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starring: Rachel Ward, Jeff Bridges, James Woods, Alex Karras, Jane Greerdirected by: Taylor Hackford
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 0043396600775
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Release Date: May 04, 1995
Running Time: 128 minutes
Sales Rank: 17206
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: March 02, 1984
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
James Woods doesn't get to play many romantic leads--and he certainly doesn't get the girl in this handsome, if occasionally hollow, remake of Out of the Past. As the mover-and-shaker lover of Rachel Ward, he loses her--if only temporarily--to ex-football star Jeff Bridges. Woods captures the insecurity behind a man of power who understands that the women in his life love his money first. But he also shows us the real tenderness that kept Ward close when money lost its glitter. Bridges is at his best, playing the should-have-been trying to keep his future from repeating his dead-end past. Look for actress Jane Greer (who played the Ward role in the 1947 original opposite Robert Mitchum and Kirk Douglas) in a small role. --Marshall Fine
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Not aging well
Twenty-five years ago, this thing was a hit, I guess. It's fun to see the 35 yr old Jeff Bridges pretend to be a football player and the crazed James Woods acting crazed, even way back then. Rachel Ward has a very bad case of 80s hair. What was she thinking? The plot is some silliness about football, betting, corruption and star-crossed lovers in Cozumel and LA. You're rewarded with the theme song by Phil Collins. Now, I know what the song is about, but it's still lame.
Rating:  - worth watching
This is an outstanding movie, especially if someone has ever broken your heart. The music is fantasic,Phil Collins. Sit and watch it... you won't be disappointed especially if you are a romatintic. Take achance,you won't be sorry--Bo
Rating: - Too Hot to Handle
Expert opinion says that since the advent of color film, a good contemporary noir film is an L.A. noir film; that seems to be largely so, except then you've got "Body Heat," set in Florida. Be that as it may, "Against All Odds" is an LA noir film: it profits from the unique atmosphere of Los Angeles, the sinister corruption behind the sunny smile; the reality of arid desert behind the wastefully-watered green lawn. And most particularly, the parched, penned-up ill-respected Los Angeles River that ... Read More
Rating: - Disappointing at best
I can't get over all the glowing reviews of this deeply flawed film I've read here! First off, let me say that Jeff Bridges is one of my absolute all-time favorite actors ("Big Liebowski" and "Fearless" by themselves would make up for a dozen "Against All Odds") but this movie is a serious train wreck! What a waste of good actors and beautiful locations. It is truly poignant to see the highlights of the Yucatan area circa 1983 before that wondrous part of the world became package tour Gringolandia and ... Read More
Rating: - I Loved This Film!
What do you get when you combine Jeff Bridges, Rachel Ward, James Woods, Richard Widmark, and Jane Greer? The VERY best of the old and the new. This movie was a classy remake of "Out of the Past" which was made sometime in the 1950's.
Rachel Ward plays a spoiled rich girl bent on rebellion much to the consternation of her mother played by Jane Greer. "Jessie" (Rachel Ward) runs away from home and aging football star, Terry Brogan, (Jeff Bridges) is hired to find her by her boyfriend Jake ... Read More
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