8MM

Feb 26, 1999

2h 3m

★ 6.5

You can't prepare for where the truth will take you.

Overview

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.

Genres

Thriller

Crime

Mystery

Production Companies

Global Medien KG

Hofflund/Polone

Columbia Pictures

8MM Trailers

Cast

Tom Welles

Nicolas Cage

Max California

Joaquin Phoenix

Eddie Poole

James Gandolfini

Dino Velvet

Peter Stormare

Longdale

Anthony Heald

Machine

Chris Bauer

Amy Welles

Catherine Keener

Mrs. Christian

Myra Carter

Mrs. Mathews

Amy Morton

Warren Anderson

Norman Reedus

Mary Ann Mathews

Jenny Powell

Senator

Anne Gee Byrd

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