Moscow's toughest detective. Chicago's craziest cop. There's only one thing worse than making them mad. Making them partners.
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.
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Classical in form, resolved, effortless and unpretentious.
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
- effortlessdemanding
- unpretentiousprestige
- cooloverwhelming
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Cast
- Arnold SchwarzeneggerIvan Danko
- Jim BelushiArt Ridzik
- Peter BoyleLou Donnelly
- Ed O'RossViktor Rostavili
- Laurence FishburneLt. Stobbs
- Gina GershonCat Manzetti
- Richard BrightSgt. Gallagher
- Brent JenningsAbdul Elijah
- Gretchen PalmerHooker
- Pruitt Taylor VinceNight Clerk
Crew
- Walter HillDirector
- Troy Kennedy MartinScreenplay
- Harry KleinerScreenplay
- Walter HillScreenplay
- Matthew F. LeonettiDirector of Photography
- James HornerOriginal Music Composer
- Donn AronEditor
- Freeman A. DaviesEditor
- Carmel DaviesEditor
- Gordon CarrollProducer
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