8MM

6.5 Out Of 10 Stars

First of all, if you think your in Cuba listening to live bongo music, pinch yourself, because your in a movie theater watching 8mm. Not to say that the music is terrible all the time, it just is not placed well in some scenes. The story Has a private investigator (Nicholas Cage) looking for the people who made a pornographic film, also known as a "snuff" film. A "snuff" film is a pornographic film where one of the actors/actresses is killed during filming. The film, while with an interesting plot, fails to keep the viewers attention, as we are led from here to there on a wild goose chase that ends up with Nicholas Cage finding out the truth. When he finds out who's behind this whole "snuff" film crime, we all gasp for air saying "it's about time". The direction, done by the director of the flop "Batman and Robin", is better than most, but still nothing unique enough to call classic work. Nicolas Cage, however, gives an excellent performance as the private detective. His wife is basically on the phone the whole film just put there seemingly to fill some screen time. Peter Stormare (Armaggedon, Lost World) plays Dino Velvet, a director and producer of pornographic films. His performance is done perfectly, but to the audiences dissapointment, he doesn't have as much screen time as he deserves. This film definitely is not for the younger audiences, but still has enough spark to see it in the theater.

CAST: Nicolas Cage, Joaquin Phoenix, Peter Stormare, James Gandolfini, and Catherine Keener

CREDITS: Directed by Joel Schumacher. Written by Andrew Kevin Walker. Produced by Judy Hofflund and Gavin Polone. Released by Sony Pictures

RUNNING TIME: 123 Minutes RATING: R

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