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Sea Of Love [DVD] [1990]
enlarge	Director: Harold Becker Actors: Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin, John Goodman, Michael Rooker, William Hickey Studio: Universal Pictures UK Category: DVD List Price: ~~£19.99~~ Buy New: £2.47 as of 22/11/2009 04:36 GMT details You Save: £17.52 (88%) New (19) Used (7) Collectible (2) from £2.46 Seller: selectcheaper Rating: 10 reviews Sales Rank: 8167 Format: PAL Language: English (Original Language) Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over Region: 2 Discs: 1 Number Of Discs: 1 Running Time: 113 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6 EAN: 5050582110425 ASIN: B0001IMCRK Theatrical Release Date: September 15, 1989 Release Date: March 29, 2004 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Editorial Reviews: Amazon.co.uk Review After a career slump that plagued him through most of the 1980s, Al Pacino made a stellar comeback in this taut 1989 thriller, playing a weary New York police detective who falls in love with the woman (Ellen Barkin) who is the prime suspect in the murder case he's investigating. Expertly written by Richard Price and directed by Harold Becker, the story is designed to keep its central characters (and the viewer) in a state of constant suspicion and arousal--an emotional combination that sends dangerous sparks flying between Pacino and Barkin. Their chemistry is intense, and their love scenes are some of the hottest of any movie of its decade. But ISea of Love/I is not merely concerned with cheap titillation. It's a riveting whodunit with scenes of nail-biting suspense and memorable dialogue that make it as interesting to listen to as it is to watch. Barkin had made a similarly sexy impression in IThe Big Easy/I, and here she gives one of the best performances of her underrated career, matching Pacino's excellence scene for scene. The ending's a bit of a letdown because the murder solution comes somewhat out of the blue, but it's the acting and suspense that you'll remember most--qualities that make ISea of Love/I one of the best films of its kind. I--Jeff Shannon/I

Customer Reviews: Showing reviews 1-5 of 10 1 2 Next » Pacino's Best Ever - Honestly March 8, 2004 Mr. Alfred A. Blackler (Crawley, West Sussex United Kingdom) 16 out of 17 found this review helpful From the opening scene - in which you see the 45 of 'Sea Of Love' playing and the first shooting - this film has you waiting and wondering just what will happen next.br Up steps Pacino in an almost typical down and out portrayal of a cop who just cannot accept things at face value, a sort of Columbo with style! br Falling for a potential suspect - the very sexy Ellen Barkin - seems an almost inevitable outcome from the moment you meet her, but it's the chemistry between the two, in bad times as well as good, that crackles across the screen and makes you sympathise with both characters.br Throughout the film, you start to suspect almost everybody, and even though you're half expecting someone to attempt to kill Pacino, it sill makes you jump out of your seat when it finally materialises!br And this film also has the best stand up sex scene in history as Pacino alternates between believing Barkin to be the killer to feeling compassion for her in the only way he can demonstrate!br Pacino is simply awesome in this role, whilst Barkin shows that she has a talent that has never truly blossomed. When she actually finds out that Pacino is a cop and that he's been using her, her expression would make you believe that she hadn't read the script and that she was really fooled!br There have been many other great Pacino performances, many of them giving him huge plaudits, but for me this is his finest of all. Absolutely sensational. Dangerous and Sexy Thriller March 2, 2003 1 out of 1 found this review helpful When Al Pacino, one of the greatest actors of our time, decided to return to movies after a long self imposed absence, he chose this Harold Becker thriller and simply exploded back into American cinema. A moody, pulsating score, a lonely city at night atmosphere, and the sexy Ellen Barkin helped to create an erotic and suspenseful thriller like no other.pSomeone is placing personals and killing men, leaving the old '45 "Sea of Love" playing at every murder scene. Pacino and his partner John Goodman decide to place their own personal and meet women, hoping one will be the killer. In steps Barkin, a single mom hotter and sexier than origional sin. Pacino doesn't follow procedure and can't eliminate Barkin as a suspect who answers the ad and we spend the rest of the film wondering if this mistake will cost him his life.p brA lot of this film is about mistrust and suspicion, and a very messed up Pacino, desperately lonely and trying to move on from his divorce. Barkin is dynamite, but may also be the killer. When Pacino discovers all the victims knew Barkin, things get evermore dangerous. In addition to the electricity between the two leads there is also a fine script and great support from minor players to create one of the most nail biting thrill rides of all time.br br One of the most erotic scenes in screen history takes place in a supermarket late at night as Sade's band instrumental "Siempre Hay Esperanza" from her Stronger Than Pride album plays sexily in the background. An exciting and shocking ending add to an already terrific thriller, making this a film you just have to own. Fantastic Thriller!!! April 7, 2003 AL Pacino (Quickly becoming my favourite actor), plays Frank Keller, a divorced cop who has to find a killer who is killing men in their bedrooms and are found naked. Al Pacino goes undercover with partner John Goodman to find the killer when Al Pacino starts dating a Suspect.pThis film has many twists and turns and leads you into believing something that turns out in the end to be completely wrong.pPacino gives a brilliant performance as the desperate but witty cop and has produced a underated classic. A steamy, genuinely suspenseful thriller January 26, 2006 Daniel Jolley (Shelby, North Carolina USA) 8 out of 9 found this review helpful Sea of Love is certainly a better than average steamy crime thriller, but it didn#x27;t really bowl me over. Pacino#x27;s very good, of course, and Ellen Barkin more than holds her own against him, but Pacino#x27;s character can become tiresome after a while, and what I regard as a pretty sizeable red herring thrown into your lap midway through the story makes the ending a little less dramatic. I#x27;m not saying the mystery is predictable #8211; it#x27;s just not that shocking of a surprise. pFrank Keller (Al Pacino) isn#x27;t exactly Steve McGarrett material when it comes to his career as a detective, mainly because the guy is basically pretty pathetic. His wife left him for another detective on the force, and he#x27;s not handling that very well #8211; drunken calls in the middle of the night to his ex-wife are not uncommon. The guy drinks like a fish all day and all night, whether he#x27;s on duty or not, he gets into serious shoving matches with other cops, and he spends more time getting under the skin of his fellow detective (and ex-wife#x27;s new man) than investigating the crime at the scene of the film#x27;s opening murder. Later on, he gets into a serious relationship with one of the murder suspects, which has to break a lot of rules in the old code of conduct. About all he gleans from the first murder is the fact that someone plugged a fat naked guy in the back of his head and that the killer was apparently a big fan of the song Sea of Love. Fortunately for him, a Queens detective (played by John Goodman) working on a similar case teams up with him on a two-man task force to find the mutual killer. The common thread linking the murders together is the fact that each victim had recently placed a poetic personal ad in the newspaper. Since no one seems to have bothered looking at any of the evidence too closely, Keller and Detective Sherman (Goodman) decide to place a similar ad in the paper, meet all of the women who respond, get their prints and compare them with those found at the murder scenes, and break the case wide open.pKeller meets Helen (Ellen Barkin) at one of these undercover dates. She blows him off early on, before she even comes close to leaving a fingerprint on anything. When they meet accidentally soon thereafter, though, a spark is lit, and the two are lovers before you can say Jack Sprat. Frank puts his feelings for Helen above his job, thereby leaving Helen hanging out there as a possible murder suspect. This is where all of the suspense comes in; is she or isn#x27;t she? The story zigs and zags both ways on the question, leaving the viewer in a measure of doubt until the very end. The whole thing turns into a weird love story for the most part, with Frank trying to avoid losing Helen even as he sometimes wonders whether she#x27;s the killer he#x27;s looking for. It is quite suspenseful, largely thanks to Ellen Barkin#x27;s very strong performance. The ultimate ending#x27;s a little weak, but that takes nothing at all away from the sustained mystery that will command your rapt attention all the way up to that point. pIt#x27;s not hard to see why the movie was so successful. It just goes to show what good acting and a reasonably strong script can do for a movie. There are probably two camps when it comes to the ending, I should note #8211; but it#x27;s not a hate it or love it thing. Some will not find it all that surprising, while others may feel as if it comes right out of left field. Either way, Sea of Love is a film that all fans of steamy thrillers can lose themselves in and, at the very least, come out feeling reasonably satisfied. SEX, VIOLENCE, BETRAYAL, MURDER, N.Y.P.D...it's all here! May 23, 2005 Shkandrij 3 out of 3 found this review helpful Although not Pacino's greatest film, he still delivers a brilliant performance here, as the cop who falls in love with a serial killer suspect. pThe storyline is ok, although not entirely original, is well thought through. Many people critizise the script, however I think they are rather good, definatley not sub-standard. pIt's probably (as another reviewer mentioned) a movie that you'd see late at night on Channel 5, but is that a bad thing? No. pThe sex scenes are...how should I put it...very pleasing, and although prolonged nudity is not shown, the 18 certificate should definatley not be taken lightley.pSo if your into erotic thrillers, great twists and brilliant acting...you'll find it right here and for the price...you should definatley buy this one.pFor other great Al Pacino movies, watch SCARFACE, CARLITO'S WAY and THE GODFATHER 1 2. Showing reviews 1-5 of 10 1 2 Next »

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