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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.Firstly, this has nothing to do with the Cage movie. It's basically a Silk Stalkings sex romp. The sets are lavish. The story is nonexistent. It's actually rather boring. The woman who gets black mailed is a horse faced dog. Not worth your time in the slightest.
Jason Lee
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 ).
s-kelle
This is not at all a bad movie, if you drop the following expectations:8mm sequel?? It has nothing to do with 8mm, the movie with Nicolas Cage. Story? The plot is not hugely elaborate, it's a blackmailing story which takes a slight twist at the end.Actors? Acting should have been with more heart and more convincing.Other than that, it's a highly enjoyable movie. It's full of masterfully photographed erotic, film-noir atmosphere, very nice on-location footage from Hungary and an excellent soundtrack.Although the story has its deficits, it serves well for generating a big deal of suspense. Much of the suspense originates from the psychological interplay between the different "opponents" in the movie. It's not about dull action scenes or car hunts. Altogether, still worth a 7. Good time watching.
Kristine
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
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