Against All Odds

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Against All Odds

R

1984

2h 1m

Crime

Drama

Action

Romance

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Having been cut from his professional football team, down-and-out athlete Terry Brogan (Jeff Bridges) is in desperate need of money. Crooked nightclub owner and bookie Jake Wise (James Woods) offers Terry a hefty sum to go to Mexico and find his girlfriend, Jessie Wyler (Rachel Ward). Terry cannot turn the offer down. When Terry locates Jessie, the two fall in love. Terry reports that he failed to find her; but Jake sends someone else. Terry and Jessie's love must endure unexpected twists.

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Nigel Andrews

Financial Times

05/10/2021

Hackford has an uncanny flair for thumping a story along at breakneck speed, ploughing through the most unyielding passages of plot exposition and the busiest shoals of plot twists.

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David Robinson

The Times (UK)

05/10/2021

The potential of the idea is sacrificed to a wild excess of plot and characters whose motives are generally as baffling as they are unpredictable.

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Derek Malcolm

Guardian

05/10/2021

Alas it does not work, though Hackford, who made An Officer And A Gentleman, is the kind of director who always looks as if he is just about to make something interesting.

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Cameron Meier

MeierMovies.com

Jul 6

2/5

A rushed romance and a meandering, overly complicated plot rob the film of momentum and clarity.

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Philip French

Observer (UK)

05/10/2021

Despite the longueurs and the underlying callowness, I enjoyed Against All Odds, though I can't see it lasting the way Tourneur's film has.

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Daniel Barnes

Dare Daniel

06/09/2019

3/5

Against All Odds has its moments, but too often the film plays less like an official remake of Out of the Past and more like an unofficial prequel to Tequila Sunrise.

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Orin D

@RT64117979 Jul 16

This mess of flick is supposedly a remake of the great noir classic "Out of the Past" in which the Femme fatale offs both Robert Mitchum's & Kirk Douglas's characters. In this pallid remake our female protagonist kills a couple of less consequential characters. The film stars her lovely body, often in the buff and the spectacular Mayan ruins. The film is marginally worth giving a watch in order to see Bridge's first starring role & an older Widmark in his decline. Do yourself a big favor & watch "Out of the Past" one of the finest noirs ever made. "Baby I just don't care." Did this director make anything of consequence? Orin P. Domenico

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Allan C

@RT15713161 Jul 15

Take a look at me now... Against All Odds (1984) *** AGAINST ALL ODDS is a solid but inferior remake of OUT OF THE PAST, trading the original's morally ambiguous femme fatale for a more conventional doomed romance while getting bogged down in plot and exposition. Still, Taylor Hackford adds a thrilling opening car chase, a tense Mexican standoff finale, and an emotionally satisfying ending capped by Phil Collins' unforgettable theme song, making it well worth seeing despite its flaws. SEE LETTERBOXED FOR FULL REVIEW

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j F

@LiberteBurrows Jul 13

Great source, great cast. Very middy.

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Mark W.

@MinneMark612 Mar 17

Entertaining with some silly plot twists.

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Nick K

@nickknock1 06/21/2025

This movie is not really as good as I remember. Jeff Bridges character is almost as bad as James woods character. Lots of nonsense, and an overly complicated plot also bring it down. However the music is excellent, and a good view into the 80s

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Mikey B

@RT95501973 06/19/2025

Jeff Bridges plays a former NFL player dragged into a missing person case. The plot gets needlessly complicated. James Woods does a good job playing the slimy character as usual. Great scenery and Phil Collins theme song, but the movie gets buried under its own weight.

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Having been cut from his professional football team, down-and-out athlete Terry Brogan (Jeff Bridges) is in desperate need of money. Crooked nightclub owner and bookie Jake Wise (James Woods) offers Terry a hefty sum to go to Mexico and find his girlfriend, Jessie Wyler (Rachel Ward). Terry cannot turn the offer down. When Terry locates Jessie, the two fall in love. Terry reports that he failed to find her; but Jake sends someone else. Terry and Jessie's love must endure unexpected twists.

Director: Taylor Hackford
Producer: William S. Gilmore, Taylor Hackford
Screenwriter: Daniel Mainwaring, Eric Hughes
Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Production Co: New Vision Films, Columbia Pictures Corporation
Rating: R
Genre: Crime, Drama, Action, Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 2, 1984, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 1, 2012
Runtime: 2h 1m
Sound Mix: Surround