frickabee Not many Schwarzenegger movies got a worse IMDB score than this one. I'll go along with that. At the very beginning of this movie, the viewer is shown gratuitous shots of Arnold's naked ass, giving people who enjoy that kind of thing reason enough to praise this movie, but at the same time, symbolizing what I thought of it.I think maybe the worst part of this movie is the dialog. When Jim Belushi said "Stupid G**damn f***ing Russians!" it took all my willpower not to hit the stop button. I like Jim Belushi in just about anything, but his acting was awful in this movie, as was everyone else's. To their credit however, they didn't have much to work with as the writing was atrocious. A five year old could write a more watchable movie. As far as the Russian accents go, the actors take a stereotypical approach, omitting the word "the" while they invoke the phoniest accents I've ever heard. Speaking of bad acting, a must-have for every decent cop movie is a good villain who gives the viewer reason enough to dislike them, but this one tries too hard and by the end of the movie, you don't even care what happens to him.I give this movie three stars and I think that's pretty generous for a movie I will never watch again.

namashi_1 'Red Heat' is non-stop entertainment, that sums up as A Fun Buddy-Cop Flick! Its pure old-school & its so seamlessly true to its genre, that I couldn't help but enjoy myself.'Red Heat' Synopsis: 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.'Red Heat' is crisp, explosive & engrossing. The camaraderie between its protagonists is simply fantastic, while the Writing is sharp enough to hold your attention. The Action-Sequences are all-out, no-holds-barred, while Walter Hill, Harry Kleiner & Troy Kennedy Martin's Screenplay blends action with comedy, admirably. Hill's Direction is rustic, adapting properly to the film's mood. Matthew F. Leonetti's Cinematography captures the constant violence, distinctively. The Editing is crisply done. James Horner's Score is perfect.Performance-Wise: Arnold Schwarzenegger & James Belushi are in great form. Arnie is buff than ever & kicks ass, while Belushi contributes to the film's funniest & best scenes. And as I mentioned earlier, The camaraderie between the two, is fantastic. Ed O'Ross is tremendously wicked. Gina Gershon looks gorgeous & delivers a committed performance. Larry Fishburne is passable. The Late/Great Peter Boyle shines.On the whole, 'Red Heat' is vintage entertainment!

BA_Harrison Tough Russian cop Captain Ivan Danko (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is sent to America to capture Georgian criminal Viktor Rostavili (Ed O'Ross), who is in Chicago master-minding a massive international drugs operation. Unaccustomed to U.S. police procedure, the fish-out-of-water cop employs no-nonsense, Soviet-style law enforcement to get his job done, much to the dismay of brash American detective Art Ridzik (James Belushi), with whom he has been partnered.The problem with this film is that it doesn't live up to its title: instead of a red hot action flick that burns up the screen with intense ballistic gunfights and spectacular scenes of destruction and chaos, we get a rather tepid buddy cop movie, heavy on the humour and frustratingly light on the carnage. This mightn't have been so bad if the comedy had worked well, or if there had at least been some kind of chemistry between the leads, but the predictable script rarely delivers decent laughs and James Belushi makes for an uncharismatic foil to Arnie's efficient, stoic bad-ass.When the action does kick in, it's all too brief and staged with surprisingly little style or imagination by director Walter Hill. The film's closing action scene, which sees Danko and Viktor careering through Chicago in buses, lacks the much needed wow factor, feeling more like a routine mid-film moment rather than a satisfyingly climactic finalé. All told, Red Heat is far from Arnie's best and not a patch on Lethal Weapon, the previous year's buddy cop blockbuster.

DesertDogMedia Title: Red HeatCondensed Storyline: A Russian cop has to partner up with a Chicago cop to take down a drug lord who is hiding in America Notable Acting: Arnold Schwarzenegger plays the Russian cop who has a "take-no-shit" attitude and has to be kept under control by James Belushi who plays the cocky quick witted Chicago cop. It is a buddy cop movie with a twist, so the cops are pretty much to ones who steal the whole show. This is good in the fact that they have the mot screen time, but it is bad because of how interesting they are compared to everyone else. They are both big name actors, but they over shadow most of the other actors while they are at it. Noticeable Camera work: Birds eye shot of the soldier matching in formation. I can also say for any of those who haven't had to do marching in formation before, it is harder than it looks. But as with most action movies they focus on giving you good, clear shots of the action compared to artistic shots, so everything has nice framing but not many good interesting angles to talk about Incorrect Science: With it being an Arnold movie there are guns with abnormal amounts of bullets, needless to say. Ivan Danko's police uniform is a combination of at least six different uniforms, someone didn't do their background checks, but this is excusable for the fact that it is an 80's movie and the internet didn't take off until the 90's. The opening credit use "Я" for a standard R, but this is a personal language bet-peeve of mine, "Я" is Russian for "I". So as comical or clever the title guy thought he was, he was just being incorrect and messing up two languages, this range for a lot of different Russian characters and all of them are just as wrong. Overall Feel: If you like body cop movies, you'll like this one. Even if you don't, there will be some parts of this movie that you'll enjoy. This isn't the best of movies that Arnold has done, but it isn't the worst either. The movie still has the signature cheesy action vibe that all action movies staring Arnold have. But it is a cheesy action movie in its own right, because that is expected. I would like to notice everyone else's acting more, but everyone is either given weak lines or is overshadowed by the two main cops.