8MM 2 (2005) (V)

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:

Diplomat | Hungary | Sex | Red Light District | Pornography

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 (Manitoba/Nova Scotia) (unrated version) | Canada:R (British Columbia) | Canada:R (Ontario) (also 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:

References Beat the Devil (2003) (V)

Very Erotic, Amoral, Predictable, but Attractive Thriller

In Budapest, the ambitious diplomat and aspirant congressman of poor origin David Huxley (Johnathon Schaech) and his fiancée of wealthy and traditional family Tish Harrington (Lori Heuring) travel to a hotel in Alhambra to spend a weekend together before their marriage. In the hotel, they fantasize and have a threesome with the delicious model Risa (Zita Görög) as part of his bachelor party. When they return to their normal life, they are blackmailed with a porn video of their sexual encounter with Risa. David and Tish go to the pornographic underworld of Budapest trying to retrieve the tapes and avoid a scandal and damage in Tish's father and David's career.

I was surprised with "8 mm2", since I was expecting a garbage, but I found it very erotic, amoral, partially predictable, but also attractive thriller. The beginning does not develop the character of David and Tish as it should, but later the viewer begins to understand their motives. David's is clear, since he is ambitious, aiming to climb to a higher social position at any cost, therefore making the plot point in the conclusion of the story partially predictable. But Tish is the great character of his movie, since she is a much sexualized woman, who fantasizes her sexual life playing games with David, and entwined between her fear and curiosity and desire about the underworld of sex and pornography. Due to the strong sexual content and nudity, this movie is recommended for specific audiences. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "8 mm 2"