Review of Red Heat (1988) by Jason J — 02 Aug 2011

This movie is just your typical pairing of two different officers to solve a crime, but it works mainly thanks to Arnie and Belushi's presence in the film. Arnold is an officer from Russia looking to get at an escaped drug dealer that made him look like a fool.

Jim Belushi is a cop from Chicago that forms an unlikely pairing with the Russian to catch said drug dealer. Cue the action and the funny lines in this one. Jim is more of the comedy guy and Arnie is the action guy, but that is not all that surprising.

Their pairing does work well as this movie was interesting thanks in part to them. The story is really nothing new and not one of Arnold's finest movies, but usually anything with him in it that is not strictly a comedy is enjoyable to watch.

There is just something about watching the Austrian go around killing and beating up the bad guy so much fun. Belushi is good too though, I liked him in a couple of other movies too and I feel he does not get enough praise for his acting ability.

Both make this a good movie that is nothing you have not seen before, but these days you usually do not see this type of movie at all.