Red Heat

This article covers the American action film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. For the German drama with Linda Blair from 1985 see Red Heat - Innocence Behind Bars .

Movie
German title	Red Heat
Original title	Red Heat
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1988
length	FSK 18: 104 minutes FSK 16: 99 minutes
Age rating	FSK 18, 16 (abridged version)
Rod
Director	Walter Hill
script	Walter Hill Harry Little Troy Kennedy Martin
production	Walter Hill Mario Kassar Andrew G. Vajna
music	James Horner
camera	Matthew F. Leonetti
cut	Donn Aron Carmel Davies Freeman A. Davies
occupation
Arnold Schwarzenegger : Capt. Ivan Danko James Belushi : Det. Sgt. Arthur "Art" Ridzik Peter Boyle : Cmdr. Lou Donnelly Ed O'Ross : Viktor "Rosta" Rostavili Laurence Fishburne : Lt. Charlie Stobbs Gina Gershon : Cat Manzetti Richard Bright : Det. Sgt. Tom Gallagher JW Smith : Salim Brent Jennings : Abdul Elijah Gretchen Palmer : Prostitute Pruitt Taylor Vince : Night Porter Michael Hagerty : Key store owner Pat Nunn Brion James : Streak Oleg Widow : Yuri Ogarkov

Red Heat is an American action film released in 1988 . The director is Walter Hill , the script was written by Walter Hill, Harry Kleiner and Troy Kennedy Martin . The leading roles played Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Belushi .

action

In the Soviet Union before the fall of the Iron Curtain : The Russian policeman Ivan Danko wants to arrest the Georgian drug dealer Viktor Rosta and puts him and some criminal followers in a ditch during a raid . While Danko can arrest the gang, his friend and partner Yuri pursues the fugitive Rosta - and is shot in the process. Rosta then went to the USA with two Russian henchmen , where he was arrested a little later for a bagatelle in Chicago . Danko travels to the States to bring Rosta back home, and in this context works with the two big city cops Tom Gallagher and Art Ridzik.

The actually simple handover of Rosta ends in an exchange of fire with a gang of criminals who frees the dealer and kills Ridzik's partner Gallagher. Inevitably, the correct and loyal Russian Danko and the dingy American Ridzik, who operates on the limits of legality, must now work together to track down Rosta again and bring him to his just punishment.

In the course of the investigation, Rostavili's liberators turn out to be members of the Clean Heads , a band of bald Afro-Americans led out of prison by the blind Abdul Elijah. Rosta had a deal with Elijah for a large drug delivery worth US $ 5 million , which Elijah wanted to transfer to the USSR via his home network. The place where the money is kept is unknown, only a secret key that Viktor lost remains as the only clue.

In the course of the investigation, Ridzik and Danko, who are now getting closer and closer, are always one step too late, as their possible informants - first Rosta's partner and then his wife Cat Manzetti - are murdered by the Georgian dealer and Rosta is again in possession of the key comes. When Ridzik's case is withdrawn and Danko is threatened with involuntary deportation to the Soviet Union, the two of them learn the origin of the key from Ridzik's ex-brother-in-law, who operates a locksmith: It belongs to a locker at the city bus station .

Ridzik and Danko then set a trap for Viktor and seize it, as well as the money and the drug delivery. Rosta manages to escape in a bus, while Ridzik and Danko also take up the chase in a bus. The subsequent hunt leads through half the city and ends after several crashes in a duel in which both buses face each other. While Ridzik turns the steering wheel around at the last moment and causes her vehicle to tip over, Rosta's bus is rammed by a locomotive on a level crossing and destroyed. Danko finds Rosta in the remains of his bus and can ultimately kill him with Ridzik's gun.

In the end, despite their different worldviews, the two policemen say goodbye at the airport as friends and swap their wristwatches ( Rolex for “twenty-dollar alarm clocks from the GDR ”).

Reviews

The film received mostly positive reviews. The film review portal Rotten Tomatoes gives 67% positive reviews for the film and it has a Metascore of 61 out of 100 at Metacritic .

“Exciting and effectively staged crime film, the focus is on the gradually growing friendship of two fundamentally different characters; prepared with humor, but also hard action scenes. "

- Lexicon of international film

"All in all," Red Heat "can pass as a beer-and-chips-men-film without much pretense."

- movie starts

"Action fireworks with witty dialogues."

- Cinema

Web links

• Red Heat in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Red Heat in the online film database
• Red Heat at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
• Comparison of the cut versions ATV + - FSK 16 VOX , FSK 12 RTL 2 - FSK 16 VOX , FSK 16 - FSK 18 , FSK 16 purchase cassette from Starlight - FSK 18 from Red Heat at Schnittberichte.com
• Scientific analysis of the film: Frank Jacob, Red Heat and the perception of Soviet police violence in American cinema

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Release certificate for Red Heat . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , July 2007 (PDF; test number: 60 373-b V / DVD / UMD).
2. ↑ Release certificate for Red Heat . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry, August 2006 (PDF; test number: 60 373 V / DVD / UMD).
3. ↑ Red Heat at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
4. ↑ Red Heat at Metacritic (English)
5. ↑ Red Heat. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .  
6. ↑ Red Heat film releases . Retrieved February 27, 2018.
7. ↑ RED HEAT Cinema . Retrieved February 27, 2018.