A tough Russian policeman is forced to partner up with a cocky Chicago police detective when he is sent to Chicago to apprehend a Georgian drug lord who killed his partner and fled the country.
"Red Heat" is not the first movie about a couple of very different cops, and it will not be the last, but as the formula goes this is a superior example.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
Right off the assembly line.
– Hal Hinson,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
''Red Heat'' is a topically entertaining variation on the sort of action-adventure nonsense that plays best on television.
– Vincent Canby,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
fresh:
Surface stuff, moderately contemptuous, but entertaining enough.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
9 Feb 2006
fresh:
Schwarzenegger, who when he dons a green suit is dubbed 'Gumby' by Belushi, is right on target with his characterization of the iron-willed soldier, and Belushi proves a quicksilver foil.