An entertainingly good detective movie with a gay undercurrent, neither of which are truly fleshed out but the potential was there.
Knowing the killer from the beginning which was reminiscent of the US tv show Columbo did this film no favours, leaving the viewer with no real tension, no did he / didn't he debates or build up which made the killers assertions of innocence towards the end meaningless.
Our veteran cop plays the tortured soul well, dealing with family problems at home while coming to turns with feelings for the new, very handsome, male rookie on the team but there didn't feel as if there was enough of it. Again no believable progression or consequences (until the very end) of this hidden and 'forbidden love' for the 80's when this movie was is set.
The ending hasn't really sunk in yet if I believed it was a good pay off - it could have gone any of a number of ways but for 'evil' to win over love? Hmmmmm I don't know, at least it didn't go a Happily Ever After, skipping off into the Hollywood credits ending I guess.
The soundtrack is wonderfully 80's which is why I gave this 6* movie an extra point.
Review of Death in Buenos Aires
