Tango & Cash

"Two of L.A.'s top rival cops are going to have to work together… Even if it kills them."

1989 1h 44m EN

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6.5

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31%

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6.4

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★6.5TMDB · 2,233🥫31%Rotten Tomatoes●41Metacritic★6.4IMDB · 119,821

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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.

“Two of L.A.'s top rival cops are going to have to work together… Even if it kills them.”

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Cast

Sylvester Stallone
Raymond 'Ray' Tango
Kurt Russell
Gabriel 'Gabe' Cash
Teri Hatcher
Katherine 'Kiki' Tango
Jack Palance
Yves Perret
Brion James
Requin
James Hong
Quan
Marc Alaimo
Lopez
Philip Tan
Chinese Gunman

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Andrei Konchalovsky
Writers: Randy Feldman
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Mid-budget at $55M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.

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2 / 8

ERA

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37 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

CAST

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210+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Andrei Konchalovsky, shot by Donald E. Thorin. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

ERA

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Original score by Harold Faltermeyer. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Hubert de La Bouillerie shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Sylvester Stallone and Kurt Russell and Teri Hatcher carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Two of L.A.'s top rival cops are going to have to work together… Even if it kills them.".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Andrei Konchalovsky directs. Donald E. Thorin behind the camera. Harold Faltermeyer scores. Hubert de La Bouillerie cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Mid-budget at $55M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.
237 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3210+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
4Directed by Andrei Konchalovsky, shot by Donald E. Thorin. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Harold Faltermeyer. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Hubert de La Bouillerie shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Sylvester Stallone and Kurt Russell and Teri Hatcher carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Two of L.A.'s top rival cops are going to have to work together… Even if it kills them.".
9IMDB entry: tt0098439 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Released under 13 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Donald E. Thorin
Original score: Harold Faltermeyer
Editing: Hubert de La Bouillerie
Production design: J. Michael Riva
Costume design: Bernie Pollack
Makeup / hair: Gary Liddiard
VFX supervisor: Michael L. Fink
Stunt coordinator: M. James Arnett
Runtime: 104 min · 1h 44m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $55,000,000
Box office: $63,408,614
Return: 115% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Tango & Cash (1989)
Rotten Tomatoes: 31% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 41/100
IMDB rating: 6.4/10 · 119,821 votes
MPAA: R

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John Chard2019-04-22
★ 7/10
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

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