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Against all Odds

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Phil Collins: Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now) (Music Video)

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Build My Gallows High

Original title

Against all Odds

Year

1984

Running time

128 min.

Country

United States

Director

Taylor Hackford

Screenwriter

Eric Hughes. Novel: Daniel Mainwaring

Cast

Music

Larry Carlton, Michel Colombier. Song: Phil Collins

Cinematography

Donald E. Thorin

Producer

Columbia Pictures, New Visions Pictures, ML Delphi Premier Productions. Distributor: Columbia Pictures

Genre

Mystery. Film noir | Remake

Synopsis

Ex-football player Terry Brogan (Jeff Bridges) agrees to track down a sleazy nightclub owner's mistress -- but when he finds the elusive woman in Mexico, he falls in love. An interesting love triangle evolves when recently cut quarterback is asked by his nightclub owning, Jack (James Woods), to travel to Mexico and bring back Jack's sultry girlfriend, Jessie (Rachel Ward). A remake of 1947's "Out of the Past" directed by Jacques Tourneur.

Awards: 1984: Nominated for Oscar: Best Original Song

1984: Golden Globes: Nominated Best Original Song "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)"

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Critics' reviews

"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"

Empire
"'Against All Odds' is so lively and enjoyable on its own terms that its genre problems, while real, are easily overlooked."

Janet Maslin: The New York Times
"There is a lot of plot in this movie - probably too much. The best thing to do is to accept the plot, and then disregard it, and pay attention to the scenes of passion. They really work."

Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times
"It begins promisingly.... But the film has no center, succumbs to drift, and gets away from Hackford"

Jay Carr: Boston Globe
"Little remains of the original but its weakest element - its overelaborate intrigue - and Hackford seems only to scramble it further."

Dave Kehr: Chicago Tribune
"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."

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Against all Odds

1984

Taylor Hackford

5.1

(882)