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Storyline
Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a Russian policeman sent after a Georgian drug dealer who has escaped to the United States and is awaiting extradition in Chicago. Jim Belushi plays his temporary partner on the Chicago police. When the drug dealer escapes, the two police must overcome their differences in order to recapture him. Written by
John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
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Moscow's toughest detective. Chicago's craziest cop. There's only one thing worse than making them mad. Making them partners.
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Trivia
In an attempt to best convey to
Arnold Schwarzenegger how he should capture the essence of his character,
Walter Hill suggested that he watch
Greta Garbo's performance in
Ninotchka and emulate her character. Schwarzenegger complied and, according to Hill, got a handle on his character right away.
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Goofs
When the bus driven by
Arnold Schwarzenegger crashes through the fountain, its left headlight is smashed. However, several later shots of the bus show both headlights are still functioning.
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Quotes
Abdul Elijah:
Revolutionary political leaders like myself are incarcerated to keep us quiet.
Ivan Danko:
What is your political crime?
Abdul Elijah:
I robbed a bank.
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Crazy Credits
In the opening credits certain letters are reversed so as to imitate Russian Cyrillic script. In particular, "Rs" and "Ns" are reversed.
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Connections
Edited into
They Crawl (2001)
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Soundtracks
"JACKIN' NATIONAL ANTHEM"
Produced and Written by Mickey Oliver & Cheese
Mixin' Music (ASCAP)
Courtesy of Hot Mix & Records
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Red Heat is a surprisingly good movie. Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Belushi have good chemistry in this Russian cop/cop buddy film. In this film at least it makes sense for Arnie to have an accent. There is some good lines and the back and forth between these two is pretty funny sometimes. When Jim Belushi plays a cop he puts on this irreverant "I don't like the rules but I get things done" style. It is this style combined with Arnold's "complete objective at all costs" style that makes this film work. The footage that was shot in Red Square is breathtaking, and overall the movie manages to take a basic plot and make it entertaining. On a side note, the holdout gun used by the villian (Ed O'Ross) in the movie is pretty damn cool if you're into that kind of thing. Bottom Line: This is worth getting, or you can rent it every once and awhile if you can only take Arnold for so long.