“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.
Directed by Joel Schumacher
Written by Andrew Kevin Walker
Produced by Gavin Polone, Joel Schumacher, Judy Hofflund
Box OfficeBudget: $40.0MRevenue: $96.6M
Themes & Keywords
new york citypornographyundergroundloss of loved onesex shopobsessioninvestigationporn actorsnuffsadomasochismchild pornographyprivate investigatorlos angeles, californiasubculturemissing personbdsmsnuff film
About 8MM
8MM is a thriller, crime, mystery film released in 1999 exploring themes of new york city, pornography, underground, loss of loved one, sex shop, obsession. Directed by Joel Schumacher, it stars Nicolas Cage, Joaquin Phoenix, James Gandolfini. 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.