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- 1984
- R
- Columbia Pictures
- 2 h 8 m
- 1984
- R
- Columbia Pictures
- 2 h 8 m
Summary Terry Brogan (Bridges), a football player who is fired from the team, is recruited by an old friend (Woods) to track down a girlfriend in Mexico.
Directed By: Taylor Hackford
Written By: Eric Hughes, Daniel Mainwaring
- 1984
- R
- Columbia Pictures
- 2 h 8 m
- 1984
- R
- Columbia Pictures
- 2 h 8 m
Against All Odds
42
8.0
Where to Watch
Summary Terry Brogan (Bridges), a football player who is fired from the team, is recruited by an old friend (Woods) to track down a girlfriend in Mexico.
Directed By: Taylor Hackford
Written By: Eric Hughes, Daniel Mainwaring
Where to Watch
Top Cast
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
42
30% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
30% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
40% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
42
30% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
30% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
40% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
Against All Odds is so lively and enjoyable on its own terms that its genre problems, while real, are easily overlooked. Mr. Hackford's brand of glossy, romantic escapism doesn't have to work as an homage. It has a vitality of its own.
If not for a somewhat murky and misanthropic ending, Against All Odds would stand as a well-engineered second-try at 1947's "Out of the Past."
It begins promisingly.... But the film has no center, succumbs to drift, and gets away from Hackford. [03 Mar 1984]
This is about as noir as Pete’s Dragon, best to accept its superficiality as a boon - Hackford, at least, gives it a slick exterior - and enjoy it is a vacuous thriller and extended Phil Collins video.
Little remains of the original but its weakest element - its overelaborate intrigue - and Hackford seems only to scramble it further.
Not even a bravura performance from Woods, some steamy love scenes between Bridges and Ward, and a thrilling daylight car chase down Sunset Boulevard can pull this confusing remake out of the doldrums.
The result is a flat, dumbly brutal movie, full of overplotted complexity and empty of all emotional resonance, except that provided by the presence of Jane Greer (the original film's dark lady, here doing a supporting role) and Richard Widmark.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 30 User Ratings
8.0
70% Positive
21 Ratings
21 Ratings
23% Mixed
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
7% Negative
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 30 User Ratings
8.0
70% Positive
21 Ratings
21 Ratings
23% Mixed
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
7% Negative
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
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Production Company
Columbia Pictures,
New Visions,
Columbia-Delphi Productions
Release Date Mar 2, 1984
Duration 2 h 8 m
Rating R
Tagline She was a beautiful fugitive. Fleeing from corruption. From power. He was a professional athlete past his prime. Hired to find her, he grew to love her. Love turned to obsession. Obsession turned to murder. And now the price of freedom might be nothing less than their lives.
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
Stuntman Awards
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
