Hammerman Ikon

Hammerman Ikon Film Guide

8MM
1999
**½
Director: Joel Schumacher
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Joaquin Phoenix, James Gandolfini, Peter Stormare

Another seedy thriller from the pen of Andrew Kevin Walker, who wrote the excellent Se7en. Sadly the follow-up is no good. The story starts well but it becomes formulaic very fast. On the other hand, the protagonist, a private invesitigator who attempts to discover the truth about an alleged snuff tape, behaves in an increasingly improbable manner. If you need any proof that Joel Schumacher is no David Fincher, here it is.