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[[Private Detective]] Tom Welles ([[Nicolas Cage]]) is hired by wealthy widow Mrs. Christian, who has discovered a reel of 8mm film in her late husband's safe that depicts what appears to be the brutal murder of a teenage girl by a hulking man in a mask. Mrs. Christian wants Welles to find out whether the incident in the film is real. |
[[Private Detective]] Tom Welles ([[Nicolas Cage]]) is hired by wealthy widow Mrs. Christian, who has discovered a reel of 8mm film in her late husband's safe that depicts what appears to be the brutal murder of a teenage girl by a hulking man in a mask. Mrs. Christian wants Welles to find out whether the incident in the film is real. |
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A direct-to-video "sequel" called ''[[Title |
A direct-to-video "sequel" called ''[[Title by Number|8mm 2]]''. [[In Name Only|It has no connection]] [[They Just Didn't Care|whatsoever to the original]]. |
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* [[He-Man Woman Hater]]: Eddie Poole. |
* [[He-Man Woman Hater]]: Eddie Poole. |
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* [[He Who Fights Monsters]]: Lampshaded by Max, who notices that Welles isn't as grossed out by what he's seeing as he used to be. |
* [[He Who Fights Monsters]]: Lampshaded by Max, who notices that Welles isn't as grossed out by what he's seeing as he used to be. |
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* [[Hoist by His Own Petard]]: {{spoiler|Machine at the end gets killed by Welles with his own knife}}. |
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* [[Impersonating an Officer]]: Welles poses as a government investigator to interview the girl's mother. As he's working for a highly paying client, I guess he thinks it's worth the risk. Toward the end of the movie, he claims to be a police officer when ringing around the hospitals {{spoiler|looking for the man he stabbed}}, but by that stage Welles is so personally involved in the case that he doesn't care about the legality. |
* [[Impersonating an Officer]]: Welles poses as a government investigator to interview the girl's mother. As he's working for a highly paying client, I guess he thinks it's worth the risk. Toward the end of the movie, he claims to be a police officer when ringing around the hospitals {{spoiler|looking for the man he stabbed}}, but by that stage Welles is so personally involved in the case that he doesn't care about the legality. |
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* [[Improvised Weapon]]: His pistol having been confiscated, Welles stabs a villain with the pistol's cleaning rod. |
* [[Improvised Weapon]]: His pistol having been confiscated, Welles stabs a villain with the pistol's cleaning rod. |