

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
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.