Review of Out of Bounds (1986) by Dave Kehr for Chicago Reader — 12 May 2005
None of it is very convincing, thanks to Tuggle's shaky storytelling: on the one hand, he sets up his plot twists with such elephantine emphasis that the payoffs are invariably anticlimactic; on the other, he relies constantly and shamelessly on the most outre coincidence.
Still, the action scenes do have a certain punch and vigor, and there are a few fresh, offbeat views of the City of Angels. Part of the point of the project seems to be to prove that Hall can “act” (as if his comic roles were something else), and he does move honorably if not remarkably through a mumbling Method performance.
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This review of Out of Bounds (1986) was written by Dave Kehr and published by Chicago Reader on 12 May 2005.
Out of Bounds has generally received mixed reviews.
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