Tango & Cash (1989)
Ray Tango and Gabriel Cash are two successful narcotics detectives who can't stand each other. Crime lord Yves Perret, furious at the loss of income they have caused him, plots an elaborate revenge against them.
- Andrei Konchalovsky
- M. James Arnett
- Marty P. Ewing
- Artist W. Robinson
- Peter MacDonald
- Kathryn Weygand
- David Russell
- Randy Feldman
Rating: 6.5/10 by 1900 users
Alternative Title:
Tango and Cash - US
Duo de choc - CA
The Set Up - US
怒虎狂龍 - HK
Tango da Keshi - GE
Tango i Cash - HR
Tango i Keš - RS
Танго i Кеш - UA
탱고와 캐쉬 - KR
Танго и Кэш - SU
Tango i Kesh - SU
怒虎狂龙 - CN
探戈与金钱 - CN
Country:
United States of America
Portugal
Language:
English
Runtime: 01 hour 44 minutes
Budget: $55,000,000
Revenue: $63,408,614
Plot Keyword: prisoner, war on drugs, los angeles, california, buddy cop
If you really wanted to stare death in the eye, you shoulda gotten married. Sylvester Stallone and Kurt Russell play polar opposite Los Angeles cops who are framed by an arch nemesis and forced to team up in order to clear their name. Unashamedly macho and very much of its time, this is daft energetic fun that's full of octane inventive action and ever quotable one liners. Stallone is Tango, the smart dressed sophisticated policeman, Russel is Cash, the slobbish act first - ask questions later copper, both men very different but both excellent at their jobs. Pic gets by mostly on the chemistry between Stallone and Russell, who put much zest into their respective characters bickering and bantering. Action is well put together by director Andrey Konchalovskiy, but unfortunately the final third of the piece starts to sag as our mismatched cops start to respect and befriend each other and the plot reaches the inevitable conclusion. It doesn't help matters that Jack Palance's main villain is only a bit part player, or that his head henchman Requin (the usually ace Brion James) gives us a quite appalling British accent. Add in Teri Hatcher who is in it purely for dressage and as a cypher between the two boys, then it's a picture not without problems. Yet the script and star turns from the leading duo ensure this remains a favourite of many whom lapped it up back in the backend of the 1980s. 7/10
