Red Heat is an American vampire police action film 1988 directed by Walter Hill. The film stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, as Moscow narc Ivan Danko, and James Belushi, as Chicago detective Art Ridzik. Finding themselves in the same case, Danko and Ridzik worked as partners to capture the cunning and deadly Georgian drug lord Viktor Rostavili (Ed O'Ross), who was also the assassin of the previous Danko couple in Soviet Russia.
This was the first American film to be given permission for filming on Red Square Moscow - however, most of the scenes set in the Soviet Union (with the exception of making shots under the main title and the last long shot on Red Square behind the end of the credit) were actually shot in Hungary. Schwarzenegger was paid $ 8 million for his role in the film.
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Plot
Captain Ivan Danko of the Moscow Militia set a trap for Viktor Rostavili, the drug lord and the evil king of Georgia. The ambush was very boomerang; Viktor fled the Soviet Union and came to the United States, after firing at several other Moscow policemen, including his associate Danko.
Loudmouthed Chicago Police Department Detective-Sergeant Art Ridzik, investigating several local murders committed by the Viktor cartel. When Viktor was arrested in Chicago, Danko was sent to escort him back to Moscow to face justice in the Soviet Union. Unexpectedly, Danko and Ridzik found themselves partnering together when Viktor escaped from detention, shooting Ridzik's associate Gallagher in the process. Danko is frustrated when his lack of diplomatic license prohibits him carrying weapons. He shares his honest observations with Ridzik: "Chicago is a very strange city, your crime is governed, but your police are not."
Danko and Ridzik chase Viktor and his men around Chicago. Finally, Danko and Viktor confiscated several Greyhound buses, then engaged in a high-speed pursuit, which ended with Viktor colliding with freight trains. When Danko confronts him, Viktor shoots him, only to be shot dead. Danko returned to Moscow after exchanging his watch with Ridzik as an act of goodwill.
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Cast
Production
The film is based on an original story by Walter Hill. He says he understands the idea for Red Heat because he and Arnold Schwarzenegger have long wanted to work together:
I do not want to do sci-fi and it's hard to use Arnold credibly in an American context with his accent. I think it would be interesting if he could play Russian police in the US. I want to do a bigger John Wayne/Clint Eastwood traditional movie of life. You then ask the question: Will American audiences receive an unrepentant Soviet hero, someone who will not be handicapped at the end of the movie?
According to Schwarzenegger, when Hill approached him, he did not have a complete script - he only had a basic premise and an opening scene. Schwarzenegger agreed to make a film based on this and Hill's track record, in particular the previous Buddies action comedy 48 Hours .
Hill said he deliberately chose to undermine Schwarzenegger's persona, making him more realistic and less irritable. Hill:
I have confidence in him as an actor. I do not want him to just throw a Volkswagen into the building. Arnold has the ability to communicate that culture and country cut. They just love to see this guy win. But everyone thinks it's his muscle. Not that at all: it's his face, his eyes. He has a face that is a setback for a fighter from the Middle Ages or ancient Greece.
Schwarzenegger said Hill told him to watch Greta Garbo's show at Ninotchka (1939) "to understand how Danko [his character] had to react as a faithful Soviet in the West.I had to learn a little Russian, My own accent is a plus. "
The music score was performed by James Horner. "I told James I wanted something like you at the Olympics and you just won the gold medal," Hill said. "I want something heroic."
Hill says he wants to use a bus rather than a car in a climactic action scene because that would be more interesting. "Also, I think that's perfect for Arnold, he does not fit in the car."
He described the film as "in a strange way it is a traditional love story between these two people.
The script continues to be rewritten during filming. Among the authors who worked on it were Hill himself, Harry Kleiner, Troy Kennedy Martin, Steven Meerson & amp; Peter Krikes, and John Mankiewicz & amp; Daniel Pyne. "You have to understand that Walter loves to make while walking," said a source close to production. "Also, the project was put together quickly based on his idea-a Russian policeman in Chicago." A spokesman for Writer Guild said Hill was a member in a very good position: "He tends to hire a lot of people, but he pays well above the minimum and we feel he's pretty straightforward about screen credits."
The first half of the opening scene was shot at the Rudas Hot Springs in Budapest. The second half was shot in Austria because Budapest did not have snow.
Reception
The film received mixed and positive responses from critics. Red Heat currently holds a 62% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 21 reviews, with an average rating of 5.5/10.
Viewers surveyed by CinemaScore gave this movie an average value of "B" on a scale up to F.
box office
The film was successful in the box office, but far beyond other Schwarzenegger comedy films in 1988, Twins .
Schwarzenegger then wrote the movie "not a big blow I expect, why it's hard to guess, maybe the audience is not ready for Russia, or that my appearance and Jim Belushi is not funny enough, or that the director is not" doing a pretty good job. For whatever reason, it does not quite close the deal. "
References
External links
- Red Heat on IMDb
- Red Heat in AllMovie
- Red Heat at Rotten Tomatoes
- Red Heat in Mojo Box Office
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