8MM
Respected but still waiting for a big break that will improve his professional status, Welles spends most of his time on routine cases involving unfaithful spouses and the like. But some 8mm footage of a young girl being sexually abused and slaughtered stirs his life as he decide to investigate the case...
23 March 1959, Miami, Florida, USA
6 January 1969, Hollywood, Florida, USA
14 April 1964, Newark, Ohio, USA
1 March 1976, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
29 April 1964, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
18 September 1961, Westwood, New Jersey, USA
7 June 1962, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
September 17, 2008
Poorly developed, 8mm is anything but a pretty picture.
December 06, 2005
Walker at least has a solid premise here. Too bad the script didn't find its way to another David Fincher who could understand it.
November 24, 2006
Director Joel Schumacher aims for a psychological depth that the script can't sustain.
June 14, 2004
Unpleasant.
July 21, 2005
Want to know what happens when an A-list director and A-list movie star attach themselves to a direct-to-cable screenplay? This.
July 22, 2008
A movie that keeps jumping the gate and finally unravels all over the floor.
August 07, 2004
An exploitation movie about an exploitation movie.
January 26, 2006
There's no faulting Cage's committed, intense performance, but his slide from professional, internalised concern into personal, self-righteous rage still leaves a nasty aftertaste.
July 23, 2007
Sets a new record for gross stupidity.
May 20, 2003
The repartee between Cage and Phoenix is the high point in the film, which otherwise made me want to go take a long hot shower.
September 17, 2008
I can't say I warmed to the results, but I was solidly held for the film's two hours.
April 09, 2005
It's pretty sad that a big star/big budget film about a gritty piece of life that should powerfully effect the viewer at the gut level fails so miserably.
