# Tango & Cash (1989)

> Two radically different Los Angeles cops must survive a corrupt prison setup and defeat the drug lord who framed them.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/4793

## Facts

- Runtime: 104 min
- Genres: Action, Crime, Comedy, Thriller
- Director: Andrei Konchalovsky
- Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Kurt Russell, Teri Hatcher, Jack Palance, Brion James, James Hong, Marc Alaimo, Philip Tan
- TMDB rating: 6.5/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098439/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: breakneck
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: brutal
- Mood: playful, irreverent, macho, action movie night, 1980s nostalgia

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