8 Million Ways to Die

8 Million Ways to Die (1986) is a neo-noir crime thriller starring Jeff Bridges, and you can watch online on iFILM. Ex-cop Matt Scudder kills a man during a narcotics raid — then drowns the guilt in alcohol.

The job is gone, the marriage is over, and Scudder is white-knuckling his way through Alcoholics Anonymous when a woman walks up asking for help. The case pulls him back into a Los Angeles of dealers, call girls and dirty money, where every conversation could end with a drink or a bullet. Rosanna Arquette circles the wreckage, and a young Andy Garcia struts in as a smug, dangerous kingpin.

This was the final film from Hal Ashby, the director behind Harold and Maude and Coming Home, adapted from Lawrence Block's Scudder novel. It's grimier and looser than classic noir, and that's the point — the hero is fighting himself more than any killer. One for viewers who like their 1980s crime grubby and unglamorous. Stream 8 Million Ways to Die (1986) online on iFILM.