An undercover cop is sent to infiltrate the S&M gay community but the weird subculture starts to get to him the more time he spends there. A killer is targeting people and he has to find the man before more die. He wants out, but finally manages to accept his gig but is forever changed.
This movie can be a tough watch at times. Today you see an entire community that would have been decimated from AIDS only a few years later, but also it can just be gross. That said it's a super effective slasher / detective move with an extreme focus on reality and (for the time) accuracy in its presentation of what most people would have had no idea of.
Some people can't take how ambiguous it is, but that's partly why it works. You don't really know just what went on. How far did Pacino go? Did he start to like it? It's up to you and that may affect your final opinion. But it's well made and holds up, even if it can be icky in places.
This movie can be a tough watch at times. Today you see an entire community that would have been decimated from AIDS only a few years later, but also it can just be gross. That said it's a super effective slasher / detective move with an extreme focus on reality and (for the time) accuracy in its presentation of what most people would have had no idea of.
Some people can't take how ambiguous it is, but that's partly why it works. You don't really know just what went on. How far did Pacino go? Did he start to like it? It's up to you and that may affect your final opinion. But it's well made and holds up, even if it can be icky in places.