I watched Red Heat at my buddy JoshRoss' yesterday. A local video store is going out of business and my friend has been clean'n up on all the Arnold movies. Hadn't seen this one in what's gotta be 20 years.
Red Heat is the one where Arnold is the Soviets best cop and Jim Belushi is Chicago's b..., well he's a Chicago cop. As you probably guessed they have to team up to extradite the baddest Soviet gangster from Chi-town back to USSR.
All in all it's a badass flick. All Arnold movies are. This one though is not one of the best. It did however make me yearn for more "new" action movies to be made in the style of this film. It is foul mouthed and full of gruesome gunshot wounds. The story and dialogue are lacking a bit if I want to be picky, but the action and sheer gruesomness make up for most of that.
There was just something about action films in the 80's that is so raw and awesome. "Something" that I can't quite put my finger on, but something that I feel many modern action films lack. Live Free or Die Hard being the exception. That movie rocks.
For what it's worth Mitchell say,"Red Heat...worth a watch."