
You can't prepare for where the truth will take you.
A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an increasingly dark and frightening path. With the help of the streetwise Max, he relentlessly follows a bizarre trail of evidence to determine the fate of a complete stranger. As his work turns into obsession, he drifts farther and farther away from his wife, family and simple life as a small-town PI.
- 6.5
- 1999
- Released
- 2h 3m

Nicolas Cage
Tom Welles
Joaquin Phoenix
Max California
James Gandolfini
Eddie Poole
Peter Stormare
Dino Velvet
Anthony Heald
Longdale
Chris Bauer
Machine
Catherine Keener
Amy Welles
Myra Carter
Mrs. Christian
Amy Morton
Mrs. Mathews
Norman Reedus
Warren Anderson
Jenny Powell
Mary Ann Mathews
Anne Gee Byrd
Senator
Jack Betts
Butler
Luis Oropeza
Archive Director
Rachel Singer
Neighbor
Don Creech
Mr. Anderson
Fran Bennett
Nun
Wilma Bonet
Nun
Luis Saguar
Manny
Walter K. Jordan
Thug
Norm Compton
Thug
Brian Keith Russell
Thug
John Robb
Porn Dealer
Devan Brown
Flea Market Woman
Doris Brent
Machine's Mother
Robert Amico
Casting Director
Kiva Dawson
Girl in Hall
Rachel Wolfe
Girl in Hall
Suzy Nakamura
Computer Wizard
Torsten Voges
Stick
Tahitia Dean
Hollywood Prostitute
Texas Terri
Dino's Redhead
Vernon Guichard II
Porn Guy
Emily Patrick
Porn Girl
Nancy Vee
Porno Make-Up Artist
Lisa Cintrice
Topless Ticket Taker
Bridgett Vera
Ticket Taker
Jennifer Harris
Strip Club Dancer
Burton Richards
Strip Club Dancer
Jovanna Vitiello
Strip Club Dancer
David U. Hodges
Surveillance Man
William Lawrence Mack
Bouncer
Lorena M. Santos
Prostitute
Connie Mercurio
Nurse
William Buck
Mr. Christian
Kerry Corcoran
Cheating Son-in-Law
Mario Ernesto Sánchez
Taxi Driver
Claudia Aros
Miami Girlfriend
Ava Lee Scott
Girl in Lot (uncredited)
Carla Moon
Girl in Jacuzzi (uncredited)
Deborah Smith Ford
Dancer (uncredited)
Jacklyn Lick
Video Girl (uncredited)

Released
en
$40,000,000.00
$96,618,699.00
- #new york city
- #pornography
- #underground
- #loss of loved one
- #sex shop
- #obsession
- #investigation
- #porn actor
- #snuff
- #sadomasochism
- #child pornography
- #private investigator
- #los angeles, california
- #subculture
- #missing person
- #bdsm
- #snuff film
Reviews

Joel Schumacher does it again. Look into how this film was made, what went into it, the intended directors, the intended stars, the intended budget. It started as a low budget "Dark and Gritty" film that was going to be "hand held" and star Russel Crowe and be directed by David Fincher... that would probably have worked. Look at the release date, 1999, when audiences welcomed low budget movie

Another one of Nicholas Cage's crazy movies. Like all the rest of his movies, this one was good too.
8MM probably only got greenlit due to the success of Se7en. Like Se7en, 8MM explores the existence of people who are simply pure evil while the main character wants to know why they are like this. 8MM doesn't provide many answers but it also isn't thematically complex. It follows a standard whodunit plot. While Nicolas Cage gives a solid performance, there are times where he takes us out of the st

Into the perverse underworld of smut, S&M and snuff films RELEASED IN 1999 and directed by Joel Schumacher, "8MM" chronicles events when a private investigator (Nicolas Cage) is hired by an aged wealthy woman whose husband recently passed away. A snuff film was found in his safe and she wants to see if the girl in the movie (Jenny Powell) really died or not. Amy Morton appears as the girl’s mot











