Tango & Cash (1989)
Tango & Cash (1989)
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Critic Consensus: Brutally violent and punishingly dull, this cookie-cutter buddy cop thriller isn't even fun enough to reach "so bad it's good" status.
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Cast
as Ray Tango
as Gabe Cash
as Kiki
as Yves Perret
as Courier/Requin
as Quan
as Lopez
as Owen
as Gunman/Chinese Guy
as Face
as Wyler
as Skinner
as Capt. Holmes
as Hendricks
as Fed. Agent Davis
as Prosecutor
as Gunman/Chinese Guy
as Judge
as Nolan
as Santos
as Van Driver
as Station Cop
as Kagan
as Sokowski
as Interpreter
as Slinky
as Desk Cop
as Cash's Cellmate
as Car Owner
as Lynn
as Captain
as Slobber
as Dancer
as Sonny
as Coworker
as Weasel
as State Trooper
as Cop
as Bailiff
as Club Doorman
as Dressing Room Girl
as Federal Agent
as Federal Agent
as Federal Agent
as Federal Agent
as Reporter
as Reporter
as Reporter
as Reporter
as Prisoner
as Prisoner
as Prisoner
as Prisoner
as Prisoner
as Girl in Bar
as Girl in Bar
as Dressing Room Girl
as Dressing Room Girl
as Dressing Room Girl
as Dressing Room Girl
as Detective
as Detective
as Detective
as Inmate
as Inmate
as Inmate
as Inmate
as Guard
as Guard
as Customer
as Customer
as Customer
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Critic Reviews for Tango & Cash
All Critics (42) | Top Critics (9) | Fresh (14) | Rotten (28) | DVD (3)
The jokes seem lame and the rivalry fraudulent, as the two boys play with their big guns.
The film looks like the sort of queasy fever dream that might be produced by sitting through an entire Orson Welles film festival while eating pepperoni pizzas.
Both men think that the best way to deliver the right to remain silent to the usual suspects is via a right hook.
Tango and Cash is a waste of talent and energy on all levels: unworthy of Konchalovsky, unworthy also of Stallone, Russell and every superior technical credit on the film.
The ostensible humor here is of the macho one-liner variety, and much of it falls flat.
A mindless buddy cop pic, loaded with nonstop action that's played mostly for laughs and delivers too few of them.
Audience Reviews for Tango & Cash
Think Hope & Crosby (on a so-so day) as over-posturing late 1980's L.A. cops. There is no believability to speak of and so forget about that. Put it out of your mind. Just watch these knuckleheads try to out macho the other. Then it's sorta alright.
Super Reviewer
Late 80's chesse feast. Great fun all around.
Super Reviewer
It's a completely outrageous buddy cop movie that throws its characters in the oddest places. It goes from a chaotic, futuristic prison to a monster truck derby. What makes it fun is Kurt Russel and Sly Stone being a hilarious team. You have to enjoy all the corny jokes and cliches because it's all in good fun. This is just a fun movie, it makes fun of itself constantly and lets you enjoy its kooky nature. It's the definition of an 80s movie and completely harmless.
Super Reviewer
Tango & Cash Quotes
| Gabe Cash: | I don't know about you, but I have an aversion to getting F.U.B.A.R. |
| Ray Tango: | What's fubar? |
| Gabe Cash: | Fucked-Up Beyond All Recognition. |
| Ray Tango: | Rambo is a pussy. |
| Ray Tango: | When this is over, we have to pay Jabba the Hutt here a visit. |
| Gabe Cash: | I'll bring the chainsaw. |
| Ray Tango: | I'll bring the beer. |
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