hill's best movies, his first film was 48 Hrs. (1982) with Nick Nolte and Eddie Murphy. I love James Belushi as a street wise detective Art Ridzik. I love his sense of humor and his charm and his outstanding lines. I think he acted very well as Detective in here. The shootouts are a awesome. I love the action scenes especially the opening fight scene in the snow, the hotel shootout and the bus chase (which is one of the more creative ideas I have seen in an action movie chase scene). Another thing I really liked was the "Podbyrin 9.2mm pistol" since I have an interest in guns. Tim Lafrance who was also the armorer on "Miami Vice" built the gun for the film using parts from the famous Walther P-38 to beef up the Desert Eagle, since Walter Hill told him he wanted "A P-38 on steroids". The most funny scene for me is that guy comes to the car when Arnold sits in it and wants to carjack him so Ivan ask: "Do you know Miranda?" the hooligan answers back "Never heard of the bitch." pow, Ivan punches him unconscious. I love the music score by James Horner, he made a perfect music theme for the film.The rating I am giving is 10/10 this movie deserves it. Red Heat is a 1988 American buddy cop action film directed by Walter Hill. The film stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, as Moscow narc Ivan Danko, and James Belushi, as Chicago detective Art Ridzik. Finding themselves on the same case, Danko and Ridzik work as partners to catch a cunning and deadly Soviet Georgian drug kingpin, Viktor Rostavili (Ed O'Ross), who also happens to be the killer of Danko's previous partner back in Soviet Russia.10/10 Score: A Studio: Carolco Pictures StudioCanal, TriStar Pictures Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Belushi, Peter Boyle, Ed O'Ross, Laurence Fishburne, Gina Gershon, Brion James Director Walter Hill Producers: Walter Hill, Gordon Carroll, Mario Kassar, Andrew G. Vajna Screenplay: Walter Hill, Harry Kleiner, Troy Kennedy Martin Story by Walter Hill Rated: R Running Time: 1 Hr. 44 Mins. Budget: $29,000,000 Box Office: $34,994,648

Maziun "Red heat" is somewhere in the middle when it comes to Schwarzenegger movies. It 's not one of his greatest movies but it's definitely far from being terrible. If you like action comedies , you'll like this one. It's nothing new , but the formula works."Red heat" was made in the age of glasnost and perestroika . That explains the idea of combining a Russian cop with an American one. It's a tribute to the increasing spirit of détente between East and West. It also could be a reason why the movie was successful at the box office , while "Rambo 3" failed (Stallone didn't noticed that fighting Russians isn't cool anymore). "Red Heat" became the first American film for which permission was granted by the Soviet authorities to shoot in Red Square itself.Arnold Schwarzenegger plays the part of Russian supercop Ivan Danko. He fits the role perfectly , because of his size and looks. Even his accent works , although it does sound more German than Slavic. Arnold is stoic , quiet and violent. He is simply believable. His partner in this movie is Polish American cop Art Ridzik played by Jim Belushi. Belushi is likable enough as the foul mouthed cop from Chicago. His a typical comic relief that tries to put a funny one liner as often as it possible. Belushi sometimes overacts and sometimes is more annoying than funny , but overall he does a good job here. The most laughs however come from Arnold and the cultural differences between Russia and USA.Director Walter Hill reuses the same formula from "48 hours". Here the contrasts are not just between the personalities of the cop duo , but also between the American and Soviet systems of law enforcement. "This Chicago is very strange city. Your crime is organized, but your police is not." The film itself is just alright, neither good not bad. There's no real problem or fault with "Red Heat" except that it offers a fare amount (but just not enough) of laughs and thrills. There is no real chemistry between Belushi and Schwarzenegger. The plot is rather muddled and doesn't offer any real mystery. There are some familiar faces in the supporting roles – Peter Boyle ("Dream team") , Laurence Fishburne ("Matrix") , Gina Gershon and Brion James ("Blade runner") , but they aren't given anything interesting to do. The score by James Horner is neither good or bad (you can hear the echo of "Gorky Park" score here).The action scenes are well shot and edited. You can clearly see what's going on and there's none of that modern shaky hand-held camera movement or ultra quick cut editing. Thank God. The movie has few memorable scenes : the fight in sauna (hilarious) , the leg scene (awesome, just watch the movie) and the bus chase (quite exciting , if not copied from "48 hours") .I give it 5/10. Some comedic value , some action , some nice one-liners. It doesn't break any new ground , but it delivers quite well what it promises . Fans of the genre should be satisfied.