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User Reviews for: 8MM

SOL1DUSFOX
7/10  12 months ago
First of all, let's get this straight, this film is made in 1999. In that year, the illegal media industry was different than nowdays. Nowdays, you can find dark weird stuff on facebook. All you have to do is click "yes, I'd like to see" before watching them. Well done Mark Zuckerberg. Anyways, back then, this specific part of the underworld where snuff films were produced throughout the states, a woman finds her husbands secret plastic reel of film after his death in a save. After watching it, it's becoming clear that it's a snuff film. A private detective is then hired to find out what happened to the girl, if it was just a sick p*rno or if it's really a murder.

"You can't prepare for where the truth will take you."

I like Joel Schumacher as a filmmaker, however, this is nothing like him. In fact, I bet you that after watching 8MM, you thought of rather David Fincher instead. That's because this film was originally written for him instead. 8MM is written by Andrew Kevin Walker, who was responsible as well for Se7en (1995). In the hands of Joel Schumacher, it really did not make a big difference. The world in 8MM really does capture that gritty filth of the street you daily ignore.

I can and will recommend this film for those who are into thrillers and crime stories but have not seen much of that related to film media of the underworld. Or if you like David Fincher / Andrew Kevin Walker's work and you'd like to see more.
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