After scoring a hit with the Eddie Murphy-Nick Nolte cop thriller 48 Hours director Walter Hill returned to the buddy formula with this half-ridiculous half-invigorating action flick about humourless Russian cop Ivan Danko (Arnold Schwarzenegger) He follows a drug dealer from Moscow to Chicago where he&s matched up with city cop Art Ridzik (James Belushi) whose work ethic is considerably more relaxed Most of the humour revolves around Danko&s grumpy reaction to good ol& American capitalism while Ridzik urges him to chill out Red Heat is not bad as action comedies go but only if you get into the absurd spirit of this predictable fare in which the unlikely buddies get to wisecrack & act casually while mayhem erupts everywhere they go Incidentally Red Heat was the first American film allowed to shoot in Moscow&s Red Square Actors Arnold Schwarzenegger James Belushi Peter Boyle Ed O& Ross Laurence Fishburne Gina Gershon & Richard Bright Director Walter Hill Certificate 18 years & over Year 1988 Languages English Duration 1 hour & 40 minutes (approx)