Rating: R
Genre:
Romance
Release Date: 11/09/1999
SubTitles: English/Espanol/KO/TH
Dubbed: English
Sound: DDS2.0/DD4.0
Run Time: 122 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Nudity, Not For Children, Profanity
Distributor/Studio: Columbia TriStar
A remake of
Jacques Tourneur's
noir classic
Out of the Past (1947), in this version a labyrinthine web of corruption touches on the world of pro football. When an injury-riddled body causes pro football player
Terry Brogan (
Jeff Bridges) to be cut by his team,
Jake Wise (
James Woods), a shady gambler friend, hires him to locate his spoiled, erratic girlfriend
Jessie (
Rachel Ward).
Terry's attempt to glean
Jessie's whereabouts from the girl's coldly aristocratic mother (
Jane Greer) leads to a lucrative counteroffer to keep
Jessie away from
Jake if he finds her. After refusing,
Terry heads for scenic Cozumel, where he eventually runs down the stunning young woman. A mutual attraction quickly develops and the pair are less than eager to return to California. Painfully,
Terry tells
Jessie about his involvement in a betting scandal which has put him under
Jake's control. Meanwhile
Jake, who is angered by the delay, senses that something is going on, and sends
Terry's conditioning coach,
Sully (
Alex Karras), to find the couple. When he finally locates them, sweatily making love in a Mayan temple, tragedy ensues, spinning the ill-fated
Terry into a world of boundless deceit and corruption.
~ Michael Costello, All Movie Guide
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