Another action flick from an unlikely source (wildly inconsistent Russian director Andrei Konchalovsky); buddy movie Tango & Cash teams Sly Stallone and Kurt Russell as bullet-dodging cops who get on each others' nerves while uniting against a slimy French drug kingpin (Jack Palance). Violent; profane; and packed with implausibilities; this is one of those big-budget; stunt-laden affairs that gets by on the charisma of its stars; and they almost pull it off. Tango & Cash was Stallone's first attempt to share the spotlight with another hero; and he's casually laid-back in his change-of-pace role (well; OK; it's not that change-of-pace); while Russell is equally enjoyable as Sly's well-coifed sidekick. Ridiculous all the way; this one is entertaining if only as a virtual catalog of action-movie clich?s.--Jeff Shannon