Two to Tango explained

Two to Tango
Director:Héctor Olivera
Producer:Roger Corman
Alejandro Sessa
Starring:Don Stroud
Adrianne Sachs
Duilio Marzio
Michael Cavanaugh
Alberto Segado
Music:Óscar Cardozo Ocampo
Cinematography:Leonardo Rodríguez Solís
Editing:Eduardo López
Studio:Aries Cinematográfica Argentina
New Horizons Picture
Distributor:Aries Cinematográfica Argentina
Concorde Pictures
Runtime:87 minutes
Country:Argentina
United States
Language:English
Spanish

Two to Tango, also known as Matar es morir un poco (English: "To Kill is To Die a Little"), is a 1989 American-Argentine suspense film directed by Héctor Olivera and based on the novel Last Days of the Victim by José Pablo Feinmann, who also co-wrote the screenplay. It was one in a number of ten movies Roger Corman produced in Argentina during the 1980s.[1] [2]

Plot

A hitman who wishes to leave his line of work is tasked by his agency with killing one final target in Buenos Aires, but the situation becomes complicated when he falls in love with his target's lover and asks her to flee to Nepal with him.

Cast

Production

The film was based on the novel Ultimas dias de la victima, by Argentine screenwriter, philosopher and novelist Jose Pablo Feinmann. The book was adapted as a movie for the first time in the Argentinian film Últimos días de la víctima (1982).

The story was totally rewritten by a U.S. screenwriter, Yolanda Finch (Yolande Turner), together with Feinmann, for a North American audience.[1]

Receptiopn

Variety called it "uneven".[3]

Notes and References

  1. https://muse.jhu.edu/article/170449 Falicov, Tamara L. "U.S.-Argentine Co-productions, 1982-1990: Roger Corman, Aries Productions, "Schlockbuster" Movies, and the International Market." Film & History: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Film and Television Studies, vol. 34 no. 1, 2004, pp. 31-38. Project MUSE, doi:10.1353/flm.2004.0015
  2. Videos good antidote to Valentine sentiments: [Final Edition]. Levy, Joanne. Calgary Herald; Calgary, Alta. [Calgary, Alta]12 Feb 1989: E3.
  3. Book: 1991. Variety's film reviews 1989-1990. R.R. Bowker. Two to Tango. 22 February 1989. 978-0-8352-3089-6 . https://archive.org/details/varietysfilmrevi0021unse/page/n53/mode/1up?.