Rotten
What we're left with is a movie without the courage to declare itself.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Cruising
Al Pacino is Cruising for a killer.
1980 · 1h 42m · R
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
William Friedkin
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Cruising
Overview
When New York is caught in the grip of a sadistic serial killer who preys on patrons of the city's underground bars, rookie cop Steve Burns infiltrates the gay S&M subculture to try and lure him out of the shadows.
Director and cast
- William Friedkin Director
- Al Pacino as Steve Burns
- Paul Sorvino as Capt. Edelson
- Karen Allen as Nancy Gates
- Richard Cox as Stuart Richards
- Don Scardino as Ted Bailey
- Joe Spinell as Patrolman DiSimone
- Jay Acovone as Skip Lee
- Gene Davis as DaVinci
- Randy Jurgensen as Det. Lefransky
- Barton Heyman as Dr. Rifkin
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
50%
Tomatometer
Rotten
This detective melodrama has something to offend almost everyone.
Frank Rich, TIME Magazine
Rotten
What's left is the framework for a graphic, brutal, sickening film, without the violent effects that might have made sense (however illegitimate) out of the conception.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Rotten
Taking away the kissing, caressing and a few bloody killings, Friedkin has no story, though picture pretends to be a murder mystery combined with a study of Al Pacino's psychological degradation.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
Its gamy images inside the leather and S&M gay bars along the Greenwich Village waterfront are both busy and dark.
Jack Mathews, New York Daily News
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