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Cruising Reviews

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Based on murders that took place between 1962 and 1979 in New York city, Cruising follows the story of police detective Steve Burns (Al Pacino)as he tries to solve a number of brutal murder cases in the gay community. Cruising received a multitude of publicity when it was released due to the censorship row that surrounded it... Read more

Starring	Al Pacino, Paul Sorvino, Karen Allen, Richard Cox
Director	William Friedkin
Genres	Drama, Gay/Lesbian

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- Starting from a classic undercover premise (Pacino descends into Manhattan's SM gay underworld to track a psychopathic... read more on Time Out
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- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:20
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  - 1
  Nailing the Zeitgeist
  
  1980's 'Cruisin'' saw Al Pacino take a risky career move to play a straight cop plunged into the late 70's gay SM/Leather scene of New York ... read more »
  
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  - peter townsend
  - London, England
  - 16 Jan 2006 at 17:58
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  Not flattering to homosexuals
  
  THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS | Show review anywayHide
  
  If straight homophobic men were asked to picture a gay scene then this is what they would come up with: sexually deviant males all dressed either as the cop or ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 23 Nov 2011 at 09:34
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  So, so dated
  
  OK, it's a contemporary film of the time. But now, it just doesn't work. I rented this because I had vague memories of seeing it back when it was ... read more »
  
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  - Barnet
  - 01 Nov 2011 at 03:12
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  Still Cruisin'
  
  As dated as it may be it's still a good film. I only wish I was as young now as I was then when I first watched it.
  
  Excellent.
  
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- - Emjay69
  - 320 reviews
  - Kidlington, Oxford
  - 10 Sep 2011 at 16:47
- - 0
  - 0
  Cruz On By And Watch This Classic
  
  A classic film from 1980.
  
  Very enjoyable, even after seeing it quite a few times over the years.
  
  Time is now beginning to show with '... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 13 May 2011 at 19:29
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  - 3
  SO bad...
  
  Very little story, a cheap excuse to show many gay scenes and not even an ending. If you waste 90 minutes on this, you'll wish you hadn't. But it will ... read more »
  
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  - Redditch
  - 23 Jan 2011 at 20:55
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  a very good thiller!
  
  A very good thriller that focus on a segment of the gay community life. And with this in mind see a Al Pacino showing off his good acting.
  
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- - jpires
  - 7 reviews
  - Bournemouth
  - 19 Mar 2010 at 17:02
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  - 1
  Of it's day
  
  I suppose, knowing Al Pacino is in this (even although it is a VERY young Al Pacino) you know it is going to be slow and plodding - the way all Al Pacino fans ... read more »
  
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- - nikwak
  - 28 reviews
  - Staffin
  - 04 Feb 2010 at 14:19
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  - 0
  sex change
  
  Al Pacino had this way of portraying undercover cops. But then he also played Michael Corleone. Kind of gay film.
  
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- - juradino
  - 627 reviews
  - London
  - 09 Jan 2010 at 05:55
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  CRUISING
  
  Cruising is an intriguing thriller that keeps you guessing right after the credits have rolled. This ought to have been a classic film or is it? I thought I ... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 08 Jan 2010 at 17:44
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  Wow...Wasn't Expecting That
  
  As always Al Pacino dominates the screen in every shot you see, which isnt necessarily a bad thing. This film however shows how Pacino can do the darker ... read more »
  
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- - JokinglySerious
  - 7 reviews
  - Marlborough
  - 24 Oct 2009 at 12:23
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- - 10
  - 1
  Nailing the Zeitgeist
  
  1980's 'Cruisin'' saw Al Pacino take a risky career move to play a straight cop plunged into the late 70's gay SM/Leather scene of New York ... read more »
  
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- 194725
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  - peter townsend
  - London, England
  - 16 Jan 2006 at 17:58
- - 8
  - 1
  Contoversal in its day - but impressive.
  
  When this was first released it was lampooned by the oppressed gay 'community'.
  
  Gay life was very underground in the 80s and an unknown - ... read more »
  
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- - dougthom
  - 237 reviews
  - Brighton,UK
  - 30 Mar 2008 at 17:53
- - 6
  - 1
  Deliberately confusing?
  
  A very strange film, which starts off as a cop movie and tries to become a psychological study. The beginning seems quite clear, but gradually the film's ... read more »
  
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- - lividlili
  - London, England
  - 01 Jul 2005 at 16:53
- - 4
  - 0
  Dark disturbing Pacino at his early best
  
  HMMM. Cruising has Al Pacino in it so thought I would rent this out as never seen it before. It is a good detective murder film with Pacino as a police ... read more »
  
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- - Hollywilliam
  - 62 reviews
  - Liverpool
  - 05 May 2008 at 10:52
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  TOP FORM PACINO
  
  THIS IS A HIDDEN GEM FROM PACINO,GET IT NOW.
  
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- - henrywags
  - 11 reviews
  - Peterhead
  - 05 Sep 2008 at 10:03
- - 1
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  a very good thiller!
  
  A very good thriller that focus on a segment of the gay community life. And with this in mind see a Al Pacino showing off his good acting.
  
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- - jpires
  - 7 reviews
  - Bournemouth
  - 19 Mar 2010 at 17:02
- - 1
  - 0
  Not flattering to homosexuals
  
  THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS | Show review anywayHide
  
  If straight homophobic men were asked to picture a gay scene then this is what they would come up with: sexually deviant males all dressed either as the cop or ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 23 Nov 2011 at 09:34
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  Don't pass Cruising by!
  
  If nothing else, this 70s-style thriller is an invaluable slice of street-sleaze from NY's past infamy and thereby belongs beside Taxi Driver, King of ... read more »
  
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  - Harlow
  - 07 Dec 2008 at 23:51
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  Worth a watch
  
  An under-cover cop delves into the world of hardcore underground S&M clubs as gay men are being brutally murdered.
  
  As you can imagine this is a ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - England
  - 29 Jan 2009 at 13:59
- - 0
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  fantastic
  
  one of the best movies ever
  
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- - travis1
  - 23 reviews
  - Eastbourne
  - 21 Feb 2009 at 11:50

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  Based on murders that took place between 1962 and 1979 in New York city, Cruising follows the story of police detective Steve Burns (Al Pacino)as he tries to solve a number of brutal murder cases in the gay community. Cruising received a multitude of publicity when it was released due ...