# Red Heat (1988)

> A stoic Soviet police captain and a wisecracking Chicago detective must overcome their ideological differences to hunt a murderous drug kingpin.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/4779

## Facts

- Runtime: 104 min
- Genres: Action, Crime
- Director: Walter Hill
- Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jim Belushi, Peter Boyle, Ed O'Ross, Laurence Fishburne, Gina Gershon, Richard Bright, Brent Jennings
- TMDB rating: 6.2/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095963/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: brutal
- Mood: hard edged, witty, irreverent, action movie night, 1980s nostalgia

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- [Nighthawks (1981)](https://ember.film/movie/12985)

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