Stars: Eminem, Mekhi Phifer, Brittany Murphy, Kim Basinger, Evan Jones, Omar Miller, Eugene Byrd, Anthony Mackie, Taryn Manning, Mike Shannon

Director: Curtis Hanson

Summary: After he is dumped by his girlfriend, Jimmy 'Rabbit' Smith, Jr. is forced to move in with his mum and little sister, Lily, in a trailer park on the poor side of the 8 Mile Road, Detroit. By day he holds down a badly-paid factory job, but by night he tries to make it as a white rapper in the predominately African-American community.

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 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 a troubled youngster trying to find his place in a harsh, cruel world.

WIN DVDs by rating this DVD

Average User Rating:

WIN DVDS by being amongst the first to review this DVD. Reviewing DVDs earns you bonus entries and lets you WIN DVDs!Please login before reviewing this DVD. If you're a new user, register for free and enter to WIN FREE DVDs!

Rap star Eminem makes a strong movie debut in 8 Mile, an urban drama that makes a fairly standard plot fly through its gritty attention to detail. Jimmy Smith (Eminem), nicknamed B Rabbit, can't pull himself together to take the next step with his career--or with his life. Angry about his alcoholic mother (Kim Basinger) and worried about his little sister, Rabbit lets out his feelings with twisting, clever raps admired by his friends, who keep pushing him to enter a weekly rap face-off. But Rabbit resists--until he meets a girl (Brittany Murphy) who might offer him support and a little hope that his life could get better. Under the smart and ambitious direction of Curtis Hanson (LA Confidential, Wonder Boys) and ably supported by the excellent cast and the burnt-out environment of Detroit slums, Eminem reveals a surprising vulnerability that makes 8 Mile vivid and compelling. --Bret Fetzer

Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	My Scenes® features, Making-of, Featurette, Eminem – 'Superman', music video,
Subtitles:	Dutch, Finnish, German, Danish, Mandarin, Greek, Spanish, Japanese, Norwegian, French, Italian, Portuguese, English, Swedish
Year:	2002
Release Date:	March 30, 2009
Runtime:	115 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	8260337
Keywords:	Music, Mile, Films, General, Eight, Shows, Drama, Musicals
Genre:	Drama