Red Heat [Blu-ray]

Director: Walter Hill Walter Hill

Overview

Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a taciturn law-enforcement officer from Russia. James Belushi co-stars as a wise-lipped Chicago cop. Though they go together like caviar and White Castles, they are forced to team up to collar the Soviet Union's most notorious drug lord. Thus does director Walter Hill recycle his 48 Hours formula for another unlikely star team. Unfortunately, Red Heat isn't half as enjoyable as the earlier film, owing to a lack of rapport between the two leading men and an overall lack of inspiration infecting the whole project. The one notable aspect of Red Heat is that it was the first commercial American film to stage scenes in Moscow's Red Square. Watch for Laurence Fishburne (still billed as "Larry") in a secondary role.

Product Details

Release Date:	11/10/2009
UPC:	0012236106012
Original Release:	1988
Rating:	R
Source:	LIONSGATE - 600000-AEC LGE
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	1:44:00
Sales rank:	17,366

Special Features

"East Meets West" featurette; "A Stunt Man for All Seaons" featurette; "I'm Not a Russian but I Play One on TV" featurette; Original making-of TV special; Original theatrical trailer; Original TV spots

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Arnold Schwarzenegger	Actor
James Belushi	Actor
Ed O'Ross	Viktor Rostavili
Peter Boyle	Lou Donnelly
Gina Gershon	Catherine Manzetti
Richard Bright	Sgt. Gallagher
J.W. Smith	Salim
Brent Jennings	Abdul Elijah
Gretchen Palmer	Hooker
Pruitt Taylor Vince	Night Clerk
Michael G. Hagerty	Pat Nunn
Brion James	Streak
Gloria Delaney	Intern
Peter Jason	TV Announcer
Oleg Vidov	Yuri Ogarkov
Savely Kramarov	Gregor Moussorsky,Gregor Moussorsky
Gene Scherer	Consul Stepanovich
Tengiz Borisoff	Josep Baroda
Roger Callard	Pytor Tatomovich
Gabor Koncz	Vagran Rostavili,Vagran Rostavili
Geza Balkay	Col. Kulikov
Zsolt Kortvelyessy	Lt. Redetsky
Janos Ban	Officer
Masanori Toguchi	Mongol Hippy
Sven-Ole Thorsen	Nikolai
Norbert Novenyi	Sacha
George Gati	Piano Player
Peter Marikovsky	Waiter
Eric Mansker	Ali
Istvan Etlenyi	Yegor
Lew Hopson	Jamal
Jason Ronard	Nelligan
Gigi Vorgan	Audrey
Allan Graf	Prison Guard
Kurt Fuller	Detective
Christopher Mankiewicz	Cop in Hospital
Bob O'Donnell	Newsie
Marjorie Bransfield	Waitress
Luis Contreras	Lupo
Christopher Anthony Young	Hooligan
Joey D. Vieira	Man at Phone Booth
Bruno Acalinas	Detective
Michael Adams	Railroad Engineer
Laurence Fishburne	porucznik Charlie Stobbs
Gabor Nemeth	Actor
Istvan Vajas	Actor
Peter Kis	Actor
Atilla Fasi	Actor
William McConnell	Actor
Ed DeFusco	Actor
Tiger Chung Lee	Mongol Hippie
Bruno Alexander	Detective
Jenifer Lewis	Judge Jenifer Lewis
James Horner	Composer

Technical Credits

Walter Hill

Harry Kleiner

Troy Kennedy-Martin

Walter Hill	Director,Producer,Screenwriter
Gordon Carroll	Producer
Bennie Dobbins	Stunts
Mario Kassar	Executive Producer
Bruce Steinheimer	Special Effects
Andrew Vajna	Executive Producer,Executive Producer
Harry Kleiner	Screenwriter
Troy Kennedy-Martin	Screenwriter
Michael R. Sloan	Sound Effects

Editorial Reviews

Despite being a bit late to the game as far as '80s buddy flicks go, Red Heat is a solid comedic actioner helmed by the man who started the trend with 48 Hrs., Walter Hill. As a duo, Belushi and Schwarzenegger don't quite set the screen on fire, but their banter is fun as Arnold is made to repeat ridiculous American phrases for laughs, while Belushi hoots and hollers about coffee the whole time. Slick with style, the film benefits from some tense shoot-out scenes as well as a deliciously nasty villain in Ed O'Ross (who would team up with Hill again in the dreadful Another 48 Hrs.). Best known for Arnold's naked fight in the snow, the film finds the action star flexing his pecks once more through another wooden Terminator-like performance -- obviously aided here by his wild fashion stylings which include monstrous shoulder pads and out-of-control spiky hair, along with man-cake and eyeliner to top it all off. Gina Gershon, Peter Boyle, and Laurence Fishbourne join in for the ride, but it's all about the headlining star's almost-chemistry as they guide the film from one taut action scene to another. Red Heat didn't exactly put the end-all-be-all nail in the buddy cop genre, but it is a satisfying entry that delivers the goods by its bus-demolishing end.

All Movie Guide - Jeremy Wheeler