Peter Five Eight (2024) User Reviews

so that's where he's been

[SnoopyStyle · 4/10 · 18 April 2024]

Sam (Jet Jandreau) is a professional realty agent working under Brenda (Rebecca De Mornay). Her home life is a drunken mess with a drunken loser husband. Out of blue, Peter (Kevin Spacey) starts investigating and interfering in her life. She has a dark secret past with Lock (Jake Weber).

This is strictly a B-movie with pretentions of being a noir story. The dialogue has some clunky lines. The concept is fine but nothing too special. The filmmaking is not that good. This does have three veteran actors, but the rest are poor. I don't know anything about Jet. She's not good. Some of the minor actors are much worst. As for Spacey, he's trying to add some comedic touches and they don't always fit. I can't say that I love seeing him anyways. It all adds up to a weird B-movie viewing experience.

Excellent Direction and Cinematography

[lightsandrites · 8/10 · 25 March 2024]

Definitely not your usual movie fare and that's refreshing. I throughally enjoyed this film and I really did not expect to. I came biased because I live in the beautiful location and worked as a background local in the film, but ended up immersed in the story, laughing and struck by the beauty of the scenes. Love the old fashioned movie magic and will be a lifelong fan of Michael Zaiko Hall. This definitely brings back the art of film making in a time saturated with the same old uninspired story lines, CGI, and formulaic dialogue. It's rare that I don't feel like I already know how a story will end and I appreciate the suspense. At moments I felt like I was in a Vertigo (film) type of trance.

We need more of this! Bravo!

Great Comeback of Mr.Spacey

[elbakkalisimo · 10/10 · 24 March 2024]

Kevin Spacey gives a charismatic performance that brims with panache and great comedic timing. Occasionally, he almost veers toward campiness. He's clearly having a lot of fun in his role. He truly invigorates the film, so it's worth seeing for his performance alone. Rebecca De Mornay has a few scenes where she gets to shine, especially toward the end. There's violence, but no gore and very little blood. The blood even looks a little stylized, so it's not disturbing or shocking like in Love Lies Bleeding. At a running time of 1 hour and 41 minutes, Peter Five Eight is a wildly entertaining, gripping and wickedly funny crime thriller. 10/10.

A Spacey Comeback and Jet is supremely AMAZING!!!

[actionvram · 10/10 · 27 March 2024]

It truly was not what I expected... it was even better! We got to see the most fun sides of Kevin Spacey, Rebecca De Mornay and (my personal favorite now) Jet Jendreau in ways never before imagined. It was modern-day film noir at its finest. Wickedly funny, not too much violence, sex or gore. This was indeed Spacey's comeback film (though I'm not much of a fan) and Jet was proper in bringing him into the project, despite the harshest of criticisms. All in all, I say Peter Five Eight FAR exceeded expectations for me. And Jet is a real personal favorite of mine ever since Hotel Dunsmuir. If ever a sequel was done, Jet, call on me. Maybe I can be a extra. LOL! An amazing 10 out of 10 stars.

A total escape

[davidbedmondson · 10/10 · 27 March 2024]

Peter Five Eight is just pure entertainment; a simple story-line with enough uncertainty to keep you guessing and waiting for what happens next, shot in a quaint little town. It's nice to see Kevin Spacey back on screen. As he does so well, Kevin brings a certain charm to an otherwise despicable character. In Peter Five Eight, he plays a man on a mission to kill, and is focused on that job above all else. His character will lie and flirt and even pay cash to get the info he needs, and then coldly turn off the charm once his needs are met.

And who is this Jet Jandreau? New to me anyway, she really played well against the man hired to kill her. Totally convincing as her character, Sam - a woman with a secret she's trying to run from. AND she sings quite well. I suspect we'll see much more of her on screen.