5.6
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Against All Odds (1984)
Against All Odds (1984)
Overview
Having been cut from his professional football team, down-and-out athlete Terry Brogan is in desperate need of money. Crooked nightclub owner and bookie Jake Wise offers Terry a hefty sum to go to Mexico and find his girlfriend, Jessie Wyler. Terry cannot turn the offer down. When Terry locates Jessie, the two fall in love. Terry reports that he failed to find her, but Jake sends someone else. Terry and Jessie's love must endure unexpected twists.
Starring Cast
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Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Viewer Rating
5.6
Overview
Having been cut from his professional football team, down-and-out athlete Terry Brogan is in desperate need of money. Crooked nightclub owner and bookie Jake Wise offers Terry a hefty sum to go to Mexico and find his girlfriend, Jessie Wyler. Terry cannot turn the offer down. When Terry locates Jessie, the two fall in love. Terry reports that he failed to find her, but Jake sends someone else. Terry and Jessie's love must endure unexpected twists.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film explores corporate corruption as a backdrop for a personal thriller, but its emphasis on individual action and personal relationships, rather than advocating for systemic change or a specific political ideology, results in a neutral rating.
The movie features a predominantly white cast without explicit DEI-driven casting choices. Its narrative focuses on a romantic thriller plot, offering no critical portrayal of traditional identities or explicit engagement with DEI themes.
Secondary
The film 'Against All Odds' does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes within its narrative. The story focuses exclusively on heterosexual relationships and a crime plot, resulting in no portrayal of queer identity.
The film 'Against All Odds' (1984) does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The plot focuses on a former football player hired to find a gangster's girlfriend, with no elements related to transgender identity present in the narrative.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
This film is a remake of "Out of the Past" (1947). All major characters in "Against All Odds" retain the same gender as their counterparts in the original film.
The 1984 film "Against All Odds" is a remake of the 1947 film noir "Out of the Past." A review of the main characters and their portrayals in both films reveals no instances where a character canonically established as one race in the original was depicted as a different race in the remake.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
5.9
5.7
Critic Ratings
6.4
4.2
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