Two cops, a serious, taciturn one from the Soviet Union and a wise guy from Chicago, team up to catch the Eastern Bloc's biggest drug czar who has fled to Chicago.

DVD release of the 1988 motion picture. Special features: East meets West : the challenges of making Red heat (featuring original interviews with cast and crew); A stunt man for all seasons (looks at the career of the man behind the stunts on Red heat); I'm not a Russian, but I play one on TV (Ed O'Ross interview); original making-of TV special; original TV spots; theatrical trailer.