Off Limits

Off Limits (1987)

  • 50% of critics liked it
    (8 reviews)

  • 32% of users liked it
    (1,636 ratings)

Buck McGriff (Willem Dafoe) and Albaby Perkins (Gregory Hines) are military police from the army's Criminal Investigation Department assigned to find a serial killer in 1968 war-torn Saigon. Hookers have been ritualistically murdered, and the two cops spend their final days of active duty in the… More

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Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense
In Theaters
Mar 11, 1988 Wide
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Critic Reviews

  • Clint Morris, Moviehole

    An explosive picture! Dafoe is typically great

  • Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice

    The overseas setting of this whodunit fails to offset what is basically a lackluster story peopled by unsavory characters.

  • Brian Mckay, eFilmCritic.com

    A noteworthy detective thriller set against a Vietnam war backdrop. Dafoe and Hines investigate a slew of prostitute murders in Saigon.

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    The acting was flat, the story was trite, and the suspense was marginal.

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    Even though its set during the Vietnam war Off Limits is first and foremost a genuine cop thriller, set in a hellish environment torn apart through warfare, and an effectively disturbing portrait of the horrible issues caused by American soldiers outside of the battlefields. McGriff… More

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