‘Tango and Cash’ With Bill Simmons and Shea Serrano

August 30, 2022 · Tango & Cash (1989) · Action · Comedy · Crime · 1:23:55

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Most Rewatchable Scene

Bill SimmonsDiscusses multiple scenes as rewatchable: the opening scene with highway shooting and Rambo reference, the prison electrocution scene, the prison escape with double cross, and the strip joint scene▶ 20:11

Den of Thieves Benihana Award

Bill SimmonsPalance's bad guy lair▶ 41:19

Shea SerranoThe prison▶ 42:02

Probably Unanswerable Questions

Bill SimmonsThe mouse thing was a happy accident▶ 42:34

Shea SerranoDid he build the mouse maze specifically to do this metaphor with Tango and Cash as the mice when he puts them in there?▶ 42:10

Butch's Girlfriend Award

Bill SimmonsThe premise that everyone immediately believes Tango and Cash were dirty cops despite being super cops who only did good things for LA▶ 42:48

Shea SerranoAgrees with Bill's assessment that everyone turns on the hero cops immediately▶ 43:15

Is There a Better Title?

Bill SimmonsNo fucking way - Tango and Cash is perfect▶ 47:43

Shea SerranoThis title is great - Tango and Cash▶ 47:45

Best Quote

Bill SimmonsI want to get killed by an American jerk off▶ 48:07

Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award

Bill SimmonsThe fact that there was no Tango and Cash sequel is an outrage, especially when inferior movies got sequels in the 80s and 90s▶ 48:25

Shea SerranoTango and Cash is the second best buddy cop movie of the 80s, only behind Beverly Hills Cop▶ 50:00

Teddy KGB Award

Bill SimmonsHe wins the Teddy KGB actor doing his own thing award▶ 58:13

Overacting Award

Bill SimmonsJack Palance — Jack Palance - wins the overacting award for his exaggerated performance throughout the movie▶ 58:23

Shea SerranoJack Palance — Jack Palance - agrees he maintains the over-the-top character even until death, throwing out riddles and jokes▶ 59:12

Casting What-Ifs

Bill SimmonsBruce Willis — Suggests Bruce Willis could replace Stallone as Tango, playing the rich prick/stockbroker character. Also mentions Michael Douglas and considers Schwarzenegger briefly but ultimately keeps Stallone▶ 1:03:08

Shea SerranoHarrison Ford — Harrison Ford as Tango, comparing him to his Wall Street character from Regarding Henry. Also agrees Michael Douglas could work, calling him Gordon Gekko▶ 1:03:53

Apex Mountain

Bill SimmonsLock Up — Not Stallone or Kurt Russell for this movie; Lethal Weapon rip-offs apex mountain; Cross the beam moments very high; Lock Up over this for Stallone prison movies▶ 1:07:37

Shea SerranoLock Up — Not apex mountain for anybody in the movie except maybe Face; Lock Up better than this for Stallone prison movies; Cross the beam moment might be apex mountain for meta moments▶ 1:08:17

Racehorse Name Award

Bill SimmonsPresents three options: Ray Tango, Tango and Cash, and just Tango, but doesn't give his own definitive pick▶ 1:11:11

Shea SerranoJust Tango▶ 1:11:19

Picking Nits

Bill SimmonsJack Pounce's office is in this quarry in the middle of nowhere - he has to drive 35 minutes plus 10 minutes just in the quarry to get to his secretly living warehouse▶ 1:13:38

Shea SerranoThis whole movie is like one long picking nit, which is my favorite part▶ 1:13:28

Is This Movie Better With

Bill SimmonsSteve Buscemi — Steve Buscemi - says young Buscemi would have been really good and made sense, suggests he could be Face's sidekick▶ 1:16:57

Shea SerranoSteve Buscemi — Steve Buscemi - agrees and suggests he plays Clint Howard's prisoner character with a few more lines▶ 1:17:09

Just One Oscar

Bill SimmonsBest Director, because three different directors accepting the award would have been hilarious▶ 1:17:21

Best Double Feature

Bill SimmonsLock Up — Lockup - pairing two 1989 Stallone prison movies, watching Tango and Cash first then Lockup▶ 1:19:08

Shea SerranoLock Up — Agrees with Lockup pairing, suggesting to watch Tango and Cash first then Lockup as it gets darker, pretending Tango is now in prison▶ 1:19:19

Coach Finstock Life Lesson

Shea SerranoThe scene where they jump to grab the power line and Cash explains you won't get electrocuted if your feet aren't touching the ground▶ 1:20:08

Who Won the Movie

Bill SimmonsKurt Russell▶ 1:20:44

Shea SerranoKurt Russell▶ 1:20:40

Movies Referenced (45)

Title (year)	Links	Mentions	Mentioned by	First
Lethal Weapon (1987)	IMDb ↗Lb ↗	10	Bill Simmons, Shea Serrano	▶ 4:09
Rambo (2008)	IMDb ↗Lb ↗	8	Bill Simmons, Shea Serrano	▶ 7:55
Running Scared (2006)	IMDb ↗Lb ↗	6	Bill Simmons, Shea Serrano	▶ 50:33
Bullet Train (2022)	IMDb ↗Lb ↗	4	Bill Simmons	▶ 1:22:55
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)	IMDb ↗Lb ↗	3	Bill Simmons, Shea Serrano	▶ 6:45
Die Hard (1988)	IMDb ↗Lb ↗	3	Bill Simmons	▶ 14:13
Predator (1987)	IMDb ↗Lb ↗	3	Shea Serrano, Bill Simmons	▶ 56:25
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)	IMDb ↗Lb ↗	2	Bill Simmons, Shea Serrano	▶ 13:35
Chronicle (2012)	IMDb ↗Lb ↗	2	Bill Simmons	▶ 43:44
Den of Thieves (2018)	IMDb ↗Lb ↗	2	Bill Simmons	▶ 41:11
Fargo (1996)	IMDb ↗Lb ↗	2	Bill Simmons	▶ 19:06
Last Action Hero (1993)	IMDb ↗Lb ↗	2	Shea Serrano	▶ 8:10

Directors Referenced (7)

Name	Links	Mentions	Mentioned by	Known For	First
Mel Gibson	IMDb ↗Lb ↗	3	Bill Simmons	Braveheart, Lethal Weapon 3, Conspiracy Theory	▶ 4:15
Adolfo Quinones	IMDb ↗Lb ↗	1	Shea Serrano	Tango & Cash	▶ 1:00:32
Albert Magnoli	IMDb ↗Lb ↗	1	Bill Simmons	Purple Rain	▶ 16:05
Barry Sonnenfeld	IMDb ↗Lb ↗	1	Bill Simmons	Men in Black, Wild Wild West	▶ 58:01
Michael Mann	IMDb ↗Lb ↗	1	Shea Serrano	The Insider, Collateral, The Last of the Mohicans	▶ 1:15:02
Peter McDonald	IMDb ↗Lb ↗	1	Bill Simmons	The Batman	▶ 16:05
Sean Penn	IMDb ↗Lb ↗	1	Bill Simmons	Mystic River, 21 Grams, Dead Man Walking	▶ 45:03

Actors Referenced (46)

Name	Links	Mentions	Mentioned by	Known For	First
Sylvester Stallone	IMDb ↗Lb ↗	41	Bill Simmons, Shea Serrano	Rocky, Rocky IV, Creed	▶ 2:22
Kurt Russell	IMDb ↗Lb ↗	35	Bill Simmons, Shea Serrano	Escape from New York, The Hateful Eight	▶ 2:22
Jack Palance	IMDb ↗Lb ↗	15	Bill Simmons, Shea Serrano	City Slickers	▶ 18:37
Patrick Swayze	IMDb ↗Lb ↗	12	Bill Simmons, Shea Serrano	Dirty Dancing, Ghost, Point Break	▶ 38:14
Bruce Willis	IMDb ↗Lb ↗	9	Bill Simmons, Shea Serrano	Die Hard, Pulp Fiction	▶ 14:17
Michael B. Jordan	IMDb ↗Lb ↗	7	Shea Serrano, Bill Simmons	Black Panther, Creed, Fruitvale Station	▶ 38:39
Arnold Schwarzenegger	IMDb ↗Lb ↗	6	Bill Simmons, Shea Serrano	Terminator 2: Judgment Day, The Terminator	▶ 29:10
Brad Pitt	IMDb ↗Lb ↗	6	Bill Simmons	Fight Club, 12 Monkeys, Mr. & Mrs. Smith	▶ 22:50
Brian James	IMDb ↗Lb ↗	4	Bill Simmons	A Cry in the Dark	▶ 29:00
Harrison Ford	IMDb ↗Lb ↗	4	Shea Serrano, Bill Simmons	Raiders of the Lost Ark, Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope, The Fugitive	▶ 1:03:53
Denzel Washington	IMDb ↗Lb ↗	3	Bill Simmons, Shea Serrano		▶ 14:40
Jean-Claude Van Damme	IMDb ↗Lb ↗	3	Shea Serrano, Bill Simmons		▶ 7:35

Writers Referenced (3)

Name	Links	Mentions	Mentioned by	Known For	First
Roger Ebert	IMDb ↗Lb ↗	4	Bill Simmons		▶ 17:49
Randy Feldman	IMDb ↗Lb ↗	2	Bill Simmons	Tango & Cash	▶ 27:14
Robert Towne	IMDb ↗Lb ↗	2	Bill Simmons	Chinatown, Mission: Impossible	▶ 13:54