8MM 2 (2005) (V)

User Rating:

4.6/10   

Director:

J.S. Cardone

Writers:

Robert Sullivan (screenplay)
Dylan Tarason (story)

Release Date:

22 November 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

From The Last Kiss To The Last Breath...

Plot:

An American diplomat and his fiancée venture into the sordid underworld of sex and pornography in Budapest, Hungary to find out who is blackmailing them with a porno video taken of them with a prostitute.

Plot Keywords:

Hungary | Sex | Diplomat | Red Light District | Ransom

Cast

Johnathon Schaech	...	David
Lori Heuring	...	Tish
Bruce Davison	...	Ambassador Harrington
Julie Benz	...	Lynn
Valentine Pelka	...	Gorman Bellec
Zita Görög	...	Risa
Robert Cavanah	...	Richard
Alex Scarlis	...	Perry (as Alexander Scarlis)
Jane How	...	Mrs. Harrington
Barna Illyés	...	Detective Kovach
F.J. Flynn	...	Vernon
Andrew Fettes	...	Mick
Ferenc Kovács	...	Gábor
Géza Schramek	...	Josef Klim
George Mendel	...	Mr. Szamos (as Gyorgy Mendel)

Also Known As:

The Velvet Side of Hell (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexual content, nudity, language and drug use.

Runtime:

106 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:R | USA:R | Argentina:16 | UK:18 | Germany:16 | Canada:16+ (Quebec) (also unrated version) | Canada:18A (Manitoba/Nova Scotia) (rated version) | Canada:R (Ontario) (also unrated version) | Canada:R (British Columbia) | Canada:R (Manitoba/Nova Scotia) (unrated version) | USA:Unrated | Iceland:16 | New Zealand:R18 | Brazil:18 (DVD rating) | Singapore:(Banned) (video rating) | Netherlands:16 | Hungary:18

Filming Locations:

Budapest, Hungary

Company:

Screen Gems

Quotes:

Lynn: So what's going on?
Tish: What do you mean?
Lynn: I mean you both look like death warmed over.
[Tish laughs]
Lynn: And there's something wrong, isn't there?
Tish: There's nothing wrong, Lynn.

Movie Connections:

Features Erotique (2003) (V)

Shockingly bad script and acting, only to be marginally salvaged by the shock ending

I have no idea if it's intentional or not, but the direction, script, and acting throughout the movie was really really bad. But the ending somehow saved it, just a bit. So all in all it's not that bad. There is excessive nudity scattered around, most of which is quite unnecessary IMO. It just ends up looking cheap. Johnathon Schaech is a horrible actor carved out of wood, at least in this movie, I haven't seen or noticed/remember him from other films. Lori Heuring looks gorgeous actually, not just sexy but actually very beautiful. Hopefully she gets more decent roles in the future.

And don't even mention the name. 8mm 2 has nothing to do with 8mm whatsoever, they don't even use or mention 8mm tapes at all, it's a disgrace. The movie itself isn't as bad as some make it, so there was no need to use that name and raise peoples' expectations through the roof. 8mm fans should stay away, although I would watch it just for Lori Heuring and she has a nude scene as well (not that it matters to me, as i said before she isn't that sexy but very good looking and decent acting :P ).