Summary
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.
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
Michael J. Pollard
Owen
Robert Z'Dar
Face
Lewis Arquette
Wyler
Edward Bunker
Capt. Holmes
Leslie Morris
Hendricks
Roy Brocksmith
Fed. Agent Davis
Susan Krebs
Prosecutor
David Byrd
Judge McCormick
Richard Fancy
Nolan
Jerry Martinez
Santos
Michael Jeter
Skinner
Bing Russell
Van Driver
Alphonse Walter
Station Cop
Peter Stensland
Kagan
Phil Rubenstein
Assistant Warden Matt Sokowski
Elizabeth Sung
Interpreter
Clint Howard
Slinky
Ed DeFusco
Federal Agent
Jack Goode Jr.
Federal Agent
Geoff Vanderstock
Federal Agent
Larry Humburger
Federal Agent
Mark Wood
Desk Cop
Andre Rosey Brown
Cash's Cellmate
Savely Kramarov
Car Owner
Michael Francis Clarke
Reporter
Anne Cooper
Reporter
Tammy Richardson
Reporter
Patti Davis
Reporter
Richard L. Duran
Prisoner
Doug Ford
Prisoner
Kenneth Pruitt
Prisoner
Ronald Moss
Prisoner
Rick Dominguez
Prisoner
Kristen Dalton
Lynn
Tamara Landry
Girl in Bar
Anna Joyner
Girl in Bar
Melissa Bremner
Dance Double
Christie Mucciante
Dressing Room Girl
Lucia Neal
Dressing Room Girl
Roxanne Kernohan
Dressing Room Girl
Dori Courtney
Dressing Room Girl
Dale Swann
Captain
John Walter Davis
Slobber
Adolfo Quinones
Dancer
David Lea
Sonny
Glenn Morshower
Co-Worker
Salvador Espinoza
Weasel
Christopher Wolf
State Trooper
Larry White
Cop
Richard J. Larson
Detective
Fred Trombley
Detective
Matt Tufo
Detective
David Phillips
Inmate
Lewis Guido
Inmate
James Reilley
Inmate
Gilbert Esparza
Inmate
Martin Valinsky
Bailiff
Donald Zinn
Guard
Duane Allen
Guard
Robert David Armstrong
Club Doorman
Philip Weyland
Customer
Paul Lewis
Customer
Ron Cummins
Customer
Benny Urquidez
Thug (uncredited)
Billy Blanks
Prison Thug (uncredited)
Geoffrey Lewis
Captain Schroeder (uncredited)
Michael Lent
Dead Lopez (uncredited)
Crew
Director
Andrei Konchalovsky
Writer
Randy Feldman
Reviews
John Chard
April 22, 2019
7
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
Media
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$55,000,000.00
Revenue:
$63,408,614.00
