Out of Bounds (1986)

User Rating:

5.0/10   

Director:

Richard Tuggle

Writer:

Tony Kayden (written by)

Release Date:

25 July 1986 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Thriller | Drama

Tagline:

Anthony Michael Hall is Daryl Cage. Eighteen years on an Iowa farm never prepared him for a summer in L.A.

Plot:

Farm boy Daryl Cage's parents ship him off to the big city to live with his brother, hoping he will have a better life there...

Plot Keywords:

Drugs | Murder | Police | Heroin | Sawn Off Shotgun

Cast

Anthony Michael Hall	...	Daryl Cage
Jenny Wright	...	Dizz / Darlene
Jeff Kober	...	Roy Gaddis
Glynn Turman	...	Lieutenant Delgado
Raymond J. Barry	...	Hurley
Pepe Serna	...	Murano
Michele Little	...	Crystal
Jerry Levine	...	Marshall
Ji-Tu Cumbuka	...	Lemar
Kevin McCorkle	...	Tommy Cage
Linda Shayne	...	Chris Cage
Maggie Gwinn	...	Mrs. Cage
Ted Gehring	...	Mr. Cage
Meat Loaf	...	Gil (as Meatloaf)
Allan Graf	...	Biker

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Australia:M | USA:R (certificate #28156)

Filming Locations:

Bakersfield, California, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

In an interview with Scott Cain of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (8-8-1986), Jenny Wright noted that the most difficult scene for her in "Out of Bounds" was the one in which Jeff Kober broke through a window and grabbed her around the neck from behind. She noted that it required a lot of concentration to keep the audience from realizing she was about to be attacked, even though she knew it herself.

Quotes:

Cop on Melrose: Are you aware of that crosswalk on the corner?
Daryl Cage: [nervous] Uhh, no.
Cop on Melrose: Take the shades off.
Daryl Cage: What?
Cop on Melrose: I said take the shades off.
[Daryl does as he is told. Cop stares at him. Daryl glances over to the squad car and finds his police composit sketch hanging]
Cop on Melrose: Don't let me catch you jaywalking again.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003)

Soundtrack:

WILD AND INNOCENT YOUTH

Fresh Off The Farm

Anthony Michael Hall is way Out of Bounds on a trip to Los Angeles. Fresh off the farm from Iowa, he picks up Jeff Kober's travel bag by mistake. Kober gets Hall's change of wardrobe and Hall gets over a million dollars in heroin.

I don't think Jeff Kober has ever played a good guy in any of the films or television shows I've ever seen him in. He's succeeded Lyle Bettger in playing a lovely variety psychotics and in this case he's one psychotic drug dealer looking for his stash.

Kober murders Hall's brother and his wife who Hall was staying with when he learns where he's staying and to top it all off, LAPD detective Glynn Turman is thinking Hall did the deed. Some trigger happy cops nearly kill Hall and he's off and running looking for the only other person he knows in Los Angeles, a waitress played by Jenny Wright who he met on the plane out from Iowa.

Farm boy Hall is in one hostile environment as he tries desperately to survive and clear himself.

Anthony Michael Hall was still in his brat pack period when he did Out of Bounds. He portrays the resourceful, but vulnerable Iowa kid very well.

But the acting honors of this film go to Jeff Kober. A really unsung and underrated performer, Kober always delivers the goods when he's a bad guy. In fact one day I'd like to see try doing comedy for a change.

Till then Kober will keep you on the edge of your seat when you watch him in Out of Bounds.