OFF LIMITS

In 1968, Sergeant First Class Buck McGriff and Sergeant First Class Albaby Perkins are two joint services Criminal Investigation Division (CID) agents on duty in war torn Saigon. When a prostitute is found murdered they discover that the prime suspects are high ranking U.S. Army officers. As they investigate they find that there have been a string of at least six murders in the last year, but the previous inquiry was shut down from higher up the chain of command. Investigations lead them to Colonel Dexter Armstrong, but Armstrong rules himself out of inquiries by committing suicide. With the help of a French nun Sister Nicole and their non-commissioned officer in charge, Master Sergeant Dix, they finally close in on their target. As their investigation leads them closer and closer to the murderer, they find their lives are in danger.

The investigation leads McGriff and Perkins to conduct an interview in a Viet Cong tunnel base, where they discover that their own NCO is the killer.

The ending reveals the killer was hiding in plain sight within the investigators' own ranks, underscoring the film’s themes of mistrust and the moral murkiness of war. By resolving the case in such a confined, dangerous setting, the film suggests that corruption and violence are not just external threats, but can stem from within the very systems meant to protect. The twist lands as a commentary on the cost of loyalty and the dangers of institutional cover-ups.