Flyerplesys Perfectly adorable

Majorthebys Charming and brutal

Gutsycurene Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

Fluke_Skywalker Plot; Rival cops must team up when they're framed for murder by the city's top crime boss.Released in the Golden Age of the Buddy Cop film, Tango & Cash sees perhaps the genre's biggest pairing of star power in Sylvester Stallone and Kurt Russell, and it's their charisma and chemistry that carry the movie.A notoriously troubled production saw Patrick Swayze leave (replaced by Russell), Stallone fire the director of photography (a guy named Barry Sonnenfeld) so that he could bring in his own guy, the director fired and the entire production go $20 million over budget. Filming began without a finished script and the final cut wasn't locked until just before its release. In short, it was a cluster foozle. But it works. Not amazingly well, but as a piece of disposable entertainment. Logic doesn't exist in this universe and trying to make sense of the plot will only give you a headache. If you just sorta roll with it, Sly and Kurt carry the whole tangled mess on their beefy shoulders and deliver a genre relative good time.

Predrag Tango and Cash and well known in the state, and are well rewarded for their heroics to stop drug deals, and other crimes. When they annoy Yves - they didn't expect their whole world to be turned on it's side, and their lives to be in such danger. Tango is more lavish, loves his suits and playing the stock market, where as Cash is a fighter and doesn't really care for people who waste his time. I love the camaraderie in this movie, even though they don't like each other, they find it in themselves to collaborate for the good of the city. I also though Terri Hacher's role as Katherine was a great start to her career, and the typical 80's styling of this movie made it fun. The jokes and dialogue between the pair is classic cop stuff, and reminds you of the good days of Glover/Gibson in Lethal Weapon.Non-stop violence, witty back and forth banter, and nasty bad guys might not be hard to come by in action film territory but rarely do they add up to as good a time at the films as they do with Tango & Cash. If ever there was a film that really did require you to completely turn off your brain, only to reward you with thrills, chills, laughs and action galore this is it. Enjoying an exemplary sense of humour that's the perfect complement to the picture's high- energy action scenes, amazing chemistry between its leads, and a superb score that's light and catchy but also a fine compliment to the bullets and explosions, 'Tango & Cash' retains every bit of its appeal with each viewing, and for the most part, refuses to acknowledge its age with the passage of time. Overall rating: 8 out of 10.

zkonedog About three quarters of the way through this film, Kurt Russell steps out of a bar in drag. At roughly that same point, you will likely realize that it's a good thing this film didn't take itself seriously, as the only entertainment it provides comes in the form of cringe-worthy one-liners and some so-bad-it's-good back-and-forth between starts Russell and Sylvester Stallone.For a basic plot summary, the film opens with cops Ray Tango (Stallone) and Gabe Cash (Russell) as the heroes of the LAPD, albeit with completely different styles. However, when crime boss Yves Perret (Jack Palance) sets them up for prison time, the duo must learn to work together to bust out of the joint and bring down Perret once and for all.When evaluating whether or not this film is worth 100 or so minutes of your time, let me dispel one myth right off the bat: The reason it gets so many positive rankings here on Amazon (or anywhere) is because it has reached a sort of cult status among fans of, respectively, Stallone and action movies in general. This film barely came in over budget when all was said and done, capitalized on Stallone's Rocky/Rambo success, and was heavily panned by the critics. It even was nominated for three Razzie awards...ouch. However, it lives on as the epitome of Stallone's wise-cracking, blow-em-up, zero plot, high-octane film phase.In fact, the only reason I can give this film all of two stars is because of that so-bad-it's-good approach to watching movies. Clearly, this movie did not take itself seriously (and for good reason), so I can't really fault the "cringe humor" present in nearly every line of dialogue. Unfortunately, the movie takes "cringe" to a whole new level. It was more entertaining to watch then, say, Judge Dredd, but only because it was so flighty/humorous that it makes you laugh when you really shouldn't be.There are also some interesting casting choices in the film. A very young, very beautiful Teri Hatcher plays the primary female character quite well, but other than that it is very uneven. Russell really isn't an action star, Stallone (with the business suit and round spectacles) was trying his hardest to distance himself from Rocky/Rambo, and Palance is too esteemed of an actor to even be involved in the production in the first place, and it shows.Thus, I cannot recommend Tango and Cash to anybody besides die-hard Stallone/action fans, who will just get a kick out of it for the one-liners. Other than that demographic, please steer clear.

bowmanblue Okay, so maybe 'classic' is a little generous to describe Sylvester Stallone and Kurt Russell's collaboration 'Tango and Cash,' but just because it isn't up there with 'The Godfather' doesn't mean that it isn't a whole load of daft fun. Our two action heroes play the two titular characters – both 'hero' cops in L.A. who get framed by a mob boss for a crime they didn't commit and have to then go about proving their innocence.Stallone and Russell make it watchable as they're both clearly enjoying themselves in their roles (special mention to Kurt when he dresses up in women's clothes!) and that's about all the film is good for. Jack Palance is the villain whose scenes seem to have been filmed after the filming and then just dropped in afterwards. He does his best to be menacing, but because he never properly interacts with our heroes, he seems almost a bit redundant.You may have heard the phrase 'suspend your disbelief.' Well, this is one film where, if you're to get anything out of it at all, you have to do just that. Nothing really makes sense if you scrutinise it. The story bounces from one action-packed ridiculous scene to the next with no real explanation for what has gone on in order to get our protagonists to that stage. It almost feels like a computer game where you're watching one stand-alone level after the next.I enjoyed 'Tango and Cash,' but I'm quite aware that some people will find it too ridiculous to appreciate. When I watched it, my group were laughing at just how bizarre and totally stupid things were getting. Take, for example, the scene where our cops are finally sent to prison – the head mob boss visits them one night – yes, he actually 'breaks in' to prison – then, when the fighting starts, he just 'breaks out' again and no one really says anything. Then you have scenes involving car chases where the heroes' vehicle changes from one scene to the next. It's just bad. But, like I said, if you're in the mood to suspend your disbelief, it's actually quite good fun.Sure, it may be a 'poor man's Lethal Weapon' but if you like your 'buddy cop' movies loud and dumb, you should get something out of this. Did I mention Kurt Russell 'drags up?' Just don't get me started on one of the henchmen's awful attempt at a cockney accent!