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04/17/01
Red Heat (1988)
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Reviews Counted:15
Fresh:8
Rotten:7
Average Rating:5.3/10
Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: Viktor, a narcotics kingpin in the USSR, leaves the country and heads for Chicago. Subsequently, Russia's brawniest (and sternest) officer follows him to the Windy City, where he teams up with a... [More]
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Belushi, Peter Boyle, Ed O'Ross
Director: Walter Hill
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Reviews for Red Heat
1 - 19 (sorted by fresh rating)
Hill's muscular, energetic direction makes what might have been just another buddy-cop thriller into an electrifying piece of escapism. One of Arnold's most underrated flicks.
01/25/06
Hill's confidence keeps the formulaic buddy-cop cliches entertaining.
09/03/02
...a plodding, downright generic buddy-cop thriller that's simply unable to sustain the viewer's interest for more than a few minutes at a time.
11/29/09
Went hotly down my throat like a shot of vodka with a donut to appease this big hunger pang I suddenly had for junk Commie things.
04/03/08
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07/26/02
This thing was a dud in the 80s. That's saying something.
05/27/04
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06/17/05
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02/06/03
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01/29/04
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11/25/02
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08/01/02
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