Review of Cruising (1980) by Juuso L — 15 Jun 2009
The 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 and leather subcultures, today just as much as (probably) it did in the late 70s. I thought Al Pacino did a great job acting as a cop acting as a gay man (who likes to watch urine fetishists!), found the subplot of the drag queen victimized by policemen to be convincing and just as accurate today as it was potentially then.
It was as compelling as was any of the other great thrillers involving solving the mystery of a serial killer; in fact, I liked it better than many of the others in it's genre.
This review of Cruising (1980) was written by Juuso L on 15 Jun 2009.
Cruising has generally received mixed reviews.
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