Against All Odds Page #5

Synopsis: Terry Brogan, an aging football player in L.A., is cut early in the season; he needs money, so he takes a job from a shady friend of his, Jake Wise, to track down Wise's girlfriend, Jessie, who's somewhere in Mexico. She's also the daughter of a very wealthy land developer, who owns Terry's team. He heads for Cozumel, finds Jessie, and promptly falls in love with her. He thinks it's mutual, then without warning, she heads back to L.A. and Jake. What's going on with her, and what's the connection between Jake's hold on Jessie and the various politicians, lawyers, and environmentalists who seem to be converging on some sort of land deal? Terry keeps looking for answers.
Director(s): Taylor Hackford
Production: Columbia Pictures
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.9
Metacritic:
42
Rotten Tomatoes:
67%
R
Year:
1984
128 min
1,069 Views


- Enough!

I'm sorry.

Hold it!

You're old and tired...

...you're not out of your mind too?

Hank, come on.

This is Terry, man!

You don't know him, Terry!

Just let me take her back with me.

Who's gonna hurt her? Wise?

He worships her.

Back off, Sully!

Goddamn you, Terry!

She's worthless!

Come on, Terry.

You're no good at this.

It was easy to find you.

Mexico City, Cuernavaca.

I was breathing down your neck

and you didn't know it.

Come on, Terry.

I'm taking her back!

Son of a b*tch!

Damn it, Sully!

Go on and get it, Terry!

Stop it!

Get off him!

You jackass!

Stop!

- Come on, Terry.

- Okay, stop.

Shut the f*** up!

Back off, Sully.

Get away, please!

See what you've done?

Give me that f***ing gun.

He grabbed the gun.

I couldn't help it.

Let's get out of here.

He's not dead!

He will be, Terry.

There's no one to help him.

She's right.

Maybe I'll stop bleeding.

What do you think?

Sure. Sure.

You're full of sh*t, Brogan.

- We gotta do something...

- Do what?

Take him to a Mexican jail?

Are you crazy?

It's not our fault.

We can explain!

We can't, Terry! Let's just get out!

Let's go. Let's run!

This isn't something

we can run from!

Oh, God! You're so innocent!

You just don't understand! Do you?

Come on, Sul, hang in there.

Bury me here, Brogan.

Forget that sh*t, will you?

What are we doing down here?

Oh, God. Jess, no!

La senorita!

Give it to me.

All right, I'm not spiking.

Nice. You playing with

your high heels on?

Impressive!

Now see, if I like a guy and it looks

like I'll never see him again...

...I don't worry. You know why?

Because I always get lucky.

Thanks, honey.

You're working up a sweat.

That's good.

I love sports, Terry.

You know that.

An Outlaws game is starting.

Tommy, head into town. Call me

after the games, okay?

So did you notice?

I'm walking without a limp.

You got your life together, Jake.

I'm impressed.

You know, Ter, there's

never just one game.

There's always a whole

mess of them.

Like life.

You get hit hard by one...

...you get blessed

by a couple of others.

You still like football?

I love the game, myself.

Business and pleasure.

You got a new conditioning coach.

Did you know that?

Sully's gone.

When are you going to tell me?

What happened down there?

I decided it was a sh*t job.

So you just walked away?

You still looking for her?

Didn't you find her yet?

It's none of your business.

You didn't finish the job, so I

don't owe you the money.

I figure you just came over to

say we're still friends.

Tell me I'm right?

I just wanted to tell you to eat it.

That's nice.

You have something on me?

You hang me, you hang yourself.

Go to hell.

It's not that easy, Terry.

There's others involved.

It's just not you and me.

If you want to play football...

...there's something you gotta do.

Another job.

It's gonna help both of us.

You didn't hear me, did you?

It's finished with us.

Don't you feel you owe me

a little something?

She look great, or what?

Christ, would you look

at that defense?

The whole team's out

of shape without Sully.

Sully is missed.

I can tell you that.

Don't leave. Stay and watch

the game, man.

If you want...

...you can even place a bet.

Some other time.

There's a party at the Palace

tomorrow night.

You'll hear some good music.

And I'll tell you all about that job.

This is something you've got to do.

Because your career's all

you got now, my friend.

So I'll expect you, right?

Hey, get out of there!

Get out!

Get out of there!

Have you been all right?

Wait till I get my wind back.

Get your dog out.

Come on, Sam.

I think about you.

I think about you too, lady.

Let's leave it at that, huh?

Understand who I am.

Someone's always been

there to take care of things.

You weren't able to handle

Sully. I had to come back.

It was either Jake or my mother.

And I couldn't go to her.

Terry, he knows about Sully.

What's he know?

What did you tell him?

Terry, he could hurt us.

You mean he could hurt me.

Do what he wants

and finish it with him.

Are you scared for me, Jess?

You know, I've been down

there looking for you.

I came back hoping somebody might

know something. I was worried.

You came back to this f***.

I love you.

Oh, yeah, I noticed.

Todd, how you doing?

Let's go upstairs and talk some

football.

- You're here to watch the show.

- Catch me when I'm in the mood.

Hang out at the bar.

You want to talk, maybe

Tommy will listen.

He never writes anything down.

I don't even know if he can write.

I don't trust...

Watch you mouth when you

talk about Tommy. Do you hear me?

Now if not, okay, go play your

money someplace else. Go on.

I'll be in the bar.

He'll be at the bar.

How are you?

Nice to see you.

Glad you showed up.

That's nice.

Came to get your stink off.

I'm not the one who blew this

friendship, okay?

- Where's Jessie?

- She stayed home. She's upset.

I don't know what it could be.

- I think you've got a lot of friends.

- Go mingle with them.

Tommy, show Terry to his table.

Talk to you later.

I want something in return.

I want a catalogue

on Bob Marley.

Everything, all the records.

And I want live concerts.

Listen, if I ask him to...

You heard about this band?

It's supposed to be great.

What are you doing here?

If you have something to say,

say it and get out.

This guy looks familiar. Why?

Listen, smart ass,

just get out of here.

Go ahead.

- Friend of yours?

- Go ahead.

This guy the show?

Sit down!

You're such a prick.

Thank you!

Well, the good news is that some of

my best friends are here.

The bad news is,

the rest of you are here.

It's a good thing I'm in music

instead of comedy.

A great act tonight,

straight from my hometown.

Where's my hometown?

Nueva York, New York City.

The Big Apple.

Rotten to the core, as tonight's

group will aptly demonstrate.

They think of themselves

as tropical gangsters...

...Kid Creole and the Coconuts.

Planning Commissioner Soames.

Dealing with politicians.

I'm a top sports accountant.

Soames has been a client

for a long time.

I only deal with uptown people.

Like this guy I'm sitting with?

Kirsch? This job I have for you...

...it's got to do with Kirsch.

You're really coming up in the world.

Lawyers, politicians.

I've done business

with Kirsch for a long time.

Yeah. Sully too.

Sully kept me up on injuries.

Kirsch let me know...

...what players wouldn't be renewed.

I had it great.

It's a shitty business, Jake.

Well, it's a shitty world.

You see, Kirsch and Sully fixed a

game behind my back.

Kirsch placed what I thought

was an off-the-wall bet.

But when he won big...

...I paid the cocksucker.

He figured when I lost Jessie,

I was ripe for being screwed.

Must be an epidemic.

- How'd you find out?

- Your friend...

...Sully.

Kirsch, the son of

a b*tch, cheated Sully.

He figured there would be

some money telling me about it.

Poor f***ing Sully.

I'd like to kick the sh*t

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Eric Hughes

Eric Hughes (born (1950-10-17)17 October 1950) is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, and coach of the 1980s and 1990s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, and England, and at club level for Widnes, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, St. Helens, and Rochdale Hornets, as a wing, centre, or stand-off/five-eighth, i.e. number 2 or 5, or, 3 or 4, or 6, and coached at club level for Widnes, Rochdale Hornets, St. Helens, Leigh, and Wigan Warriors. He unwittingly added confusion to the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs team as he was unrelated but played at the same time as the three Australian Hughes brothers Garry, Graeme, and Mark. more…

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