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Another action flick from an unlikely source (wildly inconsistent Russian director Andrei Konchalovsky), buddy movie Tango & Cash teams Sly Sta...(read more...)
llone and Kurt Russell as bullet-dodging cops who get on each others' nerves while uniting against a slimy French drug kingpin (Jack Palance). Violent, profane, and packed with implausibilities, this is one of those big-budget, stunt-laden affairs that gets by on the charisma of its stars, and they almost pull it off. Tango & Cash was Stallone's first attempt to share the spotlight with another hero, and he's casually laid-back in his change-of-pace role (well, OK, it's not that change-of-pace), while Russell is equally enjoyable as Sly's well-coifed sidekick. Ridiculous all the way, this one is entertaining if only as a virtual catalog of action-movie clichés.--Jeff Shannon
Director:
Albert Magnoli,
Andrei Konchalovsky
MPAA: R
Running Time: 1 hr. 44 min.
Release Date: Dec 22, 1989
Cast:
Brion James,
Edward Bunker,
Geoffrey Lewis,
Jack Palance,
James Hong,
Kurt Russell,
Lewis Arquette,
Michael J. Pollard,
Robert Z'Dar,
Roy Brocksmith,
Sylvester Stallone,
Teri Hatcher