Underplayed Gems

Hard (1998)

Hard poster
Directed by
John Huckert
Genre
drama film, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 42m
Rated
R
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 19 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young gay detective faces homophobia from his coworkers and frustration with police inaction as he hunts a serial killer targeting young male prostitutes. The story becomes a twisted power struggle between the detective and the killer, mixing domination and vulnerability.

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What happens

est un film américain réalisé par John Huckert, sorti en 1998. En butte à l'homophobie de ses collègues et face à l'incurie de la police à résoudre les meurtres de jeunes prostitués retrouvés torturés, Vatès, un jeune détective, part à la recherche de ce mystérieux tueur qui parsème les terrains vagues de corps décharnés. Se posant comme une lutte d'influence, mêlée de domination et de tendresse, entre un jeune flic et un tueur, tous deux gays, Hard est un polar complexe, malsain et violent versant dans le bondage, la torture et l'humiliation. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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