There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

In the 1980s, action movies had been handmade, live-action stunts, exploding blood-bags under costumes and special effect techniques with creaking metal, splintering glass and pyro-gun-shots. "Red Heat" directed by Walter Hill is no exception.Opening at Russian unisex bath house in steaming gritty atmosphere, the movie comes immediately to the point of action by crashing testosterone steeled bodies into a fist fight, which dives into a screen story of a Russian police officer, portrayed by Arnold Schwarzenegger at the age of prime 40, investigating further leads to a underground drug dealer, who eventually chases him onto the streets of Chicago, Illinois, USA where the movie finds bus chasing showdown at a factory sight.Supported by comedian/actor James Belushi, performing in the role of Chicago police detective Art Ridzik, Arnold Schwarzenegger presents his trademarks of minimalistic gestures, fast-shifting head movements and focused eye-lines, making "Red Heat" an enjoyable retrospective action movie, which keeps its pace throughout. Cinematography by Matthew F. Leonetti gives further spice in the unless simplistic story-line of no sophistication, in capturing the remarkable detailed production design by Michael Corenblith at a state of precisely blocked camera movements.Production Company Carolco Pictures, executively led by Mario Kassar and Andrew Vajna, about to experience its heights in the early 1990s showed the skill of having the right nose for establishing a professional on-set environment to deliver a quality picture, which keeps spectators in a satisfactory state at the movie houses until it is time to leave "Red Heat" behind with no further importance.© 2017 Felix Alexander Dausend (Cinemajesty Entertainments LLC)

Walter Hill is an Underrated Director of B-Movies. But when given an A-Budget His Films tend to Suffer and this is a prime Example. It is Not Awful but is more Embarrassing than it Needs to be. The Comedy is Inconsistent with a Couple of Funny Lines but James Belushi Overacts so Shamelessly that most of the time He is just a Cringe magnet.Arnold is OK with His Terminator like Performance, of a Stereotypical Russian, Works well. But the Chemistry with Belushi Never Clicks. Ed O'Ross as the Villain is quite Scary. The Typical Walter Hill Violence is in Evidence but is rather Ho Hum and Repetitive. Even the Bus Chase and Standoff Finale Fizzles and isn't Filmed with much Pizazz.Overall, this is a huge Waste of Talent and that includes Laurence Fishburne, Gina Gershon, and Peter Boyle. A Mess really, this is One that the Director probably would like to have back because Considering the Money Spent and the Talent on Display, Walter Hill is much too Good to make a Flick this Bad.It was a Money Maker and was made at the Height of Eighties Buddy Cop Movies and Arnold's Career was Peeking. But Overall this is Average at best and at Worst one of the Director's more Glaring Failures.

Title: Red HeatCondensed Storyline: A Russian cop has to partner up with a Chicago cop to take down a drug lord who is hiding in America Notable Acting: Arnold Schwarzenegger plays the Russian cop who has a "take-no-shit" attitude and has to be kept under control by James Belushi who plays the cocky quick witted Chicago cop. It is a buddy cop movie with a twist, so the cops are pretty much to ones who steal the whole show. This is good in the fact that they have the mot screen time, but it is bad because of how interesting they are compared to everyone else. They are both big name actors, but they over shadow most of the other actors while they are at it. Noticeable Camera work: Birds eye shot of the soldier matching in formation. I can also say for any of those who haven't had to do marching in formation before, it is harder than it looks. But as with most action movies they focus on giving you good, clear shots of the action compared to artistic shots, so everything has nice framing but not many good interesting angles to talk about Incorrect Science: With it being an Arnold movie there are guns with abnormal amounts of bullets, needless to say. Ivan Danko's police uniform is a combination of at least six different uniforms, someone didn't do their background checks, but this is excusable for the fact that it is an 80's movie and the internet didn't take off until the 90's. The opening credit use "Я" for a standard R, but this is a personal language bet-peeve of mine, "Я" is Russian for "I". So as comical or clever the title guy thought he was, he was just being incorrect and messing up two languages, this range for a lot of different Russian characters and all of them are just as wrong. Overall Feel: If you like body cop movies, you'll like this one. Even if you don't, there will be some parts of this movie that you'll enjoy. This isn't the best of movies that Arnold has done, but it isn't the worst either. The movie still has the signature cheesy action vibe that all action movies staring Arnold have. But it is a cheesy action movie in its own right, because that is expected. I would like to notice everyone else's acting more, but everyone is either given weak lines or is overshadowed by the two main cops.

A tough Russian policeman (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is forced to partner up with a cocky Chicago police detective (James Belushi) when he is sent to Chicago to apprehend a Georgian drug lord (Ed O'Ross) who killed his partner and fled the country.Coming out the same year as "Twins", this film (despite being successful) was overshadowed and largely forgotten. When listing Arnold's actions films, this is not one that springs immediately to mind.The film itself is just alright, neither good not bad. The fights and action sequences are fantastic, and O'Ross is an unbelievably good Russian villain. Arnold is less convincing, seemingly taking his cue from Ivan Drago. Belushi tries too hard to be Bill Murray, but has a few shining moments.