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| Universal Pictures | Release Date: January 31, 1986 |
Starring:
Donald Moffat, Donovan Scott, Dub Taylor, Holly Palance, Kurt Russell, M. Emmet Walsh, Margaret Whitton, Pamela Reed, R.G. Armstrong, Robin Williams
Summary:
A small-town loser determines to have one more shot at the big time by winning a football game.
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It's not always on target, but there's a spontaneity to the direction of Roger Spottiswoode of "Underfire," a loose, imaginative and screwy style. What holds it all together is the fine friendship between the two teammates, forged in the games men play, sapped by time, then rejuvenated in sweat and sport. [31 Jan 1986, p.23]
Robin Williams plays the main character with his usual air of repressed hysteria, and Kurt Russell is a good foil for him. But between the very funny beginning and the good-hearted finale, the story grows scattered and the tone is often ragged. [31 Jan 1986, p.23]
So, as we watch this movie go through its predictable paces, we also
watch two actors, one in character and one not. And that is an awful lot to
ask an audience to suffer through just to see Russell deliver another
dependable piece of work. [3 Feb 1986, p.C2]
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