Tango & Cash [Blu-ray]

Tango & Cash [Blu-ray]
by Andrei Konchalovsky

Tango & Cash [Blu-ray]

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Actor: Jack Palance, Kurt Russell, Sylvester Stallone
Director: Andrei Konchalovsky
Brand: Warner Brothers
Producer: Jon Peters
Producer: Peter Guber
Producer: Peter Macdonald
Writer: Randy Feldman
Blu-ray: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.40:1
Running Time: 104 minutes
Blu-ray Release Date: 2009-04-07
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Warner Home Video
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Ray Tango (Sylvester Stallone) and Gabe Cash (Kurt Russell) are rival L.A. policemen with one thing in common: each thinks he is the best. Team them and theyre like oil and water. But frame them for a crime and theyre like a match and kerosene. Unjustly jailed among lowlifes they put behind bars, the two stage a prison breakout thats a breathless rush of weapons and wisecracks then roar after the

Blu-ray Reviews of Tango & Cash [Blu-ray]

Blu-ray Review: Good Thing It Didn't Take Itself Seriously
Summary: 2 Stars

About three quarters of the way through this film, Kurt Russell steps out of a bar in drag. At roughly that same point, you will likely realize that it's a good thing this film didn't take itself seriously, as the only entertainment it provides comes in the form of cringe-worthy one-liners and some so-bad-it's-good back-and-forth between starts Russell and Sylvester Stallone.

For a basic plot summary, the film opens with cops Ray Tango (Stallone) and Gabe Cash (Russell) as the heroes of the LAPD, albeit with completely different styles. However, when crime boss Yves Perret (Jack Palance) sets them up for prison time, the duo must learn to work together to bust out of the joint and bring down Perret once and for all.

When evaluating whether or not this film is worth 100 or so minutes of your time, let me dispel one myth right off the bat: The reason it gets so many positive rankings here on Amazon (or anywhere) is because it has reached a sort of cult status among fans of, respectively, Stallone and action movies in general. This film barely came in over budget when all was said and done, capitalized on Stallone's Rocky/Rambo success, and was heavily panned by the critics. It even was nominated for three Razzie awards...ouch. However, it lives on as the epitome of Stallone's wise-cracking, blow-em-up, zero plot, high-octane film phase.

In fact, the only reason I can give this film all of two stars is because of that so-bad-it's-good approach to watching movies. Clearly, this movie did not take itself seriously (and for good reason), so I can't really fault the "cringe humor" present in nearly every line of dialogue. Unfortunately, the movie takes "cringe" to a whole new level. It was more entertaining to watch then, say, Judge Dredd, but only because it was so flighty/humorous that it makes you laugh when you really shouldn't be.

There are also some interesting casting choices in the film. A very young, very beautiful Teri Hatcher plays the primary female character quite well, but other than that it is very uneven. Russell really isn't an action star, Stallone (with the business suit and round spectacles) was trying his hardest to distance himself from Rocky/Rambo, and Palance is too esteemed of an actor to even be involved in the production in the first place, and it shows.

Thus, I cannot recommend Tango and Cash to anybody besides die-hard Stallone/action fans, who will just get a kick out of it for the one-liners. Other than that demographic, please steer clear.

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TANGO & CASH - Blu-Ray Movie

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

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