Al Pacino, Don Scardino, Ed O'Neill
A New York City cop goes undercover in New York's gay community to catch a serial killer.
DVD Release Date: September 18, 2007
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September 30, 2009A decent 'cop goes undercover and possibly goes mad' film with a gay theme. It?s full of suspense and intrigue but it is a little confusing towards the end. Good performances by Pacino & Sorvino and great direction by Friedkin.
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September 17, 2009Nice cinematography and unearthly musical score but the plot seems a little piecemeal and doesn't quite pull together. Worth a look nonetheless.
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July 12, 2009Highly controversial in it?s time, both in subject matter and portraying the Gay scene and Leather scene in a bad light. It?s very much a film way ahead of it?s time.
Partially based on true events and a real-life undercover cop situation, the film is of interst on many level...( read more) -
June 22, 2009I can certainly see why people would have found this controversial thirty years ago - the film doesn't do all that much to dispel the stereotype that gay men are Deviant, Evil, Leather-Wearing Perverts. Sure, there's sweet, beatific Ted, friend to Al Pacino and chaste hard-workin...( read more)
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September 8, 2008This might need a rewatch, i mean, if the ending is what is suppose to be then this movie goes from serious to silly quite fast.
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July 19, 2009Sounds like an interesting movie to see. I am sure for it's time it was and still may be a veery controversial movie. Look at the contoversy over the movie..."Brokeback Mountain":. I very much enjoyed the movie, I think one has to keep an open mind when viewing certain movies...( read more)
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June 16, 2009The Germs did a few songs for the soundtrack, and "Lion's Share" is one of my favorite Germs songs. Gay activists protested this when it came out, because it supposedly gave the community a bad image. However, I thought it did a fairly accurate portrayal of the community's drag a...( read more)
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June 15, 2009A truly horrifying and creepy experience. Definitely not a film for everyone.
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May 5, 2009nothing like a straight cop going undercover in the new york gay leather scean to catch a serial killer...all set in 70's too!
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