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Another American city is in for a fun time in yet another Ocean film tie-in. That old favourite for violent films with lots of punch power is here again, Arnold Schwarzenegger. In Red Heat he plays a Russian detective who joins forces with an American cop to destroy a drugs dealer from the good old US of SR.

The action is split into four stages, with bonus stages along the route to help boost your score. It all starts in a sauna where you have to beat your way through a multitude of muscle-bound commie criminals and get information on where their boss is hiding. En route you'll find food to rebuild your energy which is depleted whenever a punch is landed or you're hit by an object.

Arnie's next stop is Chicago where he invades a hospital armed with a pistol and has to shoot or punch his way through more muscle-bound men, but has to take on some gun-toting nurses too. The next step in the violent investigation takes you to the streets where a violent gang of scum, the Cleanheads, have to be dealt with in the same manner. Finally, you'll have a confrontation with Viktor, the man that you've travelled from glorious easy to capitalist west to find.

Graphically Red Heat is impressive with lots of detail and a very well drawn Arnie, but the playing area is small, only about a third of the screen. Sound effects are good and the tune is best described as tolerable.

Ocean have again proved that a good film does not a good game make, but the poor old public are likely to suffer with their pockets. One of two things is likely to happen, either the public will stop buying games licensed from films or the companies will start doing good jobs of the conversion.