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8 Heads in a Duffel Bag (1997)
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Mafia hitman Tommy Spinelli is flying to San Diego with a bag that holds eight severed heads, which he's bringing to his superiors to prove that some troublesome rival mobsters are permanently out of the picture. When his bag gets accidentally switched at the airport, Tommy must track down his duffel bag and the 8 heads it contains.
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A different way of telling a story
This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.
Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.
It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.
A mob bagman (Joe Pesci) finds that his luggage, containing the proof of his latest hit, has been switched.This was a nice departure for David Spade, stepping away from "Saturday Night Live", though still staying within comedy. Not his best work, but also probably not his fault. As a whole, the movie never really takes off the way it should.The exception is an awesome dream sequence, perhaps one of the better dream sequences ever filmed. Sadly, this one minute is the very best -- the rest of the film does not live up to the great title. Overall, it is quite tame on the violence and gore for the subject matter. If the same story was done without it being comedy, who knows how great this might have been?
This is one of those movies that time has forgotten, it wasn't a huge success and not a lot of people even know it exists. Too bad that often happens to good films.This film is about you guessed it...Eight heads in a duffel bag. They are supposed to be delivered to a gangster, but end up in the wrong hands and the laughs follow them on their journey.Joe Pesci and Dyan Cannon made me laugh the most here and the rest of the cast were fine too, even if David Spade is in it and is annoying.Pesci has his normal gangster attitude in this movie and thats the Pesci we love, there is no one like him in the biz and he's just one in a million.This movie is worth a watch to anyone that likes their comedies wacky and love to see people getting in weird predicaments. Give it a chance people it will make you smile.
I have to start by asking, What kind of a premise is that!? A man who is about to married gets stuck with a duffel bags with specifically eight heads. How did he get the heads? His duffel bag got switched with a hit man's duffel bag on an airplane! Um. Out of all the interesting film premises out there, why on earth does this film have to have that as the premise? So right off, I hated the story. The rest of the film isn't bad. It isn't a particularly funny film, although David Spade and Joe Pesci are really funny in this. I suppose I can recommend it. I just would have preferred that the film didn't have such a weird story. David Spade and Joe Pesci are excellent and it's a different kind of film. That's about all I can say.
I saw this wonderful movie during its theatrical release, and everyone in the small theatre, including myself and my mother, loved just about every scene. Watch it with an open mind and you'll be very pleased. Joe Pesci, Kristy Swanson, and especially Ernestine Mercer, are absolutely hilarious. Even David Spade doesn't completely suck! Nice surreal touches as well.