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Against All Odds (1984)

Rate: 3
Viewed: 5/08

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5/08: Against All Odds is, despite the title, an extraordinarily boring picture.

The story is mediocre, the acting is fair, and the direction is below average. Mixing football and neo-noir doesn't pass for entertainment.

Jeff Bridges looks great given his beard and tanned body. Rachel Ward has something going great with her co-star, but it fizzles out after ten minutes. With a bit of a hair problem, James Woods, no matter how hard he tries, is ordinary. Ditto for many others.

Prior to seeing Against All Odds, I thought I would witness a rip-off of the famous scene from From Here to Eternity, but I never saw it. How the story unfolds is linear and one-dimensional.

All in all, Against All Odds strives hard for mediocrity and thus achieves it with ease.