In the 1980s, Sylvester Stallone was an action movie superstar. But the roles of Rocky and Rambo made such an impression that the actor is trying to update his image by changing registers. In the detective comedy Tango & Cash, he stands out from the muscular and violent types of characters that stick to his skin and lends his features to Ray Tango, a dandy-like cop.
Kurt Russell, on the other hand, has the opposite trajectory. After a ten-year long collaboration with the Disney studio, which offered him his first film role, the actor was tired of his image as a beautiful and athletic young man. He made a major turning point in his career, headlining 1997’s Apocalyptic New York, and then playing fat Gabriel Cash in Tango & Cash (a role previously reserved for Patrick Swayze, who preferred to film Road House).
Thus, Sylvester Stallone and Kurt Russell create an unforgettable tandem in the shoes of two rival police officers from Los Angeles, who find themselves victims of a conspiracy organized by Yves Perret (Jack Palance), a drug and arms baron. Locked in the most dangerous prison in the state of California, they will have to forget their rivalry in order to escape and put an end to this criminal organization…
The iconic duet, action scenes that follow each other at a hellish pace and so eighties valves (“Who taught you to drive?! / STEVIE WONDER!!” or “I have good news and bad news… we’re almost out of gas!”). There’s some nostalgia tonight on the 6ter!
Andrei Konchalovsky and Albert Magnoli’s Tango and Cash with Sylvester Stallone, Kurt Russell, Teri Hatcher…
from the age of 10
Tonight on 6 ter at 21:05.
Source: Allocine
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