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Walter Hills Read Heat is quite similar to his earlier hit 48 hrs, sadly its not quite as good. Its not bad though, Swarzenegger and Belushi make quite a good pairing and the action is as good as you would expect from director Hill. Arnie and James have some funny lines and scenes together. I loved this when it first came out, but its not up to the standard of some of Arnolds other 80's films like The Terminator and Predator, it is however superior to The Running Man and Raw Deal. Arnolds dead pan delivery makes his performance as close to The Terminator as its possible to be. James Belushi is quite a good actor but seems to live in the shadow of his late, great brother John. His most famous film outwith this one is probably K-9, which actually is terrible. He is funny in a small role in Trading Places though. The action scenes are pretty over the top in Red Heat especially the opening scene where Arnie has a fight which starts in a sauna and ends up in the snow. Entertaining stuff, look out for Laurence Fishbourne of The Matrix fame in a earlyish role. ***6/10***
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LuboLarsson 27 June 2004
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