Paul E. Borchardt

１９４２年、ソロモン諸島。アメリカ軍は日本軍の駐留するガダルカナル島を、太平洋戦争の重要な拠点と見なしその占拠を図った。ウィット二等兵（ジム・カヴィーゼル）やウェルシュ曹長（ショーン・ペン）をはじめとするアメリカ陸軍Ｃ中隊の面々も作戦に参加、彼らを乗せた上陸用舟艇は美しい南洋の孤島に次々と上陸していく。だが一歩ジャングルの奥に足を踏み入れると、そこは紛うことなき戦場であった……。

Ray Tango and Gabriel Cash are narcotics detectives who, while both being extremely successful, can't stand each other. Crime Lord Yves Perret, furious at the loss of income that Tango and Cash have caused him, frames the two for murder. Caught with the murder weapon on the scene of the crime, the two have no alibi. Thrown into prison with most of the criminals they helped convict, it appears that they are going to have to trust each other if they are to clear their names and catch the evil Perret.