"Cruising" bruises...
Though, personally, I would have preferred more iconoclastic, explicit limit-pushing (Pacino does not so much as kiss another man), this is my one qualm with this excellent, delightfully ambiguous (in all relevant respects) film that plays like an Italian Giallo. The work is more nihilistic than homophobic, and actually garners sympathy for the killer's supposedly aberrant victims (who are often eclipsed in depravity by the "straight" police). Pacino gives a great, uncharacteristically (and appreciably) subtle performance, and the director forces the audience to think (and provides them no easy answers). This gritty film "comes" highly recommended!