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markham movie scene yniiiiikm suspense romance wont jell by ian bailey to call against all odds complex would be an understatement yet one would also be hard pressed to apply terms such as clarity suspense or passion to this rudimentary tale of romance and sus pense odds is a curious package a single bulky bundle wherein director taylor hackford abandons the corny simplicity of his last film an officer and a gentleman for a preoccupation with piling beautiful im ages atop baffling narrative complexity odds is a wouldbe thriller short of thrills and the compelling simplicity of the best of the genre hackford toys with the elements of a film noir in elegantly photographed settings in mexico and los angeles not surprisingly odds is based on a 1947 classic film noir out of the past the 80s remake is a tangled mass of plot twists moral ambiguities sex and the dar ker sides of the human spirit in shaping these elements hackford has created a film so inconsistent that its virtually three separate films parts of which work better than others in the first terry brogan jeff bridges a profootball player with a los angeles- based team learns about the powerful eco nomic interests tied to his sport after he is placed on waivers ashe struggles to get back in he becomes involved with the teams wealthy owner played by jane greer who was featured in out of the past a ruthless bookie named jake wise james woods emerges out of terrys past and coerces the athlete into going to mexico after his girlfriend jessie rachel ward who has stolen 50000 from him jessie is the team owners daughter the scene shifts to the lush beauty of the forests and beaches of the best parts of mexico and the most intriguing section of the film terry finds jessie but is dis tracted from his task by his own rebellious ness and his slowly emerging love for her when terry and jessie become involved in a gruesome murder amidst the chichen itza ruins in yucatan the scene shifts back to la where terry finds himself trying to get out of a mess involving his own past without being destroyed by jake and other deadly forces these three sections of the one film nev er really push it ahead to a satisfying con clusion as a whole though the first two sections manage to click together the third seems awkward and only serves to drag things out odds is so crammed with plot twists and turns that one undergoes a form of mental eyestrain in trying to follow them as well as the steamy love affair between terry and jessie in an officer and gentleman the sim plicity left richard gere and debra win ger room to rise above their material in odds bridges and ward do not so much rise as stumble mired in the plots ex cesses i j lj4sr 4j j m i yet at least these ftvrj are in the fore ground odds is a youth oriented film in the sense that the older performers from richard widmark to jane greer and alex karras fade into the background a perfectly tanned and styled bridges lends terry an inherent rugged toughness james woods infuses the ruthless bookie with a touch of the psychotic intensity he has displayed in previous films such as the onion field and david cronenbergs videodrome rachel ward who has moved through various degrees of woodeness in sharkeys machine dead men dont wear plaid and the thorn birds reaches her acting peak here its not that much of an accomplish ment markham baptist church 110 church street opposite high school pastor rev douglas sherwood sunday services 945 am bible school class for all ages 1100 am morning worship message our lords last week no 2 our lords last hiding place nursery and junior congregation provided always a warm welcome at markham baptist church jeff bridges amd rachel ward face danger and find ro mance during the twists and turns of the plot in against all odds currently playing at thornhill square wednesday march 7 1984 all entertainmen a weekly guide for your night orr the toronto high school for the performing arts though she overcomes the creaky awkwardness evident in other roles she is undermined by the postured passion of the film when she screeches out lines like cant anyone love me without it being life or death her lack of accomplishment is obvious though not a complete disaster the film is a jumble of indifferent fragments some compelling some impressive but many dull or at odds with the rest at the end one is left with a single ques tion what the devil was that all about the real problem here is that beneath the convoluted layers the answers are not that profound against all odds is playing at thornhill square maternally yours fr heronfiate ifl t barn theatre yft attona rd pickering v dinner theatre 1984 spring season of comedies crackers and cheese feb 24 mar 1 o here lies jeremy troy mar idapr 21 pardon me prime minister apr 27may 27 special thurs march 22nd m595 dinner show 1750 u for information and reservations please call 2940426 1984 spring program now available ask about ow flroup rale and lj ff i f sng p ogram 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