Is Red Heat actually good?

Red Heat sits in the 45.1% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 45.1% of them.

How does Red Heat compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1980s, Red Heat lands in the 43.0% percentile. The cohort comparison exists because a global rank flatters or punishes a film for its category rather than its quality.

How many reviewers is Red Heat's score based on?

135 calibrated reviewers stand behind Red Heat's score.

1988

global pct

45.1

Film · 1988 · Films · 1980s

Red Heat

Name: Red Heat
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Released: 1988

Scored from 135 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1980s (3,141 peers).

45.1%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

43.0%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1980s · 3,141 titles

36.9%

AI-adjusted percentile

135 calibrated reviewers

Summary

A hardened Soviet militia captain travels to Chicago to extradite a ruthless Georgian drug lord who killed his partner. Forced to work with a wisecracking, rule-bending Chicago detective, the mismatched pair clash over methods as they hunt the fugitive through the city's underworld.

Red Heat (1988) is a film IMDb files under the action, comedy and crime genres.

The calibrated figure is built from 135 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 136 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead. Its in-cohort standing is measured against the other 3,140 1980s films, not against the whole corpus.