Length: 111 minutes Rating:R (MPAA) Rating Reason: strong language, sexuality, some violence, and drug use UPC: 025192006043 Studio: Universal Studios Home Video
Controversial rapper Eminem (real name Marshall Mathers) makes his big screen debut with 8 MILE, a bracing drama directed by the increasingly audacious Curtis Hanson. Set in 1995 in the bleak, urban battle zone of Detroit, the film follows the struggles of a young man who is desperate to make a better life for himself. Jimmy Smith, Jr., better known as Rabbit, is destined for a life of squalor. Living in a cramped trailer with his deadbeat mom (Kim Basinger), Rabbit works in a factory to make ends meet. His only outlet is hip-hop. Possessing a talent for freestyle rapping, Rabbit still hasn't managed to unleash his true potential. But his best friend, Future (Mekhi Phifer), is determined to make that happen. Future forces Rabbit to enter a freestyle battle that he blew the week before, giving him another chance at redemption. Hanson's stellar portrait of lower-class urban disillusionment, shot with uncompromisingly gritty realism by Rodrigo Prieto, proves that the issue is no longer about race, it's about money. Eminem delivers a bold performance as the troubled youngster who is still trying to find his place in a harsh, cruel world.
DVD Features
Blu-ray Disc Features:
Region [unknown] Full Frame - 1.33 Widescreen Audio: DTS 5.1 Surround French, Spanish DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English Additional Release Material: Featurette: The Making of 8 Mile Music Video: 1. Exclusive Rap Battles - Uncensored 2. Superman Music Video - Uncensored
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You have to be freaking sh*ting me. A movie about "eminem". Does this guy really deserve his own movie? Is this what our society has come to? A movie about a drug peddling white kid with a sh*tty mom... Read the whole review at MatchFlick
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Hey i didnt come hear to watch kim bassinger i came to watch eminem, if you get the disk it has the tryouts for the rap battles of the people who actually made it in the movie...anyways, this starts... Read the whole review at MatchFlick
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