Movies / Red Heat (1988)
Runtime: 104 min
Genres: Action Comedy Crime Thriller
Countries: USA
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 humorless 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 humor 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
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Directors (1) | Credit |
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Walter Hill | ... |
Writers (3) | Credit |
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Harry Kleiner | (screenplay) & |
Troy Kennedy-Martin | (screenplay) (as Troy Kennedy Martin) |
Walter Hill | (screenplay) and |
Composers (1) | Credit |
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James Horner | ... |
Editors (3) | Credit |
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Carmel Davies | ... |
Donn Aron | ... |
Freeman A. Davies | (as Freeman Davies) |
Cinematographers (1) | Credit |
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Matthew F. Leonetti | (director of photography) |
Actors (55) | Credit |
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Alexander Conte | Soviet Police Commander (uncredited) |
Allan Graf | Joliet Prison Guard |
Arnold Schwarzenegger | Capt. Ivan Danko |
Atilla Fasi | Gangster |
Bob O'Donnell | Bernie the Newsie |
Brent Jennings | Abdul Elijah |
Brion James | Streak |
Bruno Alexander | Detective (as Bruno Acalinas) |
Christopher Anthony Young | Hooligan |
Christopher Mankiewicz | Cop in Hospital |
Ed DeFusco | Police Photographer |
Ed O'Ross | Viktor 'Rosta' Rostavili |
Eric Humphrey | Clean Head Gangster (uncredited) |
Eric Mansker | Ali |
Gábor Koncz | Vagran Rostavili |
Gábor Németh | Gangster |
Gene Scherer | Consul Dimitri Stepanovich |
George Gati | Piano Player |
Géza Balkay | Col. Kulikov |
Gigi Vorgan | Officer Audry |
Gina Gershon | Catherine 'Cat' Manzetti |
Gloria Delaney | Intern |
Gretchen Palmer | Hooker |
Istvan Etlenyi | Yegor |
Istvan Vajas | Gangster |
James Belushi | Det. Sgt. Art Ridzik |
János Bán | Officer |
Jason Ronard | Nelligan |
Jenifer Lewis | Judge Jenifer Lewis (uncredited) |
Joey D. Vieira | Man at Phone Booth |
Jonathan Tate | Prison Cleanhead (as Jonathon Tate) |
J.W. Smith | Salim |
Kevin Bassett | Extra (uncredited) |
Kurt Fuller | Detective |
Laurence Fishburne | Lt. Charlie Stobbs (as Larry Fishburne) |
Lew Hopson | Jamal |
Luis Contreras | Lupo |
Marjorie Bransfield | Waitress |
Michael Adams | Railroad Engineer (as Mike Adams) |
Mike Hagerty | Pat Nunn (as Michael Hagerty) |
Norbert Növényi | Sacha |
Oleg Vidov | Yuri Ogarkov |
Peter Boyle | Cmdr. Lou Donnelly |
Peter Jason | TV Announcer |
Peter Kis | Gangster |
Peter Marikovsky | Waiter |
Pruitt Taylor Vince | Night Clerk |
Richard Bright | Det. Sgt. Gallagher |
Roger Callard | Pytor Tatomovich |
Saveli Kramarov | Gregor Moussorsky (as Savely Kramarov) |
Sven-Ole Thorsen | Nikolai |
Tengiz Borisoff | Josip Baroda |
Tiger Chung Lee | Mongol Hippie (as Masanori Toguchi) |
William McConnell | Police Photographer |
Zsolt Körtvélyessy | Lt. Redetsky |