Review of 8MM (1999) by Kyle L — 29 Mar 2014

8MM is a fantastic psychological Thriller from start to finish and it is one of the best 90's Psycho Thrillers it is also one of the darkest Psycho Thrillers because the 90's Psychological Thrillers were always dark back in those days.

The plot of this film is about a detective name Tom Wells who is investigating if a snuff film is authentic or not after receiving a call from a woman name Mrs. Christian and her lawyer William Longdale.

As Tom investigates the case he is delved into the deep world of Snuff films. I so love this movie a lot and it is also one of Joel Schumacher's greatest movies in his career. What's very good about 8MM is that the movie is extremely well paced from start to finish and the pacing is very deliberate throughout the movie.

The second good thing about 8MM is that the movie is full of suspenceful scenes that are very thrilling and I love the thrills that this movie managed to deliver. The other good things about 8MM is that the movie has a couple of kills that are extremely violent, graphic and very disturbing and this is also an example of a movie that you must watch with care due to the film's dark and unsettling tones and every kill shown in the film are really disturbing and tough to watch at the same time even the soundtrack is very disturbing to hear in the film kudos also to the fantastic cinematography in the film and the whole film is very atmospheric in a couple of parts.

And last but not least the other good thing about this film is that the whole movie is also full of plot twists and turns that will keep you guessing until the end and its really easy to understand that the whole plot twists of the film so far.

Now the acting is really nice in this movie all of the casts did a fantastic job with their work in the film but out of all the actors Nicolas Cage delivers the best performance in the whole film and I love the way Nicolas Cage acts in this film and his performance in a couple of parts of the movie is amazing and the 90's Nicolas Cage is fantastic at the exact same time It maybe flawed though but it is easy to overlook each of the scenes in the film.

Director Joel Schumacher did a very good job with his work on this movie so far and I love the way he creates a tone and theme in the film that is pure dark and Andrew Kevin Walker did a fantastic job also with his work on the film at the exact same time so far.

Overall this movie gets an 8/10 rating. Remember watch with care when you watch this film so far.because the film is very morbid and very dark at the same time.