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* AmbiguousEnding: A number of points are left ambiguous:
** [[spoiler: At the end of the film, Steve's girlfriend puts on Stuart's outfit (jacket, cap, sunglasses), which Steve has brought back to the apartment. Whether it suggests Steve intends to take up the killer's role and continue the killings, whether it suggests that Steve is already partially respondible for some of the killings, or whether he just wishes to explore his sexuality in the BDSM LGBTQ community is left up to the viewer.]].
** [[spoiler: When Stuart is arrested, the police state that they have his fingerprint on a coin left in a film booth from one of the killings, but Stuart protests his innocence. It is left up to the viewer to decide whether he committed the other murders that were explicitly shown in the film, or if another killer was responsible]].
** [[spoiler: Who was responsible for the murder of Ted (Steve's neighbour)? Was it Ted's boyfriend Gregory, enraged at Ted's interest in Steve? Was it Steve, enraged that Ted would not leave Gregory? Or was it another killer altogether?]]
** [[spoiler: Who was responsible for the dismembered body found in the water at the beginning of the film? The MO doesn't fit that of the murders shown on screen throughout the course of the film.]]
** [[spoiler: At the end of the film, Steve's girlfriend puts on Stuart's outfit (jacket, cap, sunglasses), which Steve has brought back to the apartment. Whether it suggests Steve intends to take up the killer's role and continue the killings, whether it suggests that Steve is already partially respondible for some of the killings, or whether he just wishes to explore his sexuality in the BDSM LGBTQ community is left up to the viewer.]].
** [[spoiler: When Stuart is arrested, the police state that they have his fingerprint on a coin left in a film booth from one of the killings, but Stuart protests his innocence. It is left up to the viewer to decide whether he committed the other murders that were explicitly shown in the film, or if another killer was responsible]].
** [[spoiler: Who was responsible for the murder of Ted (Steve's neighbour)? Was it Ted's boyfriend Gregory, enraged at Ted's interest in Steve? Was it Steve, enraged that Ted would not leave Gregory? Or was it another killer altogether?]]
** [[spoiler: Who was responsible for the dismembered body found in the water at the beginning of the film? The MO doesn't fit that of the murders shown on screen throughout the course of the film.]]
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* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: The NYPD have their suspect Skip Lee slapped around and threaten him in hopes that he'll confess to being the killer. It doesn't work (he was innocent too).
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* GayCruising: Naturally. The film is about an undercover cop embedded in New York's gay leather/BDSM subcommunity to catch a serial killer. The sexual activity happens within the leather/BDSM club, however.
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* GayCruising: Naturally. The film is about an undercover cop embedded in New York's gay leather/BDSM subcommunity to catch a serial killer. The sexual activity mostly happens within the leather/BDSM club, however.however, though gay men also are shown cruising for sex in Central Park.
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Al Pacino plays Steve Burns, a young cop who goes undercover in New York's leather/UsefulNotes/{{BDSM}} subcommunity to catch a serial killer. The film drew protests from many sides but notably the mainstream gay community. Many gays protested the filming and did their best to disrupt filming.
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Al Pacino plays Steve Burns, a young cop who goes undercover in New York's leather/UsefulNotes/{{BDSM}} subcommunity to catch a serial killer. The film drew protests from many sides but notably the mainstream gay community. Many gays protested the filming film and they did their best to disrupt filming.
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* AllGaysArePromiscuous: Played straight but for the location, time period, and particular sub-community, and ''especially'' at the Mineshaft, was largely TruthInTelevision.
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* AllGaysArePromiscuous: Played straight but for the location, time period, and particular sub-community, and ''especially'' at the Mineshaft, this was largely TruthInTelevision.
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* AmbiguouslyGay: Although Steve is portrayed as hetero, he tells Nancy "there's a lot you don't know about me" right before he embarks on his investigation in the leather bar underground. [[spoiler:He also had no problem with being tied up by a homosexual man, he suspected of being the killer]].
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* AmbiguouslyGay: Although Steve is portrayed as hetero, he tells Nancy "there's a lot you don't know about me" right before he embarks on his investigation in the leather bar underground. [[spoiler:He also had no problem with being tied up by a homosexual man, man he suspected of being the killer]].
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* BondageIsBad: It's even stated that the abnormal level of aggression around the gay subculture in the film is because they are into leather/kink. And whenever a character is tied up, there's a possibility they're with the killer.
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* BondageIsBad: It's even stated that the abnormal level of aggression around the gay subculture in the film is because they are into leather/kink. And whenever Whenever a character is tied up, there's a possibility they're with the killer.
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* BisexualLoveTriangle: Nancy is Steve's hetero, conformist life outside of the police. He becomes genuine friends with Tad, and if his boyfriend's jealousy is any indication, it was reciprocated. He also has a FoeYay subtext with [[spoiler:the possible killer.]]
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* BisexualLoveTriangle: Nancy is Steve's hetero, conformist life outside of the police. He becomes genuine friends with Tad, and if his boyfriend's jealousy is any indication, it was reciprocated. He also has a FoeYay subtext with [[spoiler:the possible killer.]]
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* BisexualLoveTriangle: Nancy is Steve's hetero, conformist life outside of the police. He becomes genuine friends with Tad, and if his boyfriend's jealousy is any indication, it was reciprocated. He also has a FoeYay subtext with [[spoiler:the possible killer.]]
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* CultSoundtrack: This movie represents the only film soundtrack work by the {{punk rock}} band the Germs. They recorded six songs for the film, of which only one, "Lion's Share", appeared. The cut "Shakedown, Breakdown" was written and recorded especially for the film by cult band Rough Trade.
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* CultSoundtrack: This movie represents the only film soundtrack work by the {{punk rock}} band the Germs.Music/TheGerms. They recorded six songs for the film, of which only one, "Lion's Share", appeared. The cut "Shakedown, Breakdown" was written and recorded especially for the film by cult band Rough Trade.
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* GayCruising: Naturally. The film is about an undercover cop embedded in New York's gay leather/BDSM subcommunity to catch a serial killer. The sexual activity happens within the leather/BDSM club, however.
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* CultSoundtrack: This movie represents the only film soundtrack work by the {{punk rock}} band the Germs. They recorded six songs for the film, of which only one, "Lion's Share", appeared. The cut "Shakedown, Breakdown" was written and recorded especially for the film by cult band Rough Trade.
