Red Heat

Much worse than I remembered. The movie peaks at the beginning bathhouse scene where Ahnold fucks up some other nude Russians. Then, the film just bumbles along in a generic buddy cop style with ZERO one-liners to make the ride worthwhile. Surprisingly DULL.

The stinker in Arnold's stellar 80's run. Quite boring.

I wasn't expecting a masterpiece, because Jim Belushi, but this was surprisingly bad. It's not funny, at all (sample joke: "How do you relax in Russia?" "Vodka."), the plot is so generic I just didn't care at all what was happening, and the action doesn't make up for it; it's really poorly staged and geographically very confusing. The (in theory awesome) bus chase at the end is just a mess. I wanted to come away from this saying it was OK except for Belushi, but it really wasn't.

Red Heat is a below average Arnold Schwarzenegger film and it's one of his most underwhelming roles of the 80's. There are a handful of enjoyable moments but his chemistry with an unfunny James Belushi just doesn't work. And as buddy cop films go this is one of the most forgettable. It's by no means Walter Hill's finest work either. All in all it's just very average.

The last time I saw this was probably over 30 years ago when seeing an R Rated Schwarzenegger movie as a teen was enough to impress me. Watching it for the first time since I was surprised at how poor this is. While marketed as Buddy Cop action film, there is no entertaining chemistry of any kind between the two leads. In fact Belushi adds nothing of consequence to the film and Red Heat probably would have worked better as a tighter straight up Arnie actioner if they cut Belushi entirely.

calm the fuck down, this wasn't all that bad. but do I have to see Arnold's ass in every one of his movies?

Poor.

Schwarzenegger is about as Russian as I am Austrian (I apologize if any of my undead ancestors are Austrian), and Belushi is about as believable as a Chicago cop as...okay, he's actually pretty believable as a Chicago cop. But still.

okay

BELUSH.

Surprisingly serious in tone, for the better-the odd couple buddy cop comedy (see Danko after the interrogation: "Soviet method is more economical") is merely sprinkled tastefully throughout what is an actually quite solid and well-paced crime thriller set in the gritty streets of Chicago. Nothing crazy (you know, aside from the climactic bus chase), just solid scenes of detective work and bad guy chases. And there's some subtle character development too (see the humorous final gift exchange).

Arnie and James together in a cop buddy flick, it's never going to be the best but it's worth watching.

Just a damn good and entertainingly funny adventure. Schwarzenegger is just an entertaining, interesting, and funny guy. So versatile, it's amazing. I pity those that don't know how to appreciate the genius he brings to the table.

Enjoyable actioner has not aged especially well, and has absurd political pretensions almost the equal of ROCKY IV, but fine chemistry between Schwarzenegger and Belushi, and a much better grade of supporting cast than this sort of movie usually gets, makes it a fun way to pass the time, with Boyle and 80s action mainstay Gershon providing some good moments.

Average 80's Arnie fare with tons of explosions and cornball one liners.

Holy shit that opening sauna scene is amazing, sadly nothing else lives up to it. Between that and Drago it's hilarious to think that everyone in Reagan's America thought the Soviets were just constantly scowling while doing 300 kilo deadlifts in a loincloth.

I was hoping for something more fun, but this is a surprisingly dour affair. The strange thing is that the script certainly has comedic lines, but they mostly fall flat and Arnold is way too stiff. There's no reason it should be as boring as it is.

A Moscow detective (Arnold Schwarzenegger) shows his local police escort (James Belushi) how to hunt a Soviet drug smuggler in Chicago.

I thought the action was pretty decent and at least Arnold offered some camp value.

Den kolde krigs tilnærmelser via Hollywood.

Red Heat is a standard 80's buddy cop film that is only distinguished by its Russian setting and Hill's craftsmanship, which makes it far more watchable than it should be. There is less anti-Soviet sentiment than expected--the Americans who take jabs are mostly idiots--but the decision to give Arnie a 'straight role' was a mistake--it only really worked in The Terminator--and the script is totally pedestrian. The action scenes are fine, but they aren't a patch on Hill's best work.

Second viewing (4K) in 2021, I like it better. First rating was 46.

Arnold as a Russian cop? How could this go wrong? errr... well, I guess it wasn't as good as I was hoping.

Haven't seen this one in many years. I'd say it's above average for an action comedy. Arnold does a nice job with the Russian accent and as ex-military and current police officer. Was hoping for funnier lines from Jim Belushi. Overall, a really enjoyable movie though.

Even Schwarzenegger had his "Lethal Weapon" teaming with James Belushi, and this is no "Lethal Weapon." It entertains, but it's all blah, though Arnold proves he should've played the russian Ivan Drago versus Stallone in "Rocky IV," how classic would that have been??

Arnold plays to his strengths, but Jim Belushi is not funny enough as the comic foil to him.

screw you, this is funny as hell.

ok

It's a mismatched-cop movie that pretty much follows the extremely worn out formula. Could have been good if they had focused more on developing Arnold's character and his Soviet background. Arnold's performance is really very good here. Unfortunately much of the screen time is wasted on boring stuff like Belushi and Gershon.

70.000

God, this is so low-budget and the action pretty much sucks too. By far the weakest Schwarzenegger offering I've seen.

Ahhh, Arnie... say "I'll be back" in russian!!!

I could watch Arnie not act, flex and destroy all day.

(...)Während seiner ganzen Karriere gelang es Schwarzenegger, in harten Situationen diese Prise Humor zu finden. Genauso davon lebt sein Spiel! Was mir so gut gefiel als ich den Film damals im Kino sah, war die Tatsache, dass Schwarzenegger mitten im kalten Krieg einen menschlichen russischen Bullen spielt. Einen Sympathieträger.(...)

My least favorite of Arnold's 80's tirade.

For some reason I didn't like this movie at all. Maybe a few funny parts in it.

Not among Arnie's top films, but not one of his embarrassments either.

The two leads do not have good chemistry together in this film. The script is bad but there are a few enjoyable moments in this movie. There are a lot better action and comedy films to watch besides this one.

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Now, there's a haircut you could set your watch to.

i love 80s schwarzenegger, so i'm never going to rate this fairly. sue me.

Beige room temperature.

A Russian, come on, I know Arnold has an accent but him playing a Russian is as bad as Anthony Banderis playing an Arab (oh yeah, Hollywood did that too)

A very typical 80s buddy cop movie, and I find it hilarious that they tried to play off Arnold as a Russian and using his same exact Austrian accent. The opening and closing scenes are Arnoldtastic, so it's worth a watch for those alone, if not then for a who's who of character actors Ultimately, it's extremely forgettable though.

I thought I had seen every Arnold movie in this decade, but this one slipped under the radar. I wonder if I would've liked it at that time.

This was not particularly impressive.

Good cast, good atmosphere, too bad the plot didn't make any sense at all.

Really very good. Dated now, but still entertaining.

In Bullet to the Head, I talked about the lack of chemistry and bad acting--with the surprise that Stallone wasn't the worse one. This film had similar problems--and, yes, Arnold, isn't the worst actor. That ignominious designation goes to Mr. Belushi.

Some of the brutal communist one-liners were quite funny. The drugs one, for instance.