8 Million Ways to Die

Name: 8 Million Ways to Die
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime
Released: April 25, 1986
Duration: 115 min
Rating: 29
Cast: Alexandra Paul, Andy Garcia, Christa Denton, Jeff Bridges, Lisa Sloan

1986

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TriStar Pictures | Release Date: April 25, 1986 | R

Starring: Alexandra Paul, Andy Garcia, Christa Denton, Jeff Bridges, Lisa Sloan, Luisa Leschin, Randy Brooks, Rosanna Arquette, Vance Valencia, Wilfredo Hernández

Summary: Scudder is a detective with the Sheriff's Department who is forced to shoot a violent suspect during a narcotics raid. The ensuing psychological aftermath of this shooting worsens his drinking problem and this alcoholism causes him to lose his job, as well as his marriage. During his recovery through Alcoholics Anonymous, he meets aScudder is a detective with the Sheriff's Department who is forced to shoot a violent suspect during a narcotics raid. The ensuing psychological aftermath of this shooting worsens his drinking problem and this alcoholism causes him to lose his job, as well as his marriage. During his recovery through Alcoholics Anonymous, he meets a mysterious stranger who draws him back into a world of vice. In trying to help this beautiful woman, he must enter a crime-world of prostitution and drugs to solve a murder, while resisting the temptation to return to his alcohol abuse.… Expand

Director: Hal Ashby

Genre(s): Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 115 min

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Aaron Aradillas

It’s a fine swan song for Ashby. Read full review

Bilge Ebiri

The plot doesn’t make much sense, but the film is filled with lovely little moments courtesy of Bridges, who brings a casualness to this character that feels right. Read full review

Rita Kempley

The movie's a mixed bag, probably because the script was written by drug-traffic expert Oliver Stone of "Scarface" and "Midnight Express" and David Lee Henry of "The Evil Men Do" on the one hand, and directed by sensitive guy Hal Ashby of "Harold and Maude" and "Coming Home" on the other. It's an unhappy hybrid, a valiant but impractical attempt to upgrade the genre. [25 Apr 1986, p.27]

Paul Attanasio

The movie is one of those can't-miss projects that, uh, misses...Altogether, this is about the most listlessly paced thriller you could imagine: Ashby's penchant for letting his actors improvise just results in endless dithering; and the image is weirdly flat -- the movie's shot almost entirely in profile. Actually, there aren't just 8 million ways to die -- now we know there are 8 million and 1. [25 Apr 1986, p.D2]

Sheila Benson

8 Million Ways to Die is a ponderous, convoluted improbability, with more inexplicable actions and situations than "The Big Sleep," which is the last time those two films will ever be mentioned in the same sentence. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

Considering the major talents involved here, one would expect to find something more than a run-of-the-mill crime thriller. In a sense one does, for 8 MILLION WAYS TO DIE is a paralyzingly inept film. Read full review

Walter Goodman

HOW did Eight Million Ways to Die commit suicide? Let us count the ways. Read full review

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