Movie: Red Heat (1988)

“Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a Russian policeman sent after a Russian drug dealer who has escaped to the United States and is awaiting extradition in Chicago. Jim Belushi plays his temporary partner on the Chicago police. When the drug dealer escapes, the two police must overcome their differences in order to recapture him. Written by John Vogel {jlvogel@comcast.net}”

  • Director: Walter Hill
  • Release Date: 17 June 1988 (USA)
  • Run Time: 104 min
  • Country: 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.

Trivia: The bad guy who Ivan Danko shoots on the steps in Moscow was played by one of Hungary’s leading action-movie actors. In an interview, he said that until he met Arnold Schwarzenegger and the others in the film he thought of himself as a muscular and tough actor. He subsequently described himself as a “small potato”.

Goofs: Factual errors: When Danko and his partner discuss the drug problem, the translation says they are referring to Miami while they were actually referring to Harlem.

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