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DVD ~ Nicolas Cage
3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (27 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Nicolas Cage, Joaquin Phoenix, James Gandolfini, Peter Stormare, Anthony Heald
  • Directors: Joel Schumacher
  • Writers: Andrew Kevin Walker
  • Producers: Joel Schumacher, Gavin Polone, Jeff Levine, Joseph M. Caracciolo, Judy Hofflund
  • Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Colour, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
  • Language English
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: R (Restricted) (US MPAA rating. See details.)
  • Studio: Columbia TriStar
  • DVD Release Date: 14 Sep 1999
  • Run Time: 123 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: 0767821823
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 31,357 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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This thoroughly unpleasant thriller from the hands of Joel Schumacher (Batman and Robin) offers very little in its lurid tour of snuff films and the seedy pornographic underworld. A wooden Nicolas Cage stars as a private detective hired by a tycoon's widow, who discovers in her dead husband's safe some 8mm footage of a young girl being sexually abused and slaughtered. Cage's job is to determine the veracity of the film and to find out the girl's identity, whether she be alive or dead. What could have been a taut, nerve-jangling thriller is instead a lumbering, overwrought but underwritten tale of vigilante justice. Screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker also penned the imaginative and compelling Seven but you wouldn't know it from this tired and monotonous script. Schumacher tries for echoes of both The Silence of the Lambs and Paul Schrader's Hardcore (which stars George C. Scott as a father trying to find his daughter in the seedy porn industry) but despite some slick camerawork, the film fails to draw the audience into either the mystery of the missing girl or Cage's supposed internal conflicts. It's not so much the unsavoury subject matter as it is the sloppy and unimaginative filmmaking that makes the movie unbearable. Of the entire cast only Joaquin Phoenix, as a charismatic goth boy who works at an adult book store, comes away with a memorable performance. --Mark Englehart

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Gratuitous? Yes. Unnecessary?No, 31 Jul 2003
This review is from: 8MM [DVD] [1999] (DVD)
I'm shocked. No really, I am. Why oh why could you not like this film? Schummacher's commentary on the extras is excpetional (comparing snuff movies to genocide is a wonderfully succinct analogy), and Cage is, well, outstanding.
His mental collaspse as he moves deeper into the macabre world of s n m is a cliche, but excellently handled. The film also has a quite wonderful ending, building up to a climax, and then intentionallly descending into bathos. The use of Aphex Twin for the soundtrack is also an excellent choice.
Granted, some of the scenes are just gratuitouts when they could be artistic, especially the crucifixtion, but such subject matter dictates that this could happen. With Scummacher at his portentous best, it's hardly suprsing that this occurs.
This may seem more like a case for the defence than a review, but see it for yourself and decide.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Performace from Nicholas Cage, 27 Jan 2006
By vickyt "victoria5424" (Chelmsford,Essex,UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: 8MM [DVD] [1999] (DVD)
Have to say thought this film was a bloody good watch, theres one part which just makes you look the other way but after watching so many films which I have found a let down Im glad I bought this, Nicolas Cage and J.Phoneix (which also seem to be in a few good films )where good to watch, good storyline, I would recommend this film to anyone who likes a good thriller, not really for the faint hearted.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Exciting, thrilling and a very disturbing film., 20 April 2000
This review is from: 8MM [VHS] [1999] (VHS Tape)
My brother had borrowed this film off one of his friends and had casually placed it in the living room for me to watch. I had no idea what the film was about.

It woke me up! Plenty of action, with Nicholas Cage approaching the dark seedy underworld and its very disturbing contents.

I recommend this film to all people. I would warn people to use common sense and strong disgression as to which audiences will be watching the film. Some people will find it very hard going.

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4.0 out of 5 stars 8mm
Caught this DVD in a cheap bin and pleased with the outcome. Good story and well acted by the males.
Published 6 months ago by Bryan Cloake

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Good Easy Watching Thriller
I love dark movies and this was definately dark. Cage plays a private detective who is hired by a rich women, who finds a movie owned by her dead husband, which shows a girl being... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Ms. Ceilidh Lipp

1.0 out of 5 stars Go to bed 2 hours earlier, your dreams will be more entertaining
I can't believe I've seen this film twice and I had forgotten how pointless and benign it was. If it's classified as a thriller, forget it - there are no thrills. A mystery? Read more
Published 20 months ago by OEJ

3.0 out of 5 stars Does not deserved the slating it is getting here
Having read the negative reviews, I am quite surprised.

This is a workmanlike mystery where we see how with determnation and bluff, Cage's character puts all the... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Paul T Horgan

3.0 out of 5 stars a good film
8mm is a film that deals with the taboo of snuff movies,is such a thing feigned or is it a real industry,most of us will never know,this film deals with a detective played by cage... Read more
Published on 28 Mar 2007 by sean paul mccann

5.0 out of 5 stars Will leave a lasting impression on you!
I saw this film on TV late one night - and although it's definitely not for the sensitive, if you can handle it, In my opinion it's a brilliant film. Read more
Published on 18 Feb 2007 by M. A. Barber

4.0 out of 5 stars Snuff is an irreparable monstrosity
That's the kind of film that runs on its own speed and we know from the very start that the villains will be punished. Read more
Published on 20 Jul 2006 by Jacques COULARDEAU

3.0 out of 5 stars Okay. Maybe A Future Cult Movie
This movie was never going to dominate Oscar night. It is not as bad as some folks make it out to be. Then again, that is not to say it is great. Read more
Published on 20 Nov 2005 by pablo

5.0 out of 5 stars A descent into hell
8mm is an uncompromising tour de force of a world one would like to believe does not exist. Beginning with a simple enquiry to determine the authenticity of a snuff film,... Read more
Published on 12 Aug 2005 by A. J. Smith

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I bought this after I saw it on sale for £6 and after hearing some controversy about it(I love controversy films). Read more
Published on 24 April 2005

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