Out of Bounds is a 1986 American action crime neo noir thriller film directed by Richard Tuggle and starring Anthony Michael Hall.

[2] Out of Bounds stars Anthony Michael Hall portraying Daryl Cage, an Iowa farm boy whose parents send him to Los Angeles to live with his brother following their divorce.

The film was the idea of executive producer John Tarnoff, who wanted to make a "fish out of water" tale set in the Los Angeles club scene.

Tuggle worked on the script with Kayden, changing the hero from a Westchester, N.Y., kid interested in heavy metal to an Iowa farm boy.

A director is battling the studio, which is trying to spend less; the weather; mechanical problems on the set and other people's creative feelings, not to mention the crazy hours.

Hall said "The so-called Brat Pack is an invention of some journalist and I don't consider those people my peer group.

Siouxsie said, "We all appear in this club scene they're busy shooting at the moment, but they flew us over especially to do it, which is nice...We read the script and really liked it and then thought, 'Yeah, why not do it?'

When Michael took the part, I thought he understood the sort of character he was meant to play because the script made it clear.

George Deukmejian visited the set, Hall refused to make an appearance as long as any news teams were on hand.

Several days later, when an Entertainment Tonight unit arrived, he insisted they leave the set, even though they weren't scheduled to interview him.

Eyeing the young actor with obvious distaste, one crew member grumbled: “Gee, I wonder if he learned to do that in a movie magazine.”[1] "There's something about Michael that makes you like him and want to hug him," Tuggle said "but for some reason he seems bent on destroying that part of himself.

I considered advising him to play it ‘tangerine,’ but at 3 in the morning with a crew waiting to go home I figured to hell with it, just start shooting film.” The film performed poorly at the box office, and Hall's appearances on Saturday Night Live were not well received.

"[1] The film's soundtrack featured songs by Stewart Copeland & Adam Ant, Robert Berry, Night Ranger, Belinda Carlisle, The Smiths, The Cult, The Lords of the New Church, Sammy Hagar, and Siouxsie and the Banshees.

"[7] Caryn James of The New York Times wrote that the "film wants to be a realistic thriller, but it merely acts out kids' fantasies of heroism and adventure, with drugs and rock music thrown in for a contemporary twist.