Release Date:
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
The Skinny: This 1989 buddy cop flick pairs wealthy, straight-laced Beverly Hills cop Ray Tango (Sylvester Stallone) and ragged, wise-ass downtown detective Gabriel Cash (Kurt Russell) against an über-villain (Jack Palance) intent on framing them as crooks.
The Good: If this movie were any more gloriously 80s, it would douse you with frogurt and knock out your front teeth with its oversized shoulder pads. This is head-shaking B-movie cheese, in the best way possible. You have two of the 80s' heaviest hitters pairing up, you have Palance as a hissing villain who chews the scenery so badly he's constantly out of breath, and you have a young, hot Teri Hatcher. What more could you ask for?
The Bad: OK, fine, there are some problems here. First, like a lot of these movies from the vault, Blu-Ray doesn't make them look as pristine as you might think. There's some grain and some blurriness at times. Plus, Stallone has zero comic timing (which is made more obvious in every scene with Russell, who actually can deliver a joke), the plot is nonsensical, and the movie manages to be both homoerotic and homophobic, often in the same scene. But, again, this is cheese. Lap it up because even its awfulness is fun.
Best Extra: You have Tango and Cash on Blu-Ray. Don't get greedy.
Buy, Rent, or Ignore: Pick it up, Slinky.
The Good: If this movie were any more gloriously 80s, it would douse you with frogurt and knock out your front teeth with its oversized shoulder pads. This is head-shaking B-movie cheese, in the best way possible. You have two of the 80s' heaviest hitters pairing up, you have Palance as a hissing villain who chews the scenery so badly he's constantly out of breath, and you have a young, hot Teri Hatcher. What more could you ask for?
The Bad: OK, fine, there are some problems here. First, like a lot of these movies from the vault, Blu-Ray doesn't make them look as pristine as you might think. There's some grain and some blurriness at times. Plus, Stallone has zero comic timing (which is made more obvious in every scene with Russell, who actually can deliver a joke), the plot is nonsensical, and the movie manages to be both homoerotic and homophobic, often in the same scene. But, again, this is cheese. Lap it up because even its awfulness is fun.
Best Extra: You have Tango and Cash on Blu-Ray. Don't get greedy.
Buy, Rent, or Ignore: Pick it up, Slinky.