Red Heat (1988)

Director:

Walter Hill

Writers (WGA):

Walter Hill (story)
Harry Kleiner (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

17 June 1988 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

Moscow's toughest detective. Chicago's craziest cop. There's only one thing worse than making them mad. Making them partners.

Plot:

Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a Russian policeman sent after a Russian drug dealer who has escaped to...

Plot Keywords:

Police | Drug Dealer | Red Square Moscow | Culture Clash | Moscow Russia

Cast

Arnold Schwarzenegger	...	Capt. Ivan Danko
James Belushi	...	Det. Sgt. Art Ridzik
Peter Boyle	...	Cmdr. Lou Donnelly
Ed O'Ross	...	Viktor 'Rosta' Rostavili
Laurence Fishburne	...	Lt. Charlie Stobbs (as Larry Fishburne)
Gina Gershon	...	Catherine 'Cat' Manzetti
Richard Bright	...	Det. Sgt. Gallagher
J.W. Smith	...	Salim
Brent Jennings	...	Abdul Elijah
Gretchen Palmer	...	Hooker
Pruitt Taylor Vince	...	Night Clerk
Mike Hagerty	...	Pat Nunn (as Michael Hagerty)
Brion James	...	Streak
Gloria Delaney	...	Intern
Peter Jason	...	TV Announcer

Runtime:

104 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Russian

Colour:

Colour (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) (re-rating) (2004) | Canada:R (Nova Scotia) (original rating) | Iceland:16 | South Korea:15 | Australia:M | Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) | Finland:K-16 | Norway:18 | Singapore:M18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R (Certificate #29177) | West Germany:18 | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

Budapest, Hungary

Company:

Carolco Pictures

Trivia:

For the Joliet prison scene, two hundred real inmates were used as extras.

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: When Danko is being told to "…bring Victor home and tell no-one", the subtitle spells Victor two different ways - Victor and Viktor.

Quotes:

Viktor Rostavili: Any country that can survive Stalin can certainly handle a little dope.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Motel (1989)

Soundtrack:

NEW AGE AGAIN

"Name?" "Danko." "You're Welcome!"

A highly entertaining film that stars Anrold Schwarzanagger as tough and dutiful Russian cop Ivan Danko and James Belushi as the undisciplined passionate American cop Art Ridzik. Ed O'Ross is great as the evil drug running Viktor Rosta who escapes to America after Danko busts him in Russia. Danko follows Rosta to America where Commander Lou Donnelly(The late Peter Boyle) assigns Ridzik and his partner Sergeant Gallagher(Richard Bright) to help Danko out with his investigation. When Gallagher is killed by Rosta and his gang, Ridzik flies into a rage and decides to do things Danko's way-Shoot first and think later. With stalwart supporting performances from O'Ross, Boyle, and a younger Laurence Fishburne, and fine directing from Walter Hill, Red Heat is definitely recommended for all Arnie or Belushi fans. A previous comment stated that there were no good 1-liners in this film. That statement is incorrect. It's just that Arnold played the straight man, setting up Jim Belushi for the great lines. 9/10