Rent 8MM (1999)
3.3 of 5 from 116 ratings
1h 58min
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- Synopsis:
Tom Welles (Nicolas Cage) is a surveillance specialist with a modest, home based business. Respected, but still waiting for the big break that will improve his professional status, Welles spends most of his time on routine cases. Nothing too dangerous, nor too threatening, until a case involving a small, innocuous-looking plastic reel of film turns Welles' life upside down, sending him down a sordid and terrifying path into society's darkest corners. Drifting away from family life, Welles is aided by streetwise Max California (Joaquin Phoenix) as he pursues a bizarre trail of graphic and disturbing evidence to determine the fate of a complete stranger. As his obsession with the case grows, Welles enters the seedy world of pornography and sees things beyond his worst nightmares - coming to realise how far-reaching and deadly a small reel of 8mm film can be. - Actors:
- Nicolas Cage, Joaquin Phoenix, James Gandolfini, Peter Stormare, Anthony Heald, Chris Bauer, Catherine Keener, Myra Carter, Amy Morton, Jenny Powell, Anne Gee Byrd, Jack Betts, Luis Oropeza, Rachel Singer, Don Creech, Norman Reedus, Fran Bennett, Wilma Bonet, Luis Saguar, Walter K. Jordan
- Directors:
- Joel Schumacher
- Producers:
- Gavin Polone, Judy Hofflund, Joel Schumacher
- Writers:
- Andrew Kevin Walker
- Studio:
- Columbia Tristar
- Genres:
- Thrillers
- Collections:
- Getting to Know..., The Coppola Clan: Hollywood's Most Creative Family, Top 10 Films By Year, Top 10 Films of 1999
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- Not released
- Run Time:
- 120 minutes
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Reviews (1) of 8MM
Not for me - 8MM review by BE
Lost patience with this one after half an hour as could not engage. Nicholas Cage's slurred diction didn't help.
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