8MM 2 (Video 2005)

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.

Director:

J.S. Cardone

Writers:

Robert Sullivan (screenplay), Dylan Tarason (story)

Stars:

Johnathon Schaech, Lori Heuring, Bruce Davison

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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)

Storyline

David Huxley, low-born self-made legal counsel at the US embassy in Budapest, may expect his career to be boosted by his impending marriage to Tish, daughter of old money tycoon and ambassador to Hungary Harrington. But when the happy couple spends a night of hot sex at a spa, including a threesome with an exhibitionist model, they are secretly filmed, and the suspect is found murdered in their hotel. To handle the blackmail, they venture into a sex club where porno movies are made. Tish volunteers to 'act' so David can snoop around, but that only gets them into even greater danger, which ultimately proves most deceptive.

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Plot Keywords:

sex | hungary | diplomat | threesome | porno video | 

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Taglines:

From The Last Kiss To The Last Breath...

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Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

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

Details

Country:

USA Hungary

Language:

English Hungarian

Release Date:

22 November 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Velvet Side of Hell

Filming Locations:

Budapest, Hungary

Company Credits

Production Co:

Sandstorm Films, Eurofilm Stúdió

Technical Specs

Runtime:

106 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

When 8mm 2 was in production, it was titled The Velvet Side of Hell. When Sony picked up the rights to distribute it, however, it received its present title.

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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.

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Connections

Follows 8MM (1999)

User Reviews

Name change

After seeing the movie in a class of mine and having a talk with the filmmaker, I found out exactly why the film bombed the way it did. The creators of the movie had no intention to call the film "8MM 2." Originally, the film was called "The Velvet Side of Hell" but was changed at the last minute by Sony Pictures to 8MM 2 without letting the filmmakers have any say in the matter. By doing that, it screwed them out of theatrical releases and doomed it to a straight to video release with minimal advertising.

Again, this is from the filmmaker's mouths, not mine, so I really can't say what is truth, and what is hype.

If you look at the film as "Velvet Side of Hell," it isn't THAT bad. It isn't great, but it is not god awful. It would basically just be a B-movie that likes to show boobs. But as a sequel to "8MM," the film fails terribly.