Red Heat (1988)
Moscow's toughest detective. Chicago's craziest cop. There's only one thing worse than making them mad. Making them partners.
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Red Heat rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb6.1/10· 81K votes
Rotten Tomatoes67%
Metacritic61%
TMDb6.229/10· 2K votesWith 67% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.1/10 on IMDb and 61/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been mixed.
About Red Heat
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.
Cast of Red Heat
Arnold Schwarzenegger
as Ivan Danko
Jim Belushi
as Art Ridzik
Peter Boyle
as Lou Donnelly
Ed O'Ross
as Viktor Rostavili
Laurence Fishburne
as Lt. Stobbs
Gina Gershon
as Cat Manzetti
Richard Bright
as Sgt. Gallagher
Brent Jennings
as Abdul Elijah
Gretchen Palmer
as Hooker
Pruitt Taylor Vince
as Night Clerk
Mike Hagerty
as Pat Nunn
Brion James
as Streak
Red Heat facts
- Budget
- $29M
- Box office
- $35M
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Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Buddy cop dynamic generates consistent chemistry and comedic timing
- •Cold War setting provides geopolitical context for action sequences
- •Genre conventions executed competently with style and confident direction
What the audience disliked
- •Plot follows predictable buddy cop formula without subversive elements
- •Character arcs complete too early reducing stakes for final act
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