Two to Tango, also known as Matar es morir un poco (), 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.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.2004.0015Videos good antidote to Valentine sentiments: [Final Edition]. Levy, Joanne. Calgary Herald; Calgary, Alta. [Calgary, Alta]12 Feb 1989: E3.
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 Don Stroud ... James Conrad Adrianne Sachs ... Cecilia Lorca Duilio Marzio ... Paulino Velasco Michael Cavanaugh ... Dean Boyle Alberto Segado ... Lorenzo 'Lucky' Lara Francisco Cocuzza ... Carlos Pino Golde Flami ... Hilda Levin Nathán Pinzón ... Morelos Juan José Ghisalberti ... Joseph Levin Ricardo Hamlin ... Bates Jose Luis Cabrera ... Tango Dancer Pablo Novak ... Sergio Adriana Salonia ... Adela Ana Maria Vita ... Boarder 1 at Levin's Hotel Alejandra De Luiggi ... Boarder 2 at Levin's Hotel Flávia Aberg Cobo ... Airline Attendant 1 Maria Fournery ... Airline Attendant 2 Armando Capo ... Angelo Ricardo Fasan ... Paolo Basso (as Ricardo Fassan) Lilian Rinar ... Blonde Woman Gianni Fiore ... Customs Employee (as Gianni Fiori) Daniel Ripari ... Bodyguard 1 Arturo Noal ... Bodyguard 2 Rubén Bermúdez ... Bodyguard 3 Nestor Cannichio ... Lara's Driver
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.
Reception Variety called it "uneven".
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