8MM 2 (2005)

Very disappointing...

For all the hype it got I was expecting a lot more!

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

Well, I knew it was not going to be a direct sequel to 8mm, but both movies have no connection, which is explained on the DVD extras that this was a stand alone film until the studio head try to make more money by connecting the movies. But I saw the movie without this info, but even after understanding this the movie still is not that good.It's too predictable for me, which made it very cheesy. you can see the ending coming a mile away once the pilot is revealed.I can't say that the acting was bad because it was the very good acting that allowed me to see the ending coming, but the story was lame and too formulated without enough twist and turns to shake me from knowing exactly what's coming.I saw it because I herd it was a good soft-core porn film. Wrong! I've seen better, I've seen a lot better, it's a mediocre erotic thriller, but not good enough to over shadow the formulated story.Skip it!

I have no idea if it's intentional or not, but the direction, script, and acting throughout the movie was really really bad. But the ending somehow saved it, just a bit. So all in all it's not that bad. There is excessive nudity scattered around, most of which is quite unnecessary IMO. It just ends up looking cheap. Johnathon Schaech is a horrible actor carved out of wood, at least in this movie, I haven't seen or noticed/remember him from other films. Lori Heuring looks gorgeous actually, not just sexy but actually very beautiful. Hopefully she gets more decent roles in the future.And don't even mention the name. 8mm 2 has nothing to do with 8mm whatsoever, they don't even use or mention 8mm tapes at all, it's a disgrace. The movie itself isn't as bad as some make it, so there was no need to use that name and raise peoples' expectations through the roof. 8mm fans should stay away, although I would watch it just for Lori Heuring and she has a nude scene as well (not that it matters to me, as i said before she isn't that sexy but very good looking and decent acting :P ).

First off, the first thing that came to my mind after I finished this film last night was "Why the title of 8MM 2?", because I saw the first one obviously, and what did this have to do with the first movie's plot? The only thing that was similar was the fact that the couple had to go into the porno industry and that wasn't even needed in the plot, because after you see the ending that I will not spoil, it just didn't make any sense.A diplomat and his fiancée are in Hungary and notice a woman who is swimming naked in the pool area, she's very attractive, so when they see her at a club, they decide to have a little fun and have a steamy threesome. But things get extremely intense when the diplomat is mailed pictures of them all having the affair, fearing that it might go public and jeopardize his career, they pay off the guy who sent the pictures, the diplomat freaks out and "kills" the guy, leading into a murder case. He and his fiacee decide to find the girl they had the affair with, but things just get deeper and darker as they go further into what they got themselves into.What could have been an alright thriller, turned into an unexplained and not well thought out movie, which was sad. Like I said, the title really has nothing to do with the first one, so don't fall for it. It's just a sexual thriller that makes no sense, but it's good for those nights alone, because quite frankly this is one of those films where it's so close to porn that it might as well be labeled as soft core.4/10

I'm so sorry, but I have to tell this film was the most terrible I have ever seen before. I thought that it will be a good film after 8mm. WHAT A SELL!!! There were nothing interesting in it, except the beautiful Hungarian women. Everything might be known forward. It's a miracle I didn't sleep trough all. I don't understand how might you let make it!! I'm so sorry, but I have to tell this film was the most terrible I have ever seen before. I thought that it will be a good film after 8mm. WHAT A SELL!!! There were nothing interesting in it, except the beautiful Hungarian women. Everything might be known forward. It's a miracle I didn't sleep trough all. I don't understand how might you let make it!!