Tango and Cash

Starring:Sylvester Stallone, Kurt Russell, Teri Hatcher, Jack Palance, Brion James, James Hong, Marc Alaimo, Philip Tan, Michael J. Pollard, Robert Z'Dar, Lewis Arquette, Edward Bunker, Leslie Morris, Roy Brocksmith, Susan Krebs, David Byrd (II), Richard Fancy, Jerry Martinez, Michael Jeter, Bing Russell
Director: Andrei Konchalovsky, Albert Magnoli
Studio: Warner Home Video
Product Type: DVD

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Another action flick from an unlikely source (wildly inconsistent Russian director Andrei Konchalovsky), buddy movie Tango & Cash teams Sly Stallone 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

Description

There are buddy cops. And then there are Ray Tango and Gabe Cash (Sylvester Stallone and Kurt Russell) They're rival L.A. policemen who have one thing in common: each thinks he is the best. And each has the commendations, battle scars and ready supply of hilarious one-liners to prove it. Team them and they're like oil and water. But frame them for a crime and they're like a match and kerosene. Year: 1989 Director: Andrei Konchalovsky Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Kurt Russell, Jack Palance

Customer Reviews:

A Great two-cop action movie.......2007-05-12

Has everything needed.

*Two friendly and enjoyable cops.
*Romantic Tension
*Big cars
*Big guns
*Action Action Action

I give it two thumbs up.

Really depressing for Russian cinema fans...........2007-03-10

This film is actually directed by Andrei Konchalovsky, the man who co-wrote the magisterial film Andrei Rublev, one of ANDREI TARKOVSKY's greatest films. It's hard to believe this man went from writing with one of the greatest Russian directors of all time to directing a B-movie with Stallone and Russell, but there you have it. How depressing.....

Nothing Special, but definitely a Lot of Fun.......2007-01-14

Tango and Cash is another one of those American buddy movies from the 80's. It is nothing original but so much fun. This time, Sylvester Stallone and Kurt Russell, two cool guys team up as Tango and Cash to give good entertainment on a boring saturday night.

So what do you get when buying this dvd? Two muscular fellows who give funny oneliners and shoot up a lot of bad guys. Big guns, big cars, big explosions, this film has it all. Sylvester Stallone acts good and gives a nice performance as the good cop Ray Tango. I can now see why he was the first one considered to play Axel Foley in "Beverly Hills Cop".
Kurt Russell plays Gabrielle Cash, the tough, bigmouthed cop who is the almost opposite of Tango. He is funny and just as cool as Stallone.
Also in the mix is a sexy young Teri Hatcher playing Tango's sister. This was one of her first big films and she stays firmly on her feet next to Stallone and Russell.

The story is simple, but nice: Tango and cash are two rival cops who are the absolute best. They solve one crime right after the other. Now you can understand that the criminals aren't very happy with that, so: they set the two cops up. Now, Tango and Cash are put into jail for a crime they didn't commit. They can't stand each other, but they have to work together trying to escape out of the jail and finding the ones responisble for setting them up.

So nothing original or special, but who cares? It entertains perfectly. Expect having a fun time seeying two of the coolest actors of the 80's, Stallone and Russell, team up as Tango and Cash, fighting bad guys with big guns and nice oneliners.
Good popcorn fun.

Honestly, pretty hard to watch -- and I typically like cop movies.......2006-08-15

I'm surprised by all the favorable reviews. I typically like "buddy movies," "cop movies," and action thrillers -- even when the plot runs out midway through the flick. This, though, was so goofy (Stallone's lines were wooden, all the characters were patently cliche, etc.) that I found myself skipping through chapters because my gut hurt watching various scenes. There's a scene where (yet again) Kurt Russell dresses in drag; there's a ridiculous scene in a prison where countless inmates were able to get out of their cells and meet the stars in a Batman-esque laundry room to do battle; once the stars escape from prison, they freely walk around town talking and meeting with people (despite the fact that they previously were high-profile cops who everyone in the city presumably would recognize); Jack Palance (one of my favorites) barks out nothing more than expected tough-guy lines while kissing mice and putting them in a maze (like some diabolical James Bond plot); and, speaking of James Bond, there's a ridiculous sequence where the stars visit a goofy "Q-type" who gives them a GMC Jimmy with a gatling gun welded on the side -- as though that's supposed to "wow" us in this day & age. All in all, while I'll confess to owning more than my share of Sly Stallone & Kurt Russell movies, this one was absolutely awful -- even when treated like a Saturday matinee when the rest of the family is gone and you're laying on the couch with nothing better to do. A far cry from any of the Lethal Weapon movies....

"He thinks he's Rambo...".......2006-04-28

Tango & Cash brings to the screen the story of two top police officers that find themselves framed by the villain they're trying to catch.
Sylvester Stallone, Kurt Russell, Teri Hatcher (!) and the rest of the cast carry out their performances very well, allowing for a highly entertaining movie.
In short, the plot, the setting, the special effects, and the music are all very good (keep in mind though, the film has 80's written all over it).
Overall, though not a masterpiece, it is definitely a movie worth watching, as it will surely provide for an evening's entertainment!

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Cobra/Tango & Cash
Starring: Sylvester Stallone , Brigitte Nielsen , Reni Santoni , Andrew Robinson , and Brian Thompson
Director: George P. Cosmatos , Andrei Konchalovsky , and Albert Magnoli
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Description

He's poison to crime. Sylvester Stallone portrays Cobra's Marion Cobretti, a cop with a style all his own and a knack for taking the blood-splattered jobs no one else dares to take. George P. Cosmatos (Tombstone) guides the whirlwind action as Cobretti confronts a crime spree that may be the work of a serial killer. Punches mix with punch lines in Tango & Cash, starring Stallone and Kurt Russell as rival Los Angeles cops who form a flinty partnership as they bust out of prison and go after the powerful drug czar who set them up. Co-stars include Jack Palance as the big-shot crimelord and, in her second film, Teri Hatcher.

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2 into 1; You can't beat that.

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ASIN: B0009UZG32
Release Date: 2005-08-30

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Customer Reviews:

2 into 1; You can't beat that........2007-02-13

For action fans, this is one of the best 2 discs DVD sets you can buy. Each of the 2 discs has the same movie on both sides: one for NTSC and one for Widescreen. Each of the movies has good picture and good digital sound. The films are full of action, drama, and romance. The DVD menus are incredible; each disc is like it's own single independent disc but this is a 2 discs DVD set. 2 into 1; you can't beat that.

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CAVEAT EMPTOR
They have got to be kidding.
It is a bad deal.
Not terribly useful collection
Some Winners and Some Losers

Dozen DVD Deal - Action

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CAVEAT EMPTOR.......2005-05-11

BUYER BEWARE! This looks like a lowball of a deal if you consider that most of the movies depicted are the worst Hollywood has ever produced and delivered. I would look at the reviews and perhaps rent each individual movie before you by them all together. Here's a view of some of them:

'The Big Red One': Without question one of the worst WWII/D-Day films ever produced in every respect (technically and historically.) The film stars Lee Marvin who's much too old to play a grunt on the beaches of Normandy. The film is riddled with cliches and bad scenes from beginning to end. It wasn't even filmed in Europe but Israel. Yes, the coasts and beaches in Israel look so much like Normandy it's striking! It's about as bad as setting Auschwitz in Death Valley for a Holocaust film.

'The Gauntlet': Dirty Harry-type Eastwood movie where he's got to protect a witness against corrupt cops. Not a bad movie but not his best either: far below his Dirty Harry films or his westerns.

'Point of No Return': American version of "La Femme Nikita" starring Bridget Fonda. O.K. but the French version was better and more realistic.

'The Sea Wolves': Humor-action WWII movie starring Roger Moore. This one is actually pretty good with a lot of action.

'Soldier': Probably the worst movie that Kurt Russel ever starred in where he has an even smaller script than Schwarzeneger in "Terminator." Pathetic: not even worth watching once.

'Tango and Cash': Comedy-action cop movie with Kurt Russel and Sylvester Stallone. O.K. but after a while you begin to wonder whether you're laughing at the film or the fact that this was even made into a movie.

'Victory': Good movie about a soccer team of prisoners in WWII starrring Michael Caine and Sylvester Stallone. This film is probably the best one out of the entire selection.

'When Trumpets Fade': Another one of the absolutely worst war films ever produced regarding the obscure battle of Hurtigen Forest at the close of WWII in Europe. A pathetic film with a horrible screenplay and equally disgraceful acting: avoid like the plague! I got it for free as a bonus to buying 'Band of Brothers' and I threw it away after one viewing as I couldn't stop laughing as to how bad this movie was.

Save your money and buy the few good films in this packet separately. Most of the movies in this package are not worth buying trust me!

They have got to be kidding........2005-03-20

There are maybe two OK movies in this "Deal", the rest are junk. I do not want to own any of them personally. The best part is the deal itself. Every single one of these movies can be had for less than ten bucks. If they chopped the first number of the price, they might be able to call it a deal.

It is a bad deal........2004-11-18

With the market for the DVD's being so competetive you can buy these DVDs individually at a much cheaper price than as an action pack on amazon. Don't be fooled go else where. The movies are good so I'd get them just not all at once like this.

David

Not terribly useful collection.......2003-09-12

While the movies here in and of themselves are not 'bad' movies, unless you really want to buy them all you would probably be better off seeking the specific movies that you want rather than coughing up $115 for them here.

Some Winners and Some Losers.......2003-09-10

This is an interesting set of DVDs.

There are some good films here and some not so great.

"The Big Red One" is a much overlooked war film starring, believe it or not, Mark Hamill of "Star Wars" fame. The story is told very well.

"Fort Apache, The Bronx" stars Paul Newman and is really not so bad a cop film. If you like that genre, this is a good addition to your collection. Again, a well told story, if not a little dated.

"The Gauntlet" is a pretty good Clint Eastwood movie from 1977. Not one of his best, but not one of his worst either.

"Point of No Return" is the American version of "LaFemme Nikita" starring Bridget Fonda. The original is the better movie, but this one works. Its a fun watch.

"Ricochet" stars a pre-Oscar win Denzel Washington and a very over the top John Lithgow. It passes for entertainment, but barely. Lindsay Wagner shows up, if that helps.

"Soldier" is a Kurt Russel movie that he worked out for. Nice pecs, Kurt.

"Tango and Cash" is actually a pretty good film. Importantly, it does NOT take itself too seriously and it fun to watch. It stars Kurt Russel and Sylvester Stallone in their prime action-hero days.

"Victory" is a great film. The best featured here. It is placed in a concentration camp in WWII and its about soccer. You're intrigued, right? Its actually a very good movie, uplifting and well told. Again we have Sylvester Stallone and he's joined by Michael Caine and Pele (soccer superstar).

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Customer Reviews:

A Great two-cop action movie.......2007-05-12

Has everything needed.

*Two friendly and enjoyable cops.
*Romantic Tension
*Big cars
*Big guns
*Action Action Action

I give it two thumbs up.

Really depressing for Russian cinema fans...........2007-03-10

Nothing Special, but definitely a Lot of Fun.......2007-01-14

Honestly, pretty hard to watch -- and I typically like cop movies.......2006-08-15

"He thinks he's Rambo...".......2006-04-28

Average customer rating:

A Great two-cop action movie
Really depressing for Russian cinema fans....
Nothing Special, but definitely a Lot of Fun
Honestly, pretty hard to watch -- and I typically like cop movies
"He thinks he's Rambo..."

Tango & Cash [Region 2]
Starring: Sylvester Stallone , Kurt Russell , Teri Hatcher , Jack Palance , and Brion James
Director: Andrei Konchalovsky , and Albert Magnoli
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Customer Reviews:

A Great two-cop action movie.......2007-05-12

Has everything needed.

*Two friendly and enjoyable cops.
*Romantic Tension
*Big cars
*Big guns
*Action Action Action

I give it two thumbs up.

Really depressing for Russian cinema fans...........2007-03-10

Nothing Special, but definitely a Lot of Fun.......2007-01-14

Honestly, pretty hard to watch -- and I typically like cop movies.......2006-08-15

"He thinks he's Rambo...".......2006-04-28

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Action Jackson/Tango and Cash
Starring: Carl Weathers , Craig T. Nelson , Vanity , Sharon Stone , and Thomas F. Wilson
Director: Craig R. Baxley , Andrei Konchalovsky , and Albert Magnoli
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