Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States, Netherlands
- Violence
- Strong
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
The story
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.
- drug dealer
- martial arts
- police brutality
- showdown
- street gang
- police
- cold war
- soviet union
- investigation
- revenge
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
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
- Directed
- Walter Hill
- Written
- Troy Kennedy Martin, Harry Kleiner, Walter Hill
Production
- Rating
- 6.2 / 10 · 1,669 ratings
- Studio
- Carolco Pictures, Lone Wolf, Oak Pictures
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
