In the late eighties, in the very period when the Cold War came to an end, and the Soviet audience enthusiastically accepted any work of Hollywood filmmakers, regardless of their quality, the film “Red Heat” was released. The actor who played the main role in this film is a famous bodybuilder, businessman, politician. His name is known to everyone. The article tells about the performers of the main and secondary roles in the action movie "Red Heat".
Actors
The creator of the picture is Walter Hill. The actor Arnold Schwarzenegger played the main role in the film "Red Heat". The film would have liked the Soviet viewers much more if he played an American policeman. But Schwarzenegger played the role of a Soviet police officer who speaks poorly in Russian, but also speaks excellent English, which he supposedly studied at the KGB school.
Other roles in the film "Red Heat" actors played mostly famous. The image of "the craziest policeman in Chicago" was performed by James Belushi. Other actors of "Red Heat":
- Peter Boyle
- Ed O'Ross.
- Gina Gershon.
- Richard Bright
- Savely Kramarov.
- Isao Sasaki.
- Gene Scherer.
Schwarzenegger
Actors and roles in the film "Red Heat", from the point of view of American viewers, were perfectly matched. The picture was a success in Europe. As for the compatriots of the hero Ivan Danko, played by Schwarzenegger, for them in this action movie there was more comic than dramatic. What is the famous phrase: “What is your evidence?” As you know, answering this question, the Soviet policeman pronounces the name of the prohibited drug, and in the Latin manner - “cocainum”.
Belushi
James Belushi as a policeman aroused more sympathy. Before the release of "Red Heat", the actor already had over twenty roles played behind him. But the most famous was brought to him by the image of Sergeant Ridzik. Belushi is also known for her roles in such films as “Curly Sue”, “Forget Palermo”, “Masters of Threat”, “Present for Christmas”.
Movie content
In Moscow, a drug dealer named Rustavili is operating. Danko fails to detain him. And soon he learns that Rustavili went overseas. The hero of Schwarzenegger is recovering after him, where the adventures of the Soviet policeman and the American policeman begin.
The leader of the drug mafia cannot be detained by law enforcement officers here either. In addition, Danko is wounded; he is being recalled to the Soviet Union. But a sense of duty does not allow the hero of Schwarzenegger to return home without performing the operation. He still finds Rustavili and kills him. The film ends on a touching scene. Danko gives his American counterpart a Soviet-made watch. He himself takes away from him (as a keepsake) an expensive accessory.
Other actors
Oleg Vidov and Savely Kramarov played in the episodes. The first emigrated in 1985. The fate of Savely Kramarov is known to every fan of domestic cinema. In the film "Red Heat" he appeared for just a minute, in the guise of an employee of the Soviet consulate.
The role of the main villain in the film was played by Ed O'Ross. He is also known for the movie Dick Tracy. And finally, the woman with whom the hero of O'Ross entered into a fictitious marriage was played by the Hollywood star Gina Gershon. We can say that with the role of the wife of a drug dealer, the creative path of the actress began. Before the premiere of "Red Heat" in her filmography there were only three works.
Filming in the movie "Red Heat" played an important role in Schwarzenegger's career. By then, he was already a recognized action movie star. But for the role in the Walter Hill film, the actor for the first time received a huge fee for those times - $ 10 million. James Belushi was no less famous. However, his fees amounted to more modest amounts. In the "Red Heat" the charming and lively hero of Belushi set off the monumental equanimity of a guest from the USSR.