frickabee Not many Schwarzenegger movies got a worse IMDB score than this one. I'll go along with that. At the very beginning of this movie, the viewer is shown gratuitous shots of Arnold's naked ass, giving people who enjoy that kind of thing reason enough to praise this movie, but at the same time, symbolizing what I thought of it.I think maybe the worst part of this movie is the dialog. When Jim Belushi said "Stupid G**damn f***ing Russians!" it took all my willpower not to hit the stop button. I like Jim Belushi in just about anything, but his acting was awful in this movie, as was everyone else's. To their credit however, they didn't have much to work with as the writing was atrocious. A five year old could write a more watchable movie. As far as the Russian accents go, the actors take a stereotypical approach, omitting the word "the" while they invoke the phoniest accents I've ever heard. Speaking of bad acting, a must-have for every decent cop movie is a good villain who gives the viewer reason enough to dislike them, but this one tries too hard and by the end of the movie, you don't even care what happens to him.I give this movie three stars and I think that's pretty generous for a movie I will never watch again.

cinemajesty In the 1980s, action movies had been handmade, live-action stunts, exploding blood-bags under costumes and special effect techniques with creaking metal, splintering glass and pyro-gun-shots. "Red Heat" directed by Walter Hill is no exception.Opening at Russian unisex bath house in steaming gritty atmosphere, the movie comes immediately to the point of action by crashing testosterone steeled bodies into a fist fight, which dives into a screen story of a Russian police officer, portrayed by Arnold Schwarzenegger at the age of prime 40, investigating further leads to a underground drug dealer, who eventually chases him onto the streets of Chicago, Illinois, USA where the movie finds bus chasing showdown at a factory sight.Supported by comedian/actor James Belushi, performing in the role of Chicago police detective Art Ridzik, Arnold Schwarzenegger presents his trademarks of minimalistic gestures, fast-shifting head movements and focused eye-lines, making "Red Heat" an enjoyable retrospective action movie, which keeps its pace throughout. Cinematography by Matthew F. Leonetti gives further spice in the unless simplistic story-line of no sophistication, in capturing the remarkable detailed production design by Michael Corenblith at a state of precisely blocked camera movements.Production Company Carolco Pictures, executively led by Mario Kassar and Andrew Vajna, about to experience its heights in the early 1990s showed the skill of having the right nose for establishing a professional on-set environment to deliver a quality picture, which keeps spectators in a satisfactory state at the movie houses until it is time to leave "Red Heat" behind with no further importance.© 2017 Felix Alexander Dausend (Cinemajesty Entertainments LLC)

Mr-Fusion "Red Heat" is very much of the mismatched cops formula, but there's also a mutual respect bubbling underneath. That, coupled with wit that never hijacks the movie are its winning qualities. Also, Schwarzenegger's not bad as a Russian. And the culture-clash humor isn't as clumsy as you'd think. Arnold's reaction to hotel porn is pretty great. It's all in the way he plays that scene.Both actors are likable in their respective molds; Arnold as the unyielding honorable Russian, Belushi as the smart-mouthed jaded cop. But the leads really sell this thing, and I ended up liking Belushi a lot more than I'd expected. Package all of this in a violent Walter Hill actioner and it's a good movie indeed.7/10

slightlymad22 Continuing my plan to watch every Arnie movie in order, I come to 1988's Red Heat.Plot In A Paragraph: Ivan Danko (Arnie) A tough Russian policeman is forced to partner up with a cocky Chicago police detective (James Belushi) when he is sent to Chicago to apprehend a Georgian drug lord who killed his partner and fled the country.Arnie teaming up with James Belushi in a buddy cop movie directed by Walter Hill should have been a slam dunk, but it falls flat for some reason. Belushi (despite being in lots of movies I liked) always seemed like being one great movie away from the big time. Ed O'Ross is your typical rent-a-bad guy, Laurence Fishburn is OK, I actually forgot how hot Gina Gershon was back then too. One of my biggest pet peeves from 80's movies (Lock Up is bad for this) is evident here, when punches sound like shotguns being fired. In his autobiography Total Recall, Arnie talks about how he signed on for this when all Hill had, was one scene written. Where Danko breaks the guys leg, and it ends up being an artificial leg, filled with cocaine. "I love it. I'm in." Was his reply. He also reveals he doesn't know why it wasn't the success he expected, he doesn't know if American audiences were ready to root for a Russain, if himself and Belushi were not good enough or if Hill simply put together a poor movie. With a $34 Million domestic gross, Red Heat finishes the year the 31st highest grossing movie. Even though I rarely watch it, I like it.