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Red Heat (1988)
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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...
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Two Walter Hill films in one day. How lucky can you get? This one wasn't any better than the first one (Streets of Fire). At least that one had good music.
This one was just a reprise of Hill's 48 hours, except it is a Russian (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and a Chicgo cop (James Belushi). It had the requisite bureaucratic...
(complete Red Heat review by B Movie Ben)
Red Heat Movie Review by Zara  (4/3/2007) |
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I recall that when this movie first was released it received such horrendous reviews that the critics started referring to it as "Dead Heat." I watched it at my grandmother's house over a Xmas break because one of my uncles was always into Arnie and I must say that I agree with the critics. I think it was meant to be a...
(complete Red Heat review by Zara)
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