This review may contain what some consider spoilers. 8MM is one of those amazing films that time seems to have forgotten about(quite unfairly if you ask me). In the film Nic Cage plays Tom Welles, a private detective, who has been called in by the widow of millionaire to determine whether or not a snuff film found in her husband's belongings is authentic. Welles investigates the case as if it were a missing person's case. The case brings Welles deep into the world of underground pornography. James Gandolfini does a fantastic job playing the head of the distribution company that released the film. Cage does a great job playing a subdued investigator who starts to slowly question his own morals as he gets deeper in the case. Joaquin Phoenix plays Max California,a clerk at a local porn shop, so convincingly that I actually forgot that it was Joaquin Phoenix in the role. Character actor Peter Stormare plays one of the most subtly intimidating villains in a thriller. This is one movie that should appeal to everybody. Even those who aren't usually into thrillers should be able to find some entertainment in this movie.
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Deadfall
(1993)
Cage fans should try and seek out his scenes from this movie
12 March 2012
OK lets cut to the chase about this movie: the only people who should ever watch this movie are die hard Nicolas Cage fans. Everybody else will be bored out of their minds at this film. Micheal Bein turns in the most lackluster lead hero performance I have seen in years. The talents of both James Coburn and Peter Fonda are wasted in this movie. The only reason that anybody would want to watch this movie is to see Nicolas Cage screaming at the top of his lungs. Howver, all the best Cage scenes are already available online so it is basically a waste of time to track down a copy as Cage is only in about 30 minutes out of the movies 90 minute run time. However, the 30 minutes he is in the movie include some of the most quotable lines in Nic Cage history. The rest of the movie is watching the former Kyle Resse sleepwalking through a modern day film noir movie alongside James Coburn who honestly looks ashamed to be in this movie. Peter Fonda makes a brief cameo that is so short that if you blink you might possibly miss it. In short, check out the scenes with Cage being awesome and let the rest of the movie die off into obsurity.
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