This movie was a real crowd-pleaser when I saw in the movie theater thirty-something years ago. Jack Palance, the main villain, went on to win an Academy Award 2 years later for his performance in "City Slickers".
YES!!! This is one of my favorite buddy cop action comedy movies! However it had a lot of production problems and setbacks as the original director Andrei Konchalovsky was fired from the project as he wanted the script to be rewritten several times to make the film more darker and serious which they did much to the dismay of Kurt Russell and Sylvester Stallone, as some of their famous one liners were omitted from the final cut. He had a falling out with producers Jon Peters and Peter Guber. After 3 months of filming, Konchalovsky was let go, and Albert Magnoli, director of Prince's Purple Rain was hired to do reshoots and Stunt Coordinator Peter McDonald, whom directed Rambo 3, was hired to direct the action scenes. Over 30 minutes of the movie was cut, and these scenes are in the trailer, including Tango pulling out a shotgun on a carjacker while reading the paper, Cash getting into a fight with the Asian suspect saying, "I hate you karate guys", Tango reveals to Cash he had a girlfriend whom was killed in a bank robbery, and Tango almost getting into a fight with The Jaw in the prison yard, but learns it's not worth it. Stuart Baird the film editor, saved whatever footage he could find to get the film on time for it's theatrical release.
I think you've nailed the critique. This movie was never in the same league as BHC or LW. Popcorn action lite, but it does have some good moments and is watchable. Good Stallone/Russell chemistry.
2:14 That scene is a homage to the Jackie Chan classic Police Story (1985). As a response, Police Story 3: Supercop (1992) also did a zip-line stunt during a prison escape sequence.
"Okay Sherlock holmes you're so God damn smart, you tell me who set us up?" "I don't know....yet" "yeahhhhhhhhh *imitates stallone* yu don't know shiiiiiiiit" 😂😂😂😂😂😂 best line in the movie
Along with "Always" it is one of the two last movies of the 80s, as it was released on December 22nd of 1989. It's bit of a guilty pleasure of mine. The production was a mess. Andrei Konchalovsky quit before filming the ending, so the final act was directed by someone else. It was done so late, it wasn't scored by Harold Faltermeyer either, and I think the difference is obvious. I've recently read a bunch about how chaotic the set was in Barry Sonnenfeld's memoir, as he was the original director of photography on this film, before being fired. Still, for a generic buddy cop movie, it's pretty fun. Not to mention it features quite a few recognizable character actors, most of whom aren't with us anymore.
"Why just use your Plan A?" "Because it's a hell of a lot better than your Plan B, which you don't even have." Fun Fact Fact: The glasses Sylvester Stallone wears early in the film are his own, not props. He usually wears contact lenses in his films. The lenses show that he is very near-sighted in one eye, less so in the other. Plus, he has astigmatism. You're Fired Fact: Director Andrey Konchalovskiy was replaced toward the end of principal photography by Albert Magnoli. In his book of memoirs, Konchalovsky says that the reason he was fired was because he wanted to give the film a more serious tone than the producers wanted and, as such, his relationship with producer Jon Peters became untenable. Konchalovsky, however, has nothing but praise for Sylvester Stallone, who he states was a constant voice of reason on the set. Expanding Roles Fact: When Brion James was originally hired to play Requin, it was a very small role with only two lines. In an effort to give the character something that would make him stand out, James decided to speak in a horrible "cockney" accent. Sylvester Stallone loved it, and re-wrote the script to give Requin a much bigger role. The same thing happened with Face, played by Robert Z'Dar, who was originally not meant to appear after the opening scene but Sylvester Stallone and Andrey Konchalovskiy took a liking to Z'Dar and thought his appearance was so striking he deserved a larger role in the film.
That opening scene stopping the truck and guys fly head first through the windshield, taken from Jackie Chan's Police Story, only in Police Story the stunt went wrong and the stuntmen landed on the pavement instead of the car so T&C did the same stunt deliberately having them land on the ground for a Sly one-liner.
Jack Palance was a Western and Melodramatic bad guy actor, going way back. In later life, he was kind of used a semicomic stereotype. Young Guns (1988), and this film and Batman (both 1989), come to mind.
Sly's cell mate is actually the brother of happy days actor and great director Ron Howard I always forget his first name. He's actually one of those character actors in comedies I have always liked, he just is always a weird character that I like. And the bad guy is the legendary Jack Palance.... known for mostly westerns as a notorious villain. He does over the top so well.
I always thought this would make a good TV series, 1st season doing what the movie didn't in showing us more of the villains and seeing Tango and Cash in action as well as flesh out the other characters, 2nd season would play out the scenes from the movie stretching it out more, and 3rd season seeing them work cases together.
Funny you should mention the movie having a James Bond Q. Considering the actor playing said character, I believe was the actual Q in the unofficial Bond movie starring Sean Connery Never Say never again.
The villain is smart at the start and plans an effect frame up of Tango & Cash, but by the end just watches TV so that does show the direction changes and effect of 2 visions/directors. Credit to Russel and Stallone for sharing the screen together, when many 80's leading men had too big an ego to share the screen and would have preferred the center stage on their own. A fun popcorn movie that lands more jokes than intricate plot details.
There was a tendency in the late 80's films to pay homage to Jackie Chan's Police Story, not only in the opening sequence with the truck in this film but also in the Brandon Lee movie Rapid Fire with a motorbike stunt borrowed directly from the climax of the Chan classic. Such references were heavily influential in bringing Chan over to Hollywood in the 90's. He had attempted to break Hollywood previously in the early 80's and made 4 films starting with The Big Brawl (aka Battle Creek Brawl) which was directed by Robert Clouse, the director of Enter the Dragon. Chan's first attempt to break Hollywood wasn't successful and he returned home and made films like Police Story and Project A. Those films found a cult audience around the world and fans among several Hollywood elites and the movie references to Police Story in particular led to Chan getting another more successful crack at Hollywood. I think Stallone played quite an important part in that. He even worked with Chan and Whoopie Goldberg on the Hollywood satire Burn Hollywood Burn an Alan Smithee Film.
It ain't just Police Story. Jackie's box office success outside of Hollywood always got the attention of American studios. But in the mid-90s, instead of simply jumping back into making US movies again, he began releasing his Hong Kong movies in American theaters first. The first of which was Rumble in the Bronx. Due to that success, many Hong Kong stars migrated to Hollywood by the late 90s. Resulting in the likes of Rush Hour, Lethal Weapon 4 (Jet Li), Tomorrow Never Dies (Michelle Yeoh), The Replacement Killers (Chow Yun-fat), etc... having all that Asian influence. BTW, Bad Boys 2 also paid homage to Police Story w/ the shanty town chase sequence.
@@jp3813 I haven't seen Bad Boys 2 in years. Going to have to give that one another watch. Although Jackie Chan had many other major successes in the 80's with his home grown Hong Kong films such as Meals on Wheals, Dragons Forever and Police Story 2, which I actually prefer to the original. It was the first Police Story that Hollywood filmmakers always seemed to reference rather than any of his other films as you say, even as late as Bad Boys 2. But it worked. It was enough to introduce Chan's work to a wider audience and pave the way for a second and more successful stab at Hollywood.
@@markjone671 *Wheels on Meals The original Police Story is one of his most iconic films, hence all the homages. But if his box office success dropped after that, Hollywood's interest would've likely diminished. I don't think it's any coincidence that Rumble in the Bronx got a US release after the success of Drunken Master 2.
@@jp3813 Drunken Master 2 is my all time favourite Jackie Chan movie that fight at the end is a real show-stopper. Yeah I got Wheals on Meals the wrong way around...Typing, lol.
This is one of those movies that's fascinating to try and pick apart. Jack Palance as the villian is an obvious late stage rewrite. He's just so disconnected from the rest of the movie. As for the original main villian, I think it might have been Ponytail. He's the one to show up in the prison after all.
Pretty much exactly how I feel about this movie. Nothing to write home about but an entertaining popcorn flick, for sure. Now... on to more Star Trek movies with Generations!
Harold Faltermeyer also did the main theme for Beverly Hills Cop (Axel-F). The main villain was Jack Palance, and since at some point you mentioned Batman... He was in the 1989 movie as Joker's former boss.
I am a bit surprised that you instantly recognized James Wong....but failed to either recognize or acknowledge Jack Palance who was a known actor for playing heavies.
FUBAR, that term needs to be brought back. There's a really good Canadian mockumentary called FUBAR about a couple of slacker headbangers who hire a film crew to follow them around while they get drunk. It has a sequel that's just as good, it's kinda like The Trailer Park Boys meets Kevin Smith's Askewnaverse, so underrated, a hidden gem nobody will ever suggest on any channel.
1. This movie is so underrated. I'm hoping to see other people do this one. CLASSIC!😎 2. There are tons of clever quips in this movie. The BEST is: Stallone, "Rambo is a pussy." 3. Brion James played Leon in the 1984"Blade Runner" with Harrison Ford. 4. A great movie that has rapid fire one liners is "The Last Boy Scout" with Bruce Willis and Damon Wayens. Seriously cool death included😎
Tango and cash trivia When Brion James was originally hired to play Requin, it was a very small role with only two lines. In an effort to give the character something that would make him stand out, James decided to speak in a horrible "cockney" accent. Sylvester Stallone loved it, and re-wrote the script to give Requin a much bigger role. The same thing happened with Face, played by Robert Z'Dar, who was originally not meant to appear after the opening scene but Sylvester Stallone and Andrey Konchalovskiy took a liking to Z'Dar and thought his appearance was so striking he deserved a larger role in the film. Director Andrey Konchalovskiy was replaced toward the end of principal photography by Albert Magnoli. In his book of memoirs, Konchalovsky says that the reason he was fired was because he wanted to give the film a more serious tone than the producers wanted and, as such, his relationship with producer Jon Peters became untenable. Konchalovsky, however, has nothing but praise for Sylvester Stallone, who he states was a constant voice of reason on the set. The scene where Tango faces an oncoming truck with nothing but a gun was borrowed from Police Story (1985), where Jackie Chan performed the stunt. As a "response", Chan would later reference the make shift zip-line prison escape moment in this film in a scene early in the third installment of the Police Story series, Police Story 3: Supercop (1992). The glasses Sylvester Stallone wears early in the film are his own, not props. He usually wears contact lenses in his films. The lenses show that he is very near-sighted in one eye, less so in the other. Plus, he has astigmatism. Patrick Swayze was originally cast as Cash, but he dropped out to star in Road House (1989). Kurt Russell was originally considered and offered the role of Martin Riggs in Lethal Weapon (1987), but he turned it down, and it went to Mel Gibson, with whom he worked on Tequila Sunrise (1988). His character in this film is loosely based on Riggs. While filming the scene in which the back of the SUV catches fire, the flames would not go out when filming was over. Kurt Russell and Sylvester Stallone were caught in a cross draft. Stallone was so close to the fire that his hair was singed in places. The climactic battle in the quarry was shot in a real quarry in Irwindale, California, east of Los Angeles. Every shot in the sequence was filmed by a minimum of eleven cameras, and some of the set-ups were so dangerous, the stunt team was only allowed to do them once. Jack Palance jokingly showed his displeasure about filming this movie while on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992). He said that when he first got the script he was really excited about doing the movie since he had three nice scenes with Sylvester Stallone, but as soon as filming started all his scenes with Stallone were cut, and he didn't even see Stallone throughout the entire movie. A total of four different people directed the film. Andrey Konchalovskiy, who was fired after about three months of filming by Jon Peters, Sylvester Stallone, after the movie went over-budget and schedule (but not by his fault), executive producer Peter MacDonald, who was also the second unit director, then took over directing on the movie for some time (a year earlier MacDonald had to step in as a director for Stallone's previous movie Rambo III (1988) after the original director was fired by Stallone), then Albert Magnoli was hired as the new director to finish the movie (but even after principal photography was finished, he caused two more weeks of further delays after he decided to re-shoot some parts of the movie), and Stallone was also directing the movie behind the scenes (something he was known for, especially during the 80s). None of them however had any control over the editing of the movie. Instead, Warner Bros. hired expert editor Stuart Baird to re-edit the movie after they expressed strong dislike for initial rough cut. Baird hired another editor Hubert de La Bouillerie to help out when Warner Bros. kept complaining on every different cut of the movie that was edited, which almost caused for release date to be pushed way further than planned. In the end, the movie was finally approved for theatrical release by Warner Bros., and it ended up being shipped to theaters only a week after its original release date, as "wet prints" - an industry term meaning that the movie was just barely completed before its release date. If you want more information here is a link www.imdb.com/title/tt0098439/trivia/
I really like this movie. Its all about the two main leads and the funny lines between them. Story is secondary as a consideration for this kind of movie 😁
Less of an action, buddy-cop thing, but a really great crime-drama is "Tequila Sunrise," (1988) with Kurt Russel, Mel Gibson, Michelle Pfiffer and Raul Julia. I usually don't go in for that genre much, but this one really won me.
This was more Action / comedy than Lethal Weapon. Definitely an popcorn movie but that's all it was meant to be. It wasn't looking for a deep story or character development, other than Tango and Cash coming together. It also I think invented the term "Fubar." Also You left out what I think the best lines of the movie are: "I've got some good news and some bad news" "What's the bad news?" "We're almost out of gas." "What's the good news??" "We're ALMOST out of gas!"
Way late comment. This hit during the holidays in '89 as an nice blockbuster present. From the producers of Batman and following the other Buddy cop smash Lethal Weapon 2, same year. It's hard to believe for some that there was on-set problems as good as the movie was. The original credited director was difficult to work with according to the actors and producers. So 2 other directors:Albert Magnoli (Purple Rain) and Peter Macdonald who directed Sly before in Rambo III. Sly and Kurt were perfectly casted. The polar opposite dynamic gets no cooler than this like one guy is this and one guy is that. Good action, one liners, plenty of laughs and suspense. Teti Hatcher, pre-Lois & Clark:The new adventures of Superman and Desperate Housewives was so hot as Tango's sister. The late Jack Palance (Perret) acted in over 100 films by this point. The music by Harold Faltermeyer (Beverly Hills Cop, Top Gun) was so good. Themes for both characters and you can tell the difference. Yes, a lot of people wanted a sequel. Lethal Weapon as an franchise was fine enough. But with these things, you'll never know what could be.
When a film intends to be as generic as possible with plot you get this. However, the dialogue between the two leads transcend the weakness, you also get this. It's almost brilliant.
Pslance’s turn as the main villain is the exact opposite of generic. His personality is all you need. He doesn’t need to do anything else. His mouse fetish is part of why this part is considered fantastic. The main henchman let the sister go because he literally thought he would best them hand to hand combat so his ego killed him. This is s classic buddy cop movie beloved by everyone who saw it. Above average for the genre.
This movie IS very generic. Plot, villains etc. I love it for Russell and Stallone’s chemistry. I would have enjoyed more movies with these two. Nice reaction! Still hoping you watch Bone Tomahawk with Russell one day! I think you will enjoy it! Take care Shan!
@@76marex Sorry not what I meant. They are without a doubt better than today's movies. I meant Shan's comment at the start when Stallone was standing down the semi. "So stupid and awesome" was his take on that scene. It's that "so stupid and awesome" attitude of 80s action movies that make so many of them so fun, entertaining, and memorable.
Buddy cop movies can go in 3 directions: character development, detective, or action comedy. Lethal weapon is leans more toward character development as it takes time throughout the movie to get you heavily involved in understanding both of the main leads. Beverly hills cop is more of a detective movie as you watch him slowly unravel each case step by step. Tango and cash on the other hand is an action comedy. We dont get as much character development or detective work but we do get plenty of action and comedy to make up for the elements that are missing. Depending on which direction the movie leans towards you get a greater emphasis on either of these approaches. Some try to lean towards hybridizing but alas if you try to cram too much in you lack in certain elements which can be noticeable after a while. This movie leans heavily on action comedy which is what makes it so great. If they leaned too much in the other directions it would probably be more of a detriment than a bonus.
Shan, consider "Ricochet"(1991) good character dev. Takes place in the "Die Hard" universe. Blonde female reporter plays the same person in both films.
"Runaway Train", based on a script by Japanese director Akira Kurosawa, with Jon Voight, Eric Roberts and Rebecca De Mornay, is one of the best Andrei Konchalivsky movies, far superior to "Tango & Cash". It would be great if you could react to it. And definitely, "Breakdown" should be your next Kurtt Russell movie on the channel. A masterpiece, in my humble opinion.
For a very funny action film with the charming Teri Hatcher, I suggest "Brainsmasher: A Love Story" (1993) with Andrew 'Dice' Clay. Most people will direct you to his higher-budget "The Adventures of Ford Fairlaine", but I liked Brainsmasher better.
May I suggest a movie called Soldier, 1998 sci-fi action film, directed by Paul W.S. Anderson of Resident Evil/Event Horizon fame, with Kurt Russell in the main role, playing a "born to kill" soldier, from the cradle purpose of whom is to be a trooper.
This movie was a disappointment to me when I saw it in the theater. It had Kurt Russell and Sylvester Stallone pitted against Jack Palance and James Hong, yet the writers and directors couldn't do anything worthwhile with them. Palance is a legendary bad guy from old westerns to modern characters and I don't have to tell you about Stallone, Russell and Hong. Dumb plot, second rate action but kind of funny. Never rewatched it until now. Good reaction Shan, as always.
Film is fun .. Chemistry between Sly and Kurt is great. 😂 Jack Palace the villain is funny . Typical 80s fun . Its played for laughs , its not trying to be Citizen Kane . 😂
Stallone wanted to do his own buddy cop movie genre with this film but with so much interference from the studio and Stallone himself, it affected it in the long term. Shame; considering the strength of the film, was the chemistry between Stallone and Russell.
Why Shan, Why????!!!!!!😂 I know I’m in the minority but I HATE this movie, it’s sooooo bad. I saw it theatrically in a packed theater opening day and it was like having a root canal.
Yeah, classic 80s movie junk food. It's awesome but it's not pretending to have depth or nuance or substance. It's a shut-your-mind-off and enjoy it type of movie.
This movie was a real crowd-pleaser when I saw in the movie theater thirty-something years ago. Jack Palance, the main villain, went on to win an Academy Award 2 years later for his performance in "City Slickers".
That's another classic that reactors should consider.
City Slickers is fantastic
This movie is perfect cheese 80s action. This movie is rewatching able forever.
YES!!!
This is one of my favorite buddy cop action comedy movies!
However it had a lot of production problems and setbacks as the original director Andrei Konchalovsky was fired from the project as he wanted the script to be rewritten several times to make the film more darker and serious which they did much to the dismay of Kurt Russell and Sylvester Stallone, as some of their famous one liners were omitted from the final cut. He had a falling out with producers Jon Peters and Peter Guber.
After 3 months of filming, Konchalovsky was let go, and Albert Magnoli, director of Prince's Purple Rain was hired to do reshoots and Stunt Coordinator Peter McDonald, whom directed Rambo 3, was hired to direct the action scenes.
Over 30 minutes of the movie was cut, and these scenes are in the trailer, including Tango pulling out a shotgun on a carjacker while reading the paper, Cash getting into a fight with the Asian suspect saying, "I hate you karate guys", Tango reveals to Cash he had a girlfriend whom was killed in a bank robbery, and Tango almost getting into a fight with The Jaw in the prison yard, but learns it's not worth it. Stuart Baird the film editor, saved whatever footage he could find to get the film on time for it's theatrical release.
Another copy and paste from imdb
Marc Alaimo (Lopez) went on to become one of the greatest villains in "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine," Gul Dukat.
Yeah,I was wondering why he looked so familiar to me.
I think you've nailed the critique. This movie was never in the same league as BHC or LW. Popcorn action lite, but it does have some good moments and is watchable. Good Stallone/Russell chemistry.
2:14 That scene is a homage to the Jackie Chan classic Police Story (1985). As a response, Police Story 3: Supercop (1992) also did a zip-line stunt during a prison escape sequence.
When I was a kid this was a favorite of mine. Thanks for this one!!
"Okay Sherlock holmes you're so God damn smart, you tell me who set us up?" "I don't know....yet" "yeahhhhhhhhh *imitates stallone* yu don't know shiiiiiiiit" 😂😂😂😂😂😂 best line in the movie
Now we're top by five Shan! I never would have thought that last time I commented on a reaction! ☺️
I'll be more than happy with a top four finish but I can't help but dream!
Cash's comment in the court room always cracks me up because of how inappropriate it is. 🤣
Along with "Always" it is one of the two last movies of the 80s, as it was released on December 22nd of 1989. It's bit of a guilty pleasure of mine. The production was a mess. Andrei Konchalovsky quit before filming the ending, so the final act was directed by someone else. It was done so late, it wasn't scored by Harold Faltermeyer either, and I think the difference is obvious. I've recently read a bunch about how chaotic the set was in Barry Sonnenfeld's memoir, as he was the original director of photography on this film, before being fired. Still, for a generic buddy cop movie, it's pretty fun. Not to mention it features quite a few recognizable character actors, most of whom aren't with us anymore.
Wow, thanks for the insights man!
The last movies of that decade from Hollywood maybe. It's hard to say when you include releases in different countries.
@@jp3813 Well yes, obviously.
"Why just use your Plan A?"
"Because it's a hell of a lot better than your Plan B, which you don't even have."
Fun Fact Fact: The glasses Sylvester Stallone wears early in the film are his own, not props. He usually wears contact lenses in his films. The lenses show that he is very near-sighted in one eye, less so in the other. Plus, he has astigmatism.
You're Fired Fact: Director Andrey Konchalovskiy was replaced toward the end of principal photography by Albert Magnoli. In his book of memoirs, Konchalovsky says that the reason he was fired was because he wanted to give the film a more serious tone than the producers wanted and, as such, his relationship with producer Jon Peters became untenable. Konchalovsky, however, has nothing but praise for Sylvester Stallone, who he states was a constant voice of reason on the set.
Expanding Roles Fact: When Brion James was originally hired to play Requin, it was a very small role with only two lines. In an effort to give the character something that would make him stand out, James decided to speak in a horrible "cockney" accent. Sylvester Stallone loved it, and re-wrote the script to give Requin a much bigger role. The same thing happened with Face, played by Robert Z'Dar, who was originally not meant to appear after the opening scene but Sylvester Stallone and Andrey Konchalovskiy took a liking to Z'Dar and thought his appearance was so striking he deserved a larger role in the film.
That opening scene stopping the truck and guys fly head first through the windshield, taken from Jackie Chan's Police Story, only in Police Story the stunt went wrong and the stuntmen landed on the pavement instead of the car so T&C did the same stunt deliberately having them land on the ground for a Sly one-liner.
Sees James Hong "Dude that's James Hong! He's a Hollywood legend!"
Sees Jack Palance "............."
Jack Palance was a Western and Melodramatic bad guy actor, going way back. In later life, he was kind of used a semicomic stereotype. Young Guns (1988), and this film and Batman (both 1989), come to mind.
Such an awesome fun film. Commenting during your intro....guessing you will find it fun
Sly's cell mate is actually the brother of happy days actor and great director Ron Howard I always forget his first name. He's actually one of those character actors in comedies I have always liked, he just is always a weird character that I like. And the bad guy is the legendary Jack Palance.... known for mostly westerns as a notorious villain. He does over the top so well.
I always thought this would make a good TV series, 1st season doing what the movie didn't in showing us more of the villains and seeing Tango and Cash in action as well as flesh out the other characters, 2nd season would play out the scenes from the movie stretching it out more, and 3rd season seeing them work cases together.
Check out "Midnight Run" Shan. Deniro and Grodin. Great movie.
Funny you should mention the movie having a James Bond Q. Considering the actor playing said character, I believe was the actual Q in the unofficial Bond movie starring Sean Connery Never Say never again.
The villain is smart at the start and plans an effect frame up of Tango & Cash, but by the end just watches TV so that does show the direction changes and effect of 2 visions/directors. Credit to Russel and Stallone for sharing the screen together, when many 80's leading men had too big an ego to share the screen and would have preferred the center stage on their own. A fun popcorn movie that lands more jokes than intricate plot details.
There was a tendency in the late 80's films to pay homage to Jackie Chan's Police Story, not only in the opening sequence with the truck in this film but also in the Brandon Lee movie Rapid Fire with a motorbike stunt borrowed directly from the climax of the Chan classic. Such references were heavily influential in bringing Chan over to Hollywood in the 90's. He had attempted to break Hollywood previously in the early 80's and made 4 films starting with The Big Brawl (aka Battle Creek Brawl) which was directed by Robert Clouse, the director of Enter the Dragon. Chan's first attempt to break Hollywood wasn't successful and he returned home and made films like Police Story and Project A. Those films found a cult audience around the world and fans among several Hollywood elites and the movie references to Police Story in particular led to Chan getting another more successful crack at Hollywood. I think Stallone played quite an important part in that. He even worked with Chan and Whoopie Goldberg on the Hollywood satire Burn Hollywood Burn an Alan Smithee Film.
It ain't just Police Story. Jackie's box office success outside of Hollywood always got the attention of American studios. But in the mid-90s, instead of simply jumping back into making US movies again, he began releasing his Hong Kong movies in American theaters first. The first of which was Rumble in the Bronx. Due to that success, many Hong Kong stars migrated to Hollywood by the late 90s. Resulting in the likes of Rush Hour, Lethal Weapon 4 (Jet Li), Tomorrow Never Dies (Michelle Yeoh), The Replacement Killers (Chow Yun-fat), etc... having all that Asian influence.
BTW, Bad Boys 2 also paid homage to Police Story w/ the shanty town chase sequence.
@@jp3813 I haven't seen Bad Boys 2 in years. Going to have to give that one another watch.
Although Jackie Chan had many other major successes in the 80's with his home grown Hong Kong films such as Meals on Wheals, Dragons Forever and Police Story 2, which I actually prefer to the original. It was the first Police Story that Hollywood filmmakers always seemed to reference rather than any of his other films as you say, even as late as Bad Boys 2. But it worked. It was enough to introduce Chan's work to a wider audience and pave the way for a second and more successful stab at Hollywood.
@@markjone671 *Wheels on Meals
The original Police Story is one of his most iconic films, hence all the homages. But if his box office success dropped after that, Hollywood's interest would've likely diminished. I don't think it's any coincidence that Rumble in the Bronx got a US release after the success of Drunken Master 2.
@@jp3813 Drunken Master 2 is my all time favourite Jackie Chan movie that fight at the end is a real show-stopper. Yeah I got Wheals on Meals the wrong way around...Typing, lol.
Love this film, no matter how silly it gets. Glad you reacted to it. Been waiting for a proper reaction to the movie.
Tango and Cash started the whole 80s action movies craze. I LOVED it as a kid but yes, it hadn't aged well.
Actually, it ended it. It was released at the end of 1989 and is considered the last true 80s action film.
Started the 80s action movie craze in December 22, 1989? What a short craze! lol
The main bad guy was played by Jack Palance, a Hollywood legend, who made a living playing bad guys.. I would suggest Shane as a starting point,
This is one of those movies that's fascinating to try and pick apart.
Jack Palance as the villian is an obvious late stage rewrite. He's just so disconnected from the rest of the movie.
As for the original main villian, I think it might have been Ponytail. He's the one to show up in the prison after all.
Pretty much exactly how I feel about this movie. Nothing to write home about but an entertaining popcorn flick, for sure.
Now... on to more Star Trek movies with Generations!
Harold Faltermeyer also did the main theme for Beverly Hills Cop (Axel-F).
The main villain was Jack Palance, and since at some point you mentioned Batman... He was in the 1989 movie as Joker's former boss.
I am a bit surprised that you instantly recognized James Wong....but failed to either recognize or acknowledge Jack Palance who was a known actor for playing heavies.
Because that's what I look for in this movie..... CINEMATOGRAPHY!
LOL
FUBAR, that term needs to be brought back. There's a really good Canadian mockumentary called FUBAR about a couple of slacker headbangers who hire a film crew to follow them around while they get drunk. It has a sequel that's just as good, it's kinda like The Trailer Park Boys meets Kevin Smith's Askewnaverse, so underrated, a hidden gem nobody will ever suggest on any channel.
1. This movie is so underrated. I'm hoping to see other people do this one. CLASSIC!😎
2. There are tons of clever quips in this movie. The BEST is: Stallone, "Rambo is a pussy."
3. Brion James played Leon in the 1984"Blade Runner" with Harrison Ford.
4. A great movie that has rapid fire one liners is "The Last Boy Scout" with Bruce Willis and Damon Wayens. Seriously cool death included😎
Tango and cash trivia
When Brion James was originally hired to play Requin, it was a very small role with only two lines. In an effort to give the character something that would make him stand out, James decided to speak in a horrible "cockney" accent. Sylvester Stallone loved it, and re-wrote the script to give Requin a much bigger role. The same thing happened with Face, played by Robert Z'Dar, who was originally not meant to appear after the opening scene but Sylvester Stallone and Andrey Konchalovskiy took a liking to Z'Dar and thought his appearance was so striking he deserved a larger role in the film.
Director Andrey Konchalovskiy was replaced toward the end of principal photography by Albert Magnoli. In his book of memoirs, Konchalovsky says that the reason he was fired was because he wanted to give the film a more serious tone than the producers wanted and, as such, his relationship with producer Jon Peters became untenable. Konchalovsky, however, has nothing but praise for Sylvester Stallone, who he states was a constant voice of reason on the set.
The scene where Tango faces an oncoming truck with nothing but a gun was borrowed from Police Story (1985), where Jackie Chan performed the stunt. As a "response", Chan would later reference the make shift zip-line prison escape moment in this film in a scene early in the third installment of the Police Story series, Police Story 3: Supercop (1992).
The glasses Sylvester Stallone wears early in the film are his own, not props. He usually wears contact lenses in his films. The lenses show that he is very near-sighted in one eye, less so in the other. Plus, he has astigmatism.
Patrick Swayze was originally cast as Cash, but he dropped out to star in Road House (1989).
Kurt Russell was originally considered and offered the role of Martin Riggs in Lethal Weapon (1987), but he turned it down, and it went to Mel Gibson, with whom he worked on Tequila Sunrise (1988). His character in this film is loosely based on Riggs.
While filming the scene in which the back of the SUV catches fire, the flames would not go out when filming was over. Kurt Russell and Sylvester Stallone were caught in a cross draft. Stallone was so close to the fire that his hair was singed in places.
The climactic battle in the quarry was shot in a real quarry in Irwindale, California, east of Los Angeles. Every shot in the sequence was filmed by a minimum of eleven cameras, and some of the set-ups were so dangerous, the stunt team was only allowed to do them once.
Jack Palance jokingly showed his displeasure about filming this movie while on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992). He said that when he first got the script he was really excited about doing the movie since he had three nice scenes with Sylvester Stallone, but as soon as filming started all his scenes with Stallone were cut, and he didn't even see Stallone throughout the entire movie.
A total of four different people directed the film. Andrey Konchalovskiy, who was fired after about three months of filming by Jon Peters, Sylvester Stallone, after the movie went over-budget and schedule (but not by his fault), executive producer Peter MacDonald, who was also the second unit director, then took over directing on the movie for some time (a year earlier MacDonald had to step in as a director for Stallone's previous movie Rambo III (1988) after the original director was fired by Stallone), then Albert Magnoli was hired as the new director to finish the movie (but even after principal photography was finished, he caused two more weeks of further delays after he decided to re-shoot some parts of the movie), and Stallone was also directing the movie behind the scenes (something he was known for, especially during the 80s). None of them however had any control over the editing of the movie. Instead, Warner Bros. hired expert editor Stuart Baird to re-edit the movie after they expressed strong dislike for initial rough cut. Baird hired another editor Hubert de La Bouillerie to help out when Warner Bros. kept complaining on every different cut of the movie that was edited, which almost caused for release date to be pushed way further than planned. In the end, the movie was finally approved for theatrical release by Warner Bros., and it ended up being shipped to theaters only a week after its original release date, as "wet prints" - an industry term meaning that the movie was just barely completed before its release date.
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Not perfect of course, but I still love this movie and can watch this one all over again than most of todays movies.
I really like this movie. Its all about the two main leads and the funny lines between them. Story is secondary as a consideration for this kind of movie 😁
Less of an action, buddy-cop thing, but a really great crime-drama is "Tequila Sunrise," (1988) with Kurt Russel, Mel Gibson, Michelle Pfiffer and Raul Julia. I usually don't go in for that genre much, but this one really won me.
This was more Action / comedy than Lethal Weapon. Definitely an popcorn movie but that's all it was meant to be. It wasn't looking for a deep story or character development, other than Tango and Cash coming together.
It also I think invented the term "Fubar."
Also You left out what I think the best lines of the movie are:
"I've got some good news and some bad news"
"What's the bad news?"
"We're almost out of gas."
"What's the good news??"
"We're ALMOST out of gas!"
Check out Stallone in “Daylight”. Very underrated film and very entertaining!
Way late comment.
This hit during the holidays in '89 as an nice blockbuster present.
From the producers of Batman and following the other Buddy cop smash Lethal Weapon 2, same year.
It's hard to believe for some that there was on-set problems as good as the movie was.
The original credited director was difficult to work with according to the actors and producers.
So 2 other directors:Albert Magnoli (Purple Rain) and Peter Macdonald who directed Sly before in Rambo III.
Sly and Kurt were perfectly casted.
The polar opposite dynamic gets no cooler than this like one guy is this and one guy is that.
Good action, one liners, plenty of laughs and suspense.
Teti Hatcher, pre-Lois & Clark:The new adventures of Superman and Desperate Housewives was so hot as Tango's sister.
The late Jack Palance (Perret) acted in over 100 films by this point.
The music by Harold Faltermeyer (Beverly Hills Cop, Top Gun) was so good.
Themes for both characters and you can tell the difference.
Yes, a lot of people wanted a sequel.
Lethal Weapon as an franchise was fine enough.
But with these things, you'll never know what could be.
Amazing classic Tango & Cash starring by Sylvester Stallone, Kurt Russell and Jack Palance. Thank you Shan great reaction awesome👍👍👍👍
When a film intends to be as generic as possible with plot you get this.
However, the dialogue between the two leads transcend the weakness, you also get this. It's almost brilliant.
Pslance’s turn as the main villain is the exact opposite of generic. His personality is all you need. He doesn’t need to do anything else. His mouse fetish is part of why this part is considered fantastic. The main henchman let the sister go because he literally thought he would best them hand to hand combat so his ego killed him.
This is s classic buddy cop movie beloved by everyone who saw it. Above average for the genre.
This movie IS very generic. Plot, villains etc. I love it for Russell and Stallone’s chemistry. I would have enjoyed more movies with these two. Nice reaction! Still hoping you watch Bone Tomahawk with Russell one day! I think you will enjoy it! Take care Shan!
"It's so stupid and awesome" YES. The perfect way to describe the greatness of 80s movies.
oh boy, not all of them. there are a lot 80's movies they're still better than today movies
@@76marex Sorry not what I meant. They are without a doubt better than today's movies. I meant Shan's comment at the start when Stallone was standing down the semi. "So stupid and awesome" was his take on that scene. It's that "so stupid and awesome" attitude of 80s action movies that make so many of them so fun, entertaining, and memorable.
Buddy cop movies can go in 3 directions: character development, detective, or action comedy. Lethal weapon is leans more toward character development as it takes time throughout the movie to get you heavily involved in understanding both of the main leads. Beverly hills cop is more of a detective movie as you watch him slowly unravel each case step by step. Tango and cash on the other hand is an action comedy. We dont get as much character development or detective work but we do get plenty of action and comedy to make up for the elements that are missing. Depending on which direction the movie leans towards you get a greater emphasis on either of these approaches. Some try to lean towards hybridizing but alas if you try to cram too much in you lack in certain elements which can be noticeable after a while. This movie leans heavily on action comedy which is what makes it so great. If they leaned too much in the other directions it would probably be more of a detriment than a bonus.
CLASSIC LATE 80s CHEDDAR.
GRAB A BOX OF RITZ.
SNACK ON BOSS. SNACK ON.
I recommend “Showdown in Little Tokyo” 1991 if you want more of the same action popcorn style.
If you like this one, Shan, might I suggest “Running Scared”? Another funny cop action buddy movie. Billy Crystal and Gregory Hines star.
Shan, consider "Ricochet"(1991) good character dev. Takes place in the "Die Hard" universe. Blonde female reporter plays the same person in both films.
SHAN, PLEASE WATCH GOODFELLAS. You gotta see this movie
This a good movie. The sarcasm these 2 guys put on display was so ridiculous.
"Runaway Train", based on a script by Japanese director Akira Kurosawa, with Jon Voight, Eric Roberts and Rebecca De Mornay, is one of the best Andrei Konchalivsky movies, far superior to "Tango & Cash". It would be great if you could react to it.
And definitely, "Breakdown" should be your next Kurtt Russell movie on the channel. A masterpiece, in my humble opinion.
I second your "Runaway Train" recommendation. First saw it randomly on TV as a teenager, and it has stuck with me ever since.
Its wild how so many of my favorite movies were a nightmare to make and in production : P
For a very funny action film with the charming Teri Hatcher, I suggest "Brainsmasher: A Love Story" (1993) with Andrew 'Dice' Clay. Most people will direct you to his higher-budget "The Adventures of Ford Fairlaine", but I liked Brainsmasher better.
Shan i think you should check out for a sports movie "Invincible" and a Tom Hanks movie "The Terminal" couple of my favorites !! : )
How about this ?
K-9
It's a 1989 American buddy cop action-comedy film starring Jim Belushi and Mel Harris.
Shan, as a "pyrotechnics aficionado", I wonder what are your favorite movie explosions? Are they Michael Bay movies? 😁
3:43 - the screenwriter definitely was on high writing this movie :) 😁
Can't wait for Star Trek 7
Aka Star Trek Generations
May I suggest a movie called Soldier, 1998 sci-fi action film, directed by Paul W.S. Anderson of Resident Evil/Event Horizon fame, with Kurt Russell in the main role, playing a "born to kill" soldier, from the cradle purpose of whom is to be a trooper.
I did notice you didn't mention Jack Palance. Have you not ever seen a movie with Jack Palance in it?
Yup, you got it exactly right... extremely superficial villains. Totally uneven plot. But man, I loved Stallone and Russell together!
The last big budget action movie of the 80s. This is great 😁
Please answer are you living the USA now?
I went to see this at the Warner West End in Leicester Sq London around my birthday my brother got himself a hotdog but I did not get one
This movie was a disappointment to me when I saw it in the theater. It had Kurt Russell and Sylvester Stallone pitted against Jack Palance and James Hong, yet the writers and directors couldn't do anything worthwhile with them. Palance is a legendary bad guy from old westerns to modern characters and I don't have to tell you about Stallone, Russell and Hong. Dumb plot, second rate action but kind of funny. Never rewatched it until now. Good reaction Shan, as always.
This movie is definitely not one to think too hard about. Just sit back, enjoy the jokes and the explosions.
I'm realizing that at 11 or 12, I took this movie way too seriously and didn't see it as a comedy. I'd watch it whenever it aired on TV.
Check out Clint Eastwoods Dirty harry, and the follow up Magnum force If you haven't yet. One of the 2 best cop flicks.
I like this movie. The chemistry is great. I like Terri Hatcher in the movie
"How corrupt is this prison?"
🤦♂️ No more than most.
YAAAAAAAASSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!
Film is fun .. Chemistry between Sly and Kurt is great. 😂
Jack Palace the villain is funny .
Typical 80s fun . Its played for laughs , its not trying to be Citizen Kane . 😂
''FUBAR, Bigtime!''
Stallone wanted to do his own buddy cop movie genre with this film but with so much interference from the studio and Stallone himself, it affected it in the long term. Shame; considering the strength of the film, was the chemistry between Stallone and Russell.
I think Biron James (RIP) took cockney accent lessons from Van Dyke for this one.
They're real and they're spectacular 😂
Runaway Train (by the same director as this film)
OK. Now, plz, do Harley Davidson & Marlboro Man !!!
The opening scene totally rips off Jackie Chan's Police Story, which you should most definitely check out.
Absolute Banger!
I admit i had to laugh, when you expressed your wish for perhaps some explosions in the movie.
You can tell the director or writer were fans of Police Story.
Funny movie.
you should watch maniac cop 1-2 - it has the big chin guy its good fun!
You need to do Crocodile Dundee.
15:41 - Jabba the Hutt ;)
Love this film. There are some movies that you just have fun watching. U guys take yourself too Seriously
You don’t need to justify preferring the Lethal Weapon and Beverly Hills Cop movies. There’s a reason they have sequels and this one doesn’t.
if you want a surprise look at Kurt Russell's photo from when he played minor league baseball for the El Paso Sun Kings. 🤓
No wonder Arnold took over around that Period. Fits right in with Oscar and Stop or my Mum will shoot
Who needs plot when you got enough explosions to make Michael Bay jealouse?
Jack Palance basically played the same villain in Batman '89, very stupid man, killed by his own #2 who was also banging his hot girlfriend.
Love this movie but you can really see how Stallone somehow got worse as an actor, and Russell was always good.
I don't understand why this was recommended to him
Why Shan, Why????!!!!!!😂
I know I’m in the minority but I HATE this movie, it’s sooooo bad. I saw it theatrically in a packed theater opening day and it was like having a root canal.
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The bad guy was bad as he has a mouse sniffing addiction. Give him a break!
No! No leniency for mouse sniffers. Those pervs need to be locked up.
Yeah, classic 80s movie junk food. It's awesome but it's not pretending to have depth or nuance or substance. It's a shut-your-mind-off and enjoy it type of movie.
u can always rely on shan to pick a good movie, i just wish u cud upload more x