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8 Million Ways To Die (1985)

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Jeff Bridges plays an LA sheriff who loses his job due to his inability to stay away from booze. While attending an AA meeting, Bridges is invited to attend a party, where he meets the beauteous Alexandra Paul. Also at the party is an old enemy of Bridges', druggie Randy Brooks. It doesn't take long for Bridges to figure out that Brooks is a pimp and Paul is one of his hookers. She begs Bridges to help her break away from Brooks. Not long afterward, Paul is killed, and Bridges crawls back into

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An oddly-paced work that is sometimes a thriller and sometimes a love story, succeeding at neither.

October 31, 2007 Full Review Source: Variety | Comment
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How did Eight Million Ways to Die commit suicide? Let us count the ways.

May 21, 2003 Full Review Source: New York Times | Comment
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Too bad that the gifted director Hal Ashby (Last Detail, Shampoo) ended his career with such a sleazy thriller that even the reliable and appealing Jeff Bridges can't salvage.

August 8, 2011 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | Comment

Considering the major talents involved here, one would expect to find something more than a run-of-the-mill crime thriller.

October 31, 2007 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | Comment
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What happened? With Ashby, Bridges, Arquette and a script co-written by Oliver Stone, you expect the result to be better than a long drawn-out episode of The Equalizer.

January 26, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out | Comment
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Could this be one of the 80's most overlooked films? It has everything a cheesy 80's action/thriller should have, it's pretty edgy too with violence and colourful language. It should have a cult following at least but alas, I guess it just wasn't publicised very well but then to be fair, it's not going to appeal if you

October 13, 2011
SirPant

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An 80s favorite of mine with a great cast with among othersJeff Bridges, Rosanna Arquette, Randy Brooks and Andy Garcia.

December 2, 2010
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