A tough Russian policeman is forced to partner up with a cocky Chicago police detective when he is sent to Chicago to apprehend a Georgian drug lord who killed his partner and fled the country.
Acting
Arnie's deadpan Russian is unintentionally iconic.
Practical Effects
Real bus destruction—no CGI nonsense here.
Direction
Walter Hill's lean, mean action machine.
Director
Walter Hill
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Ivan Danko
Jim Belushi
Art Ridzik
Peter Boyle
Lou Donnelly
Ed O'Ross
Viktor Rostavili
Laurence Fishburne
Lt. Stobbs
Gina Gershon
Cat Manzetti
Richard Bright
Sgt. Gallagher
Brent Jennings
Abdul Elijah
Gretchen Palmer
Hooker
Pruitt Taylor Vince
Night Clerk
Mike Hagerty
Pat Nunn
Brion James
Streak
Gloria Delaney
Intern
Peter Jason
TV Announcer
Oleg Vidov
Yuri Ogarkov
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Schwarzenegger learned Russian for the role, though his accent still baffled actual Soviet viewers.
One of the first Hollywood films shot in Moscow's Red Square—Glasnost cinema diplomacy at work.
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