8 Million Ways to Die
1986 · Movie · R · 115 min · ★ 5.5 · 34% critics
After a traumatic shooting during a drug raid, a detective’s life unravels as guilt and alcoholism cost him both work and family. Drawn back into a dangerous criminal world, he tries to help someone escape it and finds himself facing mounting risks in a bleak urban underworld.
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Details
- Years
- 1986
- Release date
- 1986-04-25
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 34/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.5/10 (147 votes)
About
You might like this if you enjoy grim, flawed-detective crime stories with a seedy 80s feel, somewhat in the vein of The Two Jakes or Against All Odds; Not for you if you want a tight, fast-moving thriller.
Pros: gritty 80s atmosphere; strong lead performance; dark, tense mood | Cons: messy story; slow stretches; shouty climax
Themes
- prostitute
- showdown
- based on novel or book
- investigation
- los angeles, california
- alcoholic
- private detective
- warehouse
- neo-noir
- 1980s
- alcoholics anonymous
Cast & crew
Jeff Bridges
as Matthew 'Matt' Scudder
Rosanna Arquette
as Sarah
Randy Brooks
as Willie 'Chance' Walker
Alexandra Paul
as Sunny
Andy Garcia
as Angel Moldonado
Tommy Lister Jr.
as Nose Guard
Vyto Ruginis
as Durkin
Gene Ross
as Slim
- LS
Lisa Sloan
as Linda Scudder
Christa Denton
as Laurie Scudder
Directed by Hal Ashby