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Against All Odds Reviews

1983

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Action, adventure and romance are the key elements in this story of an ex-football player hired to find the erstwhile lover of a powerful man. The quest takes him to the jungles of Mexico where he not only finds the woman and falls in love with her, but becomes involved in murder.... Read more

Starring	Jeff Bridges, Rachel Ward, James Woods, Richard Widmark
Director	Taylor Hackford
Genres	Romance

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- This places itself in much the same category as Jim McBride's Breathless - a glossy remake of an old and much loved... read more on Time Out
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- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:13
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- - 4
  - 1
  Against all odds... I stayed awake to the end...just
  
  Story - Jeff Bridges is hired to find James Woods ex-girlfriend Rachel Ward, and they fall in love = trouble. Big whoop. Dull is the word that describes this ... read more »
  
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  - Darth Egregious
  - London
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 19:37
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- - 0
  - 0
  Implausible and dreary
  
  Jeff Bridges and James Woods are both great actors but both have been in their fair share of turkeys. This is a real stinker.
  
  The plot is hazy, Jeff ... read more »
  
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- - hunneric
  - 5 reviews
  - London
  - 22 Apr 2010 at 21:48
- - 0
  - 0
  Odd
  
  A bit strange. I don't know what it was exactly about this film but it just wasn't right, something didn't work and it was a bore to watch and the ... read more »
  
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- - dumbolives
  - 269 reviews
  - Shetland
  - 19 May 2009 at 08:31
- - 1
  - 0
  Don't bother
  
  Utter Tosh, Rachel Ward is as wooden as a plank, Woods is unconvincing, only saving grace is young and ripped Jeff Bridges who is gorgeous. Only got a star for... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 01 Nov 2008 at 15:49
- - 0
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  good
  
  This is one of the films I thought was going to be shallow rubbish, and it is shallow rubbish but it's watchable shallow rubbish because they came up with a... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - London
  - 22 Sep 2008 at 21:01
- - 4
  - 1
  Against all odds... I stayed awake to the end...just
  
  Story - Jeff Bridges is hired to find James Woods ex-girlfriend Rachel Ward, and they fall in love = trouble. Big whoop. Dull is the word that describes this ... read more »
  
  Report this review
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- - Darth Egregious
  - London
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 19:37
- - 0
  - 0
  Rent it just for the song
  
  An absolutely poor film with a flimsey script. Shame the film has got such great actors. The only other good thing about this film is the beautiful Phil Collins... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 18 Feb 2006 at 17:36
- - 1
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  Hot and Sexy
  
  A little dated now and a very predictable plot. Without Rachel Ward this would have been a very 'ordinary' one star film. With Rachel Ward it is hot and... read more »
  
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- - Michael Wheeler
  - East London
  - 02 Nov 2005 at 09:32
- - 1
  - 0
  Boring
  
  Turned it off after an hour just kept thinking that it might get better lol
  
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  - Bristol
  - 14 Sep 2005 at 22:17
- - 2
  - 0
  Utter drivel
  
  Please don't waste your time wathcing this nonsense. A boring film. I gave it two stars because of the wonderful Jeff Bridges, otherwise it deserves one ... read more »
  
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  - Marlow, UK
  - 17 Jun 2005 at 05:45
- - 0
  - 0
  Brilliant
  
  Jeff Bridges sent to find the girlfriend of a not so very nice man. He finds her and falls in love with her. Might sound predictable but, trust me there's ... read more »
  
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  - Bromsgrove, England
  - 07 Mar 2005 at 23:10
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- - 4
  - 1
  Against all odds... I stayed awake to the end...just
  
  Story - Jeff Bridges is hired to find James Woods ex-girlfriend Rachel Ward, and they fall in love = trouble. Big whoop. Dull is the word that describes this ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 213576
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Darth Egregious
  - London
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 19:37
- - 2
  - 0
  Utter drivel
  
  Please don't waste your time wathcing this nonsense. A boring film. I gave it two stars because of the wonderful Jeff Bridges, otherwise it deserves one ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 115264
- - a customer
  - Marlow, UK
  - 17 Jun 2005 at 05:45
- - 1
  - 0
  Boring
  
  Turned it off after an hour just kept thinking that it might get better lol
  
  Report this review
- 150847
- - a customer
  - Bristol
  - 14 Sep 2005 at 22:17
- - 1
  - 0
  Hot and Sexy
  
  A little dated now and a very predictable plot. Without Rachel Ward this would have been a very 'ordinary' one star film. With Rachel Ward it is hot and... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 168948
- - Michael Wheeler
  - East London
  - 02 Nov 2005 at 09:32
- - 1
  - 0
  Don't bother
  
  Utter Tosh, Rachel Ward is as wooden as a plank, Woods is unconvincing, only saving grace is young and ripped Jeff Bridges who is gorgeous. Only got a star for... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 652856
- - a customer
  - London
  - 01 Nov 2008 at 15:49
- - 0
  - 0
  Jeff Bridges looked good
  
  Poor acting, unbelievable story line, production more like a Dallas soap. Jeff Bridges looked sexy but the highlight was King Creole and the Coconuts and his ... read more »
  
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  - Banbury
  - 12 Sep 2004 at 12:45
- - 0
  - 0
  Brilliant
  
  Jeff Bridges sent to find the girlfriend of a not so very nice man. He finds her and falls in love with her. Might sound predictable but, trust me there's ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 79053
- - a customer
  - Bromsgrove, England
  - 07 Mar 2005 at 23:10
- - 0
  - 0
  Rent it just for the song
  
  An absolutely poor film with a flimsey script. Shame the film has got such great actors. The only other good thing about this film is the beautiful Phil Collins... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 208469
- - a customer
  - London
  - 18 Feb 2006 at 17:36
- - 0
  - 0
  good
  
  This is one of the films I thought was going to be shallow rubbish, and it is shallow rubbish but it's watchable shallow rubbish because they came up with a... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 633400
- - a customer
  - London
  - 22 Sep 2008 at 21:01
- - 0
  - 0
  Odd
  
  A bit strange. I don't know what it was exactly about this film but it just wasn't right, something didn't work and it was a bore to watch and the ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 759502
- - dumbolives
  - 269 reviews
  - Shetland
  - 19 May 2009 at 08:31

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  Action, adventure and romance are the key elements in this story of an ex-football player hired to find the erstwhile lover of a powerful man. The quest takes him to the jungles of Mexico where he not only finds the woman and falls in love with her, but becomes involved in murder.......