Tango & Cash

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Buddy Cop Action Comedy Crime Thriller

Framed by their ruthless arch-nemesis, a pair of mismatched LAPD officers must put their differences aside to get even with the brutal crime baron who sent them to rot in a maximum-security ... Read allFramed by their ruthless arch-nemesis, a pair of mismatched LAPD officers must put their differences aside to get even with the brutal crime baron who sent them to rot in a maximum-security prison.Framed by their ruthless arch-nemesis, a pair of mismatched LAPD officers must put their differences aside to get even with the brutal crime baron who sent them to rot in a maximum-security prison.

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IMDb RATING

6.4/10

117K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

3,255

1,406

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 3 nominations total

Lopez
(as Mark Alaimo)

Philip Tan

Gunman
(as Phillip Tan)
…

Michael J. Pollard

Owen

Robert Z'Dar

Face

Lewis Arquette

Wyler

Edward Bunker

Capt. Holmes
(as Eddie Bunker)

Leslie Morris

Hendricks

Roy Brocksmith

Fed. Agent Davis

Susan Krebs

Prosecutor

David Byrd

Judge

Richard Fancy

Nolan

Jerry Martinez

Santos

Director
- Andrei Konchalovsky
Writer
- Randy Feldman
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Trivia
When Brion James was originally hired to play Requin, it was a very small role with only two lines. In an effort to give the character something that would make him stand out, James decided to speak in a horrible "cockney" accent. Sylvester Stallone loved it, and re-wrote the script to give Requin a much bigger role. The same thing happened with Face, played by Robert Z'Dar, who was originally not meant to appear after the opening scene but Sylvester Stallone and Andrei Konchalovsky took a liking to Z'Dar and thought his appearance was so striking he deserved a larger role in the film.

Goofs
At the beginning of the movie when the truck is bearing down on Tango and he fires at the truck, the windshield "spiderwebs", as it should, since it would be safety glass. However, when the two men fly through the windshield after the truck is stopped, there are no bullet holes in it and it is clearly a plate glass windshield (due to how it shatters).

Quotes
Ray Tango: Rambo is a pussy.

Alternate versions
The film's distributor actually self-censored the British theatrical version before submitting it to the BBFC. In addition to the footage the BBFC demanded cut, the UK theatrical release also tones down the electrocution of a villain, edited footage of visible bloodletting during the finale, omits some footage of Lopez being riddled with bullets, another head-butt, a throat chop, a villain pushing his fingers into Cash's blood wound, and Cash putting a grenade down a villain's trousers. All footage was reinstated for video.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Always/Music Box/Born on the Fourth of July/Tango and Cash/Camille Claudel (1989)

Soundtracks
Best Of What I Got
Performed by Bad English
Courtesy of CBS Records, Music Licensing Department
Produced by Richie Zito
Written by John Waite, Jonathan Cain and Neal Schon

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Featured review

7/10

Joyous 80s action! That's all it is, and that's all it needs to be...

The #1 reason why I love brainless action movies from the 80s and 90s? Because of the actors playing the bad guys! Just look at this baby; - Jack Palance, Brion James, Robert Z'dar, Clint Howard... Sure enough, the stars of the film are Sly Stallone and Kurt Russell, but for people who always root for the villains - like me - films like "Tango & Cash" are delightful! The set-up for this buddy-action movie is that the two best cops of Los Angeles are framed by big-shot drug/weapon dealer Palance, and end up in prison amidst the vengeful cons they locked away themselves. Plausibility and coherence are of minor importance, but "Tango & Cash" works perfectly because both Stallone and Russell prove themselves to be masters of self-parody, and the chemistry between them is awesome. Good stunt work, James Bond like gadgetry and an incredibly sexy Yazoo-dance by Teri Hatcher only make the film even more amusing.

Coventry
May 29, 2021
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