Ludicrously brainless, but in all good comic action pulp that delivers on what counts. Violence (cartoon-like, but pulsating) - check. Cracking one-liners (oh there's plenty and they're quotable) - check. Likable good guys (can't go wrong with Sylvester Stallone's starch and Kurt Russell's charm) - check. Super evil bad guys (a game-playing Jack Palance stroking his pet mice in providing plenty of ham along with Brion James' stone-cold English henchman) - check. It's the usual buddy cop routine (opposites trying to work together, despite their qualms) that the 80s did spew up, where it's the case of two highly regarded cops being framed, finding themselves in jail and then breaking out in a race against the clock to clear them names, while also trying to stay alive. The chemistry between Stallone and Russell is a complete blast amongst the witty exchanges and macho posturing. There are thrilling set-pieces and over-the-top stunt work in that when it eventuates it's nothing but high octane. Another names to fill the cast; Geoffrey Lewis, James Hong, Terri Hatcher (looking great - but an amusing cross-dressing moment with Russell gives her a run for her money), Edward Bunker, Michael J Pollard (whose character had me thinking of James Bond with the devices his character created), Michael Jeter, Clint Howard and the impressive square jaw of Robert Z'Dar. "Tango & Cash" is primitively basic, quick moving and predictable, but still effectively well-done for what it is.
Review of Tango & Cash
