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crreig [ 3.0 ]
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8MM could have been a good movie. It deals with interesting and provocative material but somehow reduces itself to an action packed shoot-out in no time. It seems as though the writer (or writers) forgot what they were writing about -- the brutal rape and murder of a young girl. Like most action/thrillers it offers us stereotypes in place of characters. Nicholas Cage hands in yet another uninspired, monotone performance. The direction is thoughtless and gives the film the feel of a 1980s B-movie. Avoid this stinker.
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Dancing_P [ 4.0 ]
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Of all things to borrow liberally from, Paul Schrader's gritty, flopsweat-covered Hardcore is not the most obvious thing you'd expect Joel Schumacher and Nicolas Cage (in full-on twitch mode) to latch onto. For all of its flaws, Schrader's film leaves very little to be explored as far as the underground snuff porn business is concerned. While not exactly a remake, 8mm is boneheaded enough to make you want to apologize to Schrader nonetheless.
Cage plays a private investigator hired by a wealthy widow to discover the origins of a film reel found in her late husband's safe. This reel shows a young girl being raped and killed; terrified in a typically Cage-like fashion, he travels to the West Coast where he befriends a broody sex shop clerk (Joaquin Phoenix) and descends into the seedy world of underground sex films.
Clearly when one thinks of seamy underbellies, the director of Dying Young and Batman and Robin immediately springs to mind; for all of its depravity and exposed naughty bits, 8mm is more like an industrial band's music video than a gritty crime thriller. It's fairly predictable to boot, its major asset (as usual) Cage's inimitable tendency to act like a spastic chimp on 'roids. It might've worked if it had been more original or simply more messed-up; it's neither and without those two, it ain't much.
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| Weighted Rating | : 5.0 |
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