The 90s were a great decade for thrillers, in fact, they took a lot of popularity during these years thanks to movies like Se7en, the movie that would mark the second half of the decade, no 90s movie was as influential as Se7en (maybe Pulp Fiction also) many thrillers began to launch quickly and the genre quickly polarized.
8MM is written by the same screenwriter of Se7en in a second failed attempt to revolutionize the genre. 8MM is not as grotesque as Se7en, but tries to be, Joel Schumacher although he does a good job proves that he does not have Fincher's abilities to exploit the decadent environment and the dark underworld in which he submerged, Schumacher's address is very poor and is one of the problems of the film, although the story is a great study on the nature of evil.
The final moral dilemma of the film in which Tom depends on Mary's mother to kill someone, since he feels no power over the matter and is not a murderer, but on the other hand is Janet and could justify the murder as a revenge family, obviously, this type of scene is what makes the movie more interesting, but unfortunately there are no more scenes like that in the movie.
the suspense never gets to develop as it should, and although it is a brutal and grotesque thriller, this movie It would not be something that I would recommend to anyone, not only because it is indigestible at times, but also because it is boring during the development of the story and the discovery of clues does not keep you interested.
8MM is written by the same screenwriter of Se7en in a second failed attempt to revolutionize the genre. 8MM is not as grotesque as Se7en, but tries to be, Joel Schumacher although he does a good job proves that he does not have Fincher's abilities to exploit the decadent environment and the dark underworld in which he submerged, Schumacher's address is very poor and is one of the problems of the film, although the story is a great study on the nature of evil.
The final moral dilemma of the film in which Tom depends on Mary's mother to kill someone, since he feels no power over the matter and is not a murderer, but on the other hand is Janet and could justify the murder as a revenge family, obviously, this type of scene is what makes the movie more interesting, but unfortunately there are no more scenes like that in the movie.
the suspense never gets to develop as it should, and although it is a brutal and grotesque thriller, this movie It would not be something that I would recommend to anyone, not only because it is indigestible at times, but also because it is boring during the development of the story and the discovery of clues does not keep you interested.