Red Heat

Columbia Pictures | Release Date: June 17, 1988

7.0	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 72 Ratings

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Steven1981Mar 20, 2020

Red Heat is a 1988 mindless action thriller that stars Arnold Schwarzenegger.. After a druglord kills Schwarzenegger's buddy cop Russian friend and escapes to America he must also go to America to bring the druglord (Rosta) in. When inRed Heat is a 1988 mindless action thriller that stars Arnold Schwarzenegger.. After a druglord kills Schwarzenegger's buddy cop Russian friend and escapes to America he must also go to America to bring the druglord (Rosta) in. When in America Schwarzenegger who plays Russian cop Ivan Danko teams up with joker, clown and a wisecracking cop (James Belushi) to find the druglord and killer. That's pretty much the story and plot because the rest is just blood, mindless shootouts, bus chases and violence and Gina Gershon turning up dead. Arnie plays this giant, musclebounded cop with no personality at all and is boring and at least Belushi is funny at times and has a sense of humour but even with the humour elements and James Belushi's hilarious acting abilities I think Arnold Schwarzenegger's horrible acting and boring presence onscreen and the depressing villains make this action film very borderline boring and uninteresting even with all the violence and action. The whole film feels depressing to be honest and mostly horrible.… Expand

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OriginalDangerJul 1, 2020

Red Heat is a 1988 action thriller film directed by 48 Hrs director, Walter Hill.... You can see some of his trademark elements from Another 48 Hrs in Red Heat, Ed O'Ross is in it and the basic feel and horrible look of Red Heat and theRed Heat is a 1988 action thriller film directed by 48 Hrs director, Walter Hill.... You can see some of his trademark elements from Another 48 Hrs in Red Heat, Ed O'Ross is in it and the basic feel and horrible look of Red Heat and the shootout scenes... Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Belushi, Laurence Fishburne, Gina Gershon also star with Ed O'Ross in Red Heat and there's lots of violence, blood, shootouts, chases and bad language in Red Heat and some nudity. One chase I believe involves a stolen bus and there's some humour elements mixed in with the bad language and the chemistry between Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Belushi I think works well but this can't be said about the rest of the cast because it's plain horrible. Schwarzenegger plays Russian cop Ivan Danko and after his Russian cop buddy is gunned down Danko flees to Chicago to bring the killer and druglord in and is teamed with another cop to capture him (Belushi)... James Belushi is a funny guy in Red Heat and decent cop however even with the blood, violence and shootings in the film Red Heat feels very horrible and a mess in a bad way. It feels depressing and gloomy all the way until the end and some of the acting is laughable so this must be one of Schwarzenegger's worst movies for me along with Total Recall, True Lies, The Sixth Day and a few others... Avoid Red Heat because it's a horrible film.… Expand

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