Blu-ray Review – Partners

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From the "Who thought this was a good idea?" file comes 1982's "Partners," which looks at an odd couple relationship between two undercover cops, one heterosexual (Ryan O'Neal) and one homosexual (John Hurt), as they pose as a couple to help hunt down a possible serial killer targeting the gay community. A rare foray into feature-length filmmaking from legendary television director James Burrows, "Partners" takes a bad idea and spends 90 minutes pretending it's a good one, trying to dilute any ugliness by infusing the movie with enlightenment arcs that aren't the least bit credible. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com

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