Against All Odds
1984 · Movie · R · 121 min · ★ 5.7 · 53% critics
A broke, recently cut pro football player takes a risky job from a shady nightclub owner: travel to Mexico and track down a missing young woman tied to powerful money. When he finds her, a romance sparks, pulling him into a web of blackmail, corruption, and danger that follows them back to Los Angeles.
Based on Out of the Past
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Details
- Years
- 1984
- Release date
- 1984-03-02
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Critic score
- 53/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.7/10 (241 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want an ’80s romantic crime thriller with beach escape vibes, fast turns, and a famous theme song; Not for you if you hate messy, twisty plots or slow-burn setups like The Morning After.
Pros: tropical Mexico scenery; pulpy romance; strong villain energy | Cons: convoluted late plot; uneven pacing; mixed chemistry
Themes
- escape
- manipulation
- redemption
- murder
- betrayal
- conspiracy
- double crossed
- double cross
- passion and romance
Cast & crew
Jeff Bridges
as Terry Brogan
Rachel Ward
as Jessie Wyler
James Woods
as Jake Wise
Alex Karras
as Hank Sully
Jane Greer
as Mrs. Wyler
Richard Widmark
as Ben Caxton
Dorian Harewood
as Tommy
Swoosie Kurtz
as Edie
Saul Rubinek
as Steve Kirsch
Pat Corley
as Ed Phillips
Directed by Taylor Hackford