A bit of a missed-opportunity, but certainly worth watching and owning for action and Arnie fans. It's so straight-forward and lacking in mystery and intrigue when it could so easily have written in. There's no real problem or fault with Red Heat except that is just doesn't offer an exhilarating amount of what it sets up. Even James Horner's score is kind of middle-ground, neither good nor terrible. Gina Gershon (yum yum) shows up as a damsel in distress, but extends the plot without deepening it. Peter Boyle and a young Laurence Fishburne help appear in smaller roles as Ridzik's cynical superiors, but are not given much else to do. Big Arn is amusing a the brick-faced Danko and Belushi (in his first of three appearances in Arnie movies) is likable enough. As an action comedy it offers a fare amount (but just not enough) of laughs and thrills. DVD Empire offers over 23000 product reviews and award-winning customer service. Over 60000 DVD titles are available now, ranging from hard to find movies and cult classics to major movie releases.

While in America he is teamed-up with easy-going Detective Art Ridzik as they jump over new hurdles and suffer multiple setbacks. Shop DVD Empire for free sameday shipping on in-stock DVD movies and blu-rays. Ivan Danko is a no-nonsense Soviet cop sent to Chicago to extradite a notorious Russian criminal back to Communist soil. He repeated that formula again in 1988 with Red Heat, though it had become a regular cliché by this point. Walter Hill is a director known for his tough guy action movies (The Warriors, Extreme Prejudice, Southern Comfort) and in the early 80s he scored big with 48 Hours, a story of mis-matched partners working together to catch the bad guys.

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