this be al pacino first box office success of the 1980s . in 1983 and scarface come out and do not do much business the critic take a beating on it and pacino career suffer quite a deal throughout the decade cruising and revolution and and author . author . do not help much and either . sea of love transform everything for him . it be a success financially and ( somewhat ) critically and and it help him get more role in the 90 . look back now and in 2005 and it still hold up a entertainment and and sleazy entertainment at that and but the end be too routine and insulting and oh so typical of the genre while it the trick em at the end leg puller where the murderer be reveal to be the most stupid of character and you can not believe the film end on such a low note . the rest of it be actually pretty good . pacino delivers an unusual performance a a socially and sexually awkward cop who meet a murder suspect ( ellen barkin ) and fall for her and only to realize she may be target him next . basic instinct get away with copy a lot of this a couple year later and but i prefer sea of love . it erotic and sleazy and entertain without resort to cheap tactic like full frontal nudity . then again you do get to see ellen barkin naked and that never a bad thing . the movie focus on it character and and i like that . i just wish the end would have be up to par with the rest of the production . it an entertaining movie and but do not expect anything of substance .