The reason for that question is because off limits is a wellcrafted movie, but i cannot think why anyone would want to see it. Buy moviesaigon off limits from amazons movies store. Off limits is a 1988 english film stars willem dafoe, christopher crowe, gregory hines, fred ward, amanda pays, scott glenn, keith david, christopher crowe, jack thibeau, alan barnette, michael s. When a prostitute is found murdered they discover that the prime suspects are high ranking u. Off limits r 1h 42min action, drama, thriller 11 march 1988 usa mcgriff and albaby are probably doing the worst law enforcement job in the world they are plain clothes u. Read the off limits plot and find out who is in the cast and crew at. With the assistance of nun sister nicole amanda pays, whose work has familiarized her with saigons seedier side, the two men soon discover a pattern.
Mar 26, 2017 off limits 1988 saigon detectives mar 26, 2017 aug, 2017 wolfmans cult film club 4 comments this is a very effective action packed buddy movie with quite the bizarre setting of war torn city of saigon in 1968. Willem dafoe, gregory hines, fred ward, amanda pays, scott glenn, kay tong lim condition. Off limits i saw it under the title of saigon was a film that really should have been a hit, it was. Buy movie saigon off limits from amazons movies store. However, their job becomes even harder when they start investigating the serial killings of local prostitutes. It was distributed by paramount pictures and was one of the last films veronica lake made under her contract with the studio. Off limits 1988 christopher crowe releases allmovie. Saigon is the missing vietnam film, a film i feel not many have actually seen since i never see it mentioned on the message boards out there in net land. Off limits is a fastpaced, suspense and frequently very violent thriller with a screenplay that is full of misleading twists, false leads and red herrings, like a legitimate and compelling. The best movie quotes, movie lines and film phrases by movie quotes.
With the vietnam war playing out in the background and the heat and debauchery of the countrys city, two army detectives. Feb 21, 2014 off limits 1953 mickey rooney full lenght comedy movie duration. Mar 11, 1988 turgid trash about slain saigon prostitutes. The term off limits referred to the area where the original crime took place, an area of saigon off limits to military personnel. Oh the peculiarity of the movie going human race is all i can say. The film marks willem dafoes second vietnam war movie. Saigon is a 1948 american film noir crime film directed by leslie fenton starring alan ladd and veronica lake. Slickly directed by christopher crowe, off limits presents saigon actually bangkok as a nighttime vision hung ubiquitously with neon lights in a cliched visual style. With willem dafoe, gregory hines, fred ward, amanda pays. While i have certainly never heard it spoken about when talk of vietnam films crops up. Saigon original one sheet poster film poster movie poster cinema poster size.
Off limits the term off limits referred to the area where the original crime took place, an area of saigon off limits. Off limits 1988 mcgriff and albaby are probably doing the worst law enforcement job in the world they are plain clothes u. Off limits, or saigon as it was originally named, is a 1988 actionthriller scripted and directed by christopher crowe. This only adds to my opinion that off limits is a diamond in the rough, an antiwar movie in the guise of a compelling crime thriller, carried by daring and the strength of its two male leads. Dennis washington, scott ritenour, crispian sallis, directed by. Unmysterious mystery should be off limits to anyone who likes a good story.
Plot buck mcgriff and albaby perkins are two american agents who have to travel to saigon to investigate some murdered prostitutes, killed by a soldier. The name of the film was changed to saigon or saigon. Jan, 2018 the bravados classic western, full movie, gregory peck, english free full western films duration. Willem dafoe, scott glenn, gregory hines, fred ward, amanda pays, kay tong lim, david alan grier, keith david, raymond oconnor.
Hookers have been ritualistically murdered, and the two cops spend their final days of active duty in the sleazy back alleys of saigon tracking down the killer in this military mystery. Off limits is a 1988 actionthriller film set during the vietnam war starring willem dafoe and gregory hines and directed by christopher crowe. Adult language brief nudity graphic violence not for children nudity profanity strong sexual content violence. Off limits aka saigon is a pulpy, but excitingly sweaty and grippingly searing little thriller made the even more relentless by its choice of exotic setting. Off limits citywide tries to freshen up the formula cop thriller by setting it in saigon, 1968, and making the cops members of the u. But off limits, which opens today at the baronet and other theaters, is an unexpectedly standard thriller. Off limits 1988 saigon detectives wolfmans cult film. Celebrity graves that are off limits to the public duration.
Hookers have been ritualistically murdered, and the two cops. Buck mcgriff willem dafoe and albaby perkins gregory hines are military police from the armys criminal investigation department assigned to find a serial killer in 1968 wartorn saigon. Saigon aka off limits original daybill movie poster willem. Off limits 1988 video detective movie trailers, game. Off limits is a film directed by christopher crowe with willem dafoe, gregory hines, amanda pays, fred ward, year. Hookers have been ritualistically murdered, and the two cops spend their final days of active duty in the sleazy back alleys of. Off limits 1988 plainclothes military detectives buck mcgriff willem dafoe and albaby perkins gregory hines arrive in saigon, vietnam, in 1968 to investigate a prostitutes murder. But in saigon, 1968, being a cop is crazy mcgriff and albaby are probably doing the worst law enforcement job in the world they are plain clothes u. The film marks willem dafoes second vietnam war film. Lenfer pour deux flics, willem dafoe pink shirt, gregory hines dotted. The essence of the period is captured some great, fitting soundtrack choices, everything moves at a cracking pace and danger seems to lurk around every corner.
Off limits when it was released throughout the rest of the world. Off limits trailer 1988 video detective movie trailers. Saigon as it was called when it came out in 1988, the change to saigon. This gun for hire and the glass key, both in 1942, the blue dahlia in. Off limits 1953 mickey rooney full lenght comedy movie duration. This is a very effective action packed buddy movie with quite the bizarre setting of war torn city of saigon in 1968. Glick, james newton howard, david gribble, douglas ibold, jane feinberg, mike fenton, judy taylor, j.
Two investigations officers search the wartorn streets of 1968 saigon for the killer responsible for the deaths of several prostitutes. Saigon, 1968 makes for a strictly off limits police action thriller. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Mcgriff and albaby are probably doing the worst law enforcement job in the world they are plain clothes u.
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