Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

I gave this film a 9 out of 10, because it was exactly what I expected it to be.

The movie is wonderful and true, an act of love in all its contradictions and complexity

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

A gangster hires an ex-football player to find his girlfriend. When he finds her, they fall in love, and the twists start to appear. I saw "Against All Odds" last night on TV and i gotta say this movie was actually pretty damn good and i did bought on the whole love story between Jeff Bridges and Rachel Ward plus the movie had a really good story with the whole Club, Dirty Money and Gangster thing and James Woods did a pretty good job as the villain. The film also had a good soundtrack with some creepy 80's music in the background mostly during the scenes in the Office and even the end credits song AGAINST ALL ODDS (TAKE A LOOK AT ME NOW) which was Written and Performed by Phil Collins. Overall this isn't one of Bridges best films or even the highlight of his career but it's still a fun and enjoyable 80's movie!!

The Argument that You can't Transfer Film-Noir to Modern Times is Weak at best. Talented Filmmakers have Done it Repeatedly and it Can Work. It has been Termed Neo-Noir. Of course, it is a Tricky Transformation and the result has Not always been Successful. There Are some Great Neo-Noirs out there, but this is Not One of them.Director Taylor Hackford said that He did not want to Remake "Out of the Past" (1947), So why did He? It's OK to imagine a Metamorphosis and tailor the Film to Current Sensibilities, Style, and so forth, but Here it Hurts and the Mediocre result is anything but effective.Somehow, the Core of Noir is Lost among the Steamy, Sweaty, Sex Scenes and the Sheen of 1980's crowd pleasing Fads. Music Video Styling and Shallow Representations of the Femme Fatale Fails to intrigue. The Crisp Noir Dialog featured in the Original falls flat and the Actors seem to be Struggling to Make This WorkOverall, Not a Bad Movie, it is Just Unremarkable. Jeff Bridges at His physical Peak of Manhood, seems a bit Whiny on Top of the Tan and Gym Tone and Rachel Ward is a Less than Great Actress and is almost Awful and here Shows No Range of Emotion. James Woods gives the Best Performance but for Him it is a notch Below His usual Show Stealing abilities. Richard Widmark Playing the reprehensible Money Man, a Rich Slime Bucket, is Fine, but again, about Average for His later day Movies.You Know the Movie is Struggling for attention when Just about Everyone Relates to the Film through a Pop Song. A Pop Song? Now that's Definitely Not Noir, in Any Era.

Taylor Hackford directed this surprisingly strong remake of "Out Of The Past" which stars Jeff Bridges as former NFL football player Terry Brogan, who has just been cut from his team, and is desperately in need of money, so reluctantly takes a job from his shady friend Jake Wise(played by James Woods) to locate his missing girlfriend Jessie Wyler(played by Rachel Ward). He does find her in Mexico, but they both fall madly in love, which makes her subsequent return home to Jake all the more bizarre to Terry, who isn't so willing to give up on her. Jessie's mother(played by Jane Greer) is a powerful real-estate developer who objects strongly to the romance, and her chief representative(played by Richard Widmark) tries to scare him off, though he is unsuccessful, leading to a most dramatic and romantic end... Fine cast and direction, with compelling story and a truly haunting title song by Phil Collins make this a winner. Ending is truly bittersweet, yet there remains hope, and contains a classic closing scene...Not to be missed.

Jeff Bridges may have physically been in the best shape in his life in 1983/84 when he filmed Taylor Hackford's "Against All Odds", a dated, sometimes beautiful, but yuppyish crime drama starring provocative Brit Rachel Ward, rugged Bridges, and boyish James Woods. Yuppiness is in full display in a myriad of scenes and pervasive throughout the dialog. Who has the most money and toys wins with bad 80s haircuts - I guess that's the theme. The "thriller" aspect is poorly done - with laughable choreographed fight scenes occasionally sprinkled in. By far the best sequences in the movie are the international ones more so for the aged beauty of Mexico nearly 30 years before and with Ward and Bridges in their respective physical primes - like watching a travel plug-in. The script and dialog is clunky though with a bad 80's TV show feel thanks to the trapped music of the time and sometimes poor direction. Might be worth a view for nostalgia and the international scenes and locations. Movie was apparently a remake. Mixed at best.