Cruising
A truly creative and confusing movie, but one that had me on the edge of my seat for most of the runtime.
<PERSON> isn’t really the greatest choice for this role, but you can see how he would be attracted to the part. My biggest shock is how much the movie gets away with showing, even with the infamous “40 deleted minutes”.
<PERSON> puts together a real thriller, and he does a great job of confusing the issue and the identities. Ending the movie on a few heartbreaking moments (discovery of mental illness, coerced confessions, <PERSON>’s fate) is a great choice. And it’s made even better by the rug-pull of the ending.
Whether a serial killer is on the loose, or a few, or a series of crimes of passions by copycats… romance is dead but passion is murder.
I’ll probably adore this movie on an eventual rewatch 217