Film1980102 min

Cruising

Name: Cruising
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Released: 1980
Duration: 102 min
Cast: Al Pacino, Karen Allen, Paul Sorvino, Richard Cox, Don Scardino

Taste attributes: crimedramamysterythrillerdetectivegay/lesbianunsavouryheavyrealisticintricateenclosedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshipfighting evilfish out of water/culture clashrescue/escape/jeopardysolving the riddle/not as it seems

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"Al Pacino is Cruising for a killer."

Boxlist takeHeavy and intimate: an intricate crime thriller, dark rather than wholesome. Best if you like close-up stories over spectacle.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: intricate · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: very confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

Quality rating

6.5 /10

TMDB · 299 votes

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Intricacy: Smart / intricate, just how this profile likes it
Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it

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Synopsis

A serial killer brutally slays and dismembers several gay men in New York's S&M and leather districts. The young police officer Steve Burns is sent undercover onto the streets as a decoy for the murderer. Working almost completely isolated from his department, he has to learn and practice the complex rules and signals of this little society.

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