I thought 8MM sucked when I first saw it. I saw it again a few months ago and (watching it with diminished expectations) I thought it was fine. As in, "middling, nothing to brag about, but not an embarassment either."
The plot was a bit old (anyone who reads mysteries got their fill of "snuff film" detective stories ten years ago, when every other mystery concerned a snuff film). And it always annoys me when Hollywood seeks to "shock us" with "frank depictions of the 'dark side.'" (See Jade.) But when you get past the calculated-to-scare-'em-in-Peoria premise, it's fairly solid.
Not that it matters much, but visually, it was a pretty nicely art-directed movie.
Two and a half stars.
