# Red Heat (1988)

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**Runtime**: 104 min
**Genres**: Action, Crime
**Directed by**: Walter Hill
**Written by**: Walter Hill, Harry Kleiner, Troy Kennedy Martin
**Starring**: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jim Belushi, Peter Boyle, Ed O'Ross, Laurence Fishburne, Gina Gershon

> *Moscow's toughest detective. Chicago's craziest cop. There's only one thing worse than making them mad. Making them partners.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Moscow streets, winter, a Soviet badge. A Russian cop and a Chicago detective collide, a Georgian fugitive looms. Hill pairs East and West in a culture clash of lawmen.

**Mood tags**: playful, uplifting

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