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Red Heat

Moscow's toughest detective. Chicago's craziest cop. There's only one thing worse than making them mad. Making them partners.

6.2(1,692)19881h 44m9

A tough Russian policeman is forced to partner up with a cocky Chicago police detective when he is sent to Chicago to apprehend a Georgian drug lord who killed his partner and fled the country.

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Status
Released
Budget
$29M
Box office
$35M
Language
English
  • drug dealer
  • martial arts
  • police brutality
  • showdown
  • street gang
  • police
  • cold war
  • soviet union
  • investigation
  • revenge
  • drug cartel
  • police detective

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Walter Hill

Produced in

United States of America

Where to watch

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalR17 Jun 1988
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical1813 Jan 1989
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalM19 Oct 1988
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical17 Jun 1988
    • Digital / OTT14Netflix 2 Apr 2021
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical1528 Nov 1988
  • FranceFR

    • TheatricalU6 Jul 1988
    • PhysicalDVD28 Feb 2001
    • Physical12Blu-Ray1 Sept 2010
    • Digital / OTTVOD9 May 2018
    • Physical124K UHD23 Oct 2019
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical185 Oct 1988
    • TheatricalBest of Cinema6 May 2025
  • HungaryHU

    • Theatrical164 May 1989
  • IrelandIE

    • Theatrical1813 Jan 1998
  • ItalyIT

    • TheatricalT21 Oct 1988
  • JapanJP

    • TheatricalR18+17 Sept 1988
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Theatrical1613 Oct 1988
    • Physical16DVD21 Nov 2000
    • TV16Veronica28 Sept 2003

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Red Heat was released on 17 June 1988.

Audience reviews

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    JPV852

    10/19/2019

    7/10

    Entertaining enough buddy-cop movie has some fun action scenes (the bus chase sequence was great). Only thing holding it back was the pairing of Schwarzenegger and Belushi never quite worked for me. Still a good flick from Walter Hill, though not sure it ranks all that high compared with others from the era. **3.5/5**

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    John Chard

    8/30/2020

    7/10

    Look out Chicago, Arnie & Jimmy are loose on the streets. Captain Ivan Danko (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is a no nonsense Soviet cop who is sent to Chicago to pick up a murdering Russian drug dealer. Upon arriving in the windy city, Danko is teamed with Art Ridzik (James Belushi), a wise-cracking street cop notorious for cutting corners to get the job done. Complete polar opposites, both men form an unlikely alliance …

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    11/6/2022

    6/10

    I am not sure how much actual acting Arnold Schwarzenegger had to do in this rather derivative crime caper. A bit like John Wayne in "Brannigan" (1975), he is despatched to partner up with a cop abroad to order to repatriate a dangerous criminal. In this case, though, he is a Russian and it is wise-cracking American "Ridzik" (Jim Belushi) that he must bridge the culture-gap and work with to track down a murderous dru…

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