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Aug 10, 1990 · This movie is written with meticulous care, to show how good and evil are never as simple as they seem, and to demonstrate that even the motives of a villain may emerge from a goodness of heart. Advertisement. Jack Nicholson directed the film, and Vilmos Zsigmond photographed it, in the same spirit.
Private investigator and war veteran Jake Gittes (Jack Nicholson) is hired by real estate developer Jake Berman (Harvey Keitel) for some run-of-the-mill matrimonial work.
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The Two Jakes is a 1990 American neo-noir mystery film and the sequel to the 1974 film Chinatown. Directed by and starring Jack Nicholson , who reprises his role of J.J. “Jake” Gittes from the first film, the cast also features Harvey Keitel , Meg Tilly , Madeleine Stowe , Richard Farnsworth , Frederic Forrest , David Keith , Rubén Blades ...
The verve, dramatic propulsion and sense of evil that informed Polanski's Chinatown are largely missing from The Two Jakes. But it is, for all its murkiness, an intelligent, enjoyable noir...
Most reviews pull The Two Jakes to pieces, except for a very well-considered one by Roger Ebert (find it at the Chicago Sun-Times). Of course, it's not the classic Chinatown is, but it's a damned good movie.
Aug 10, 1990 · The Two Jakes Review The Cinematography evokes some of the original film, but the story is very weak. It's a cool trivia that Jack Nicholson and Al Pacino returned to one of their most famous roles 16 years later, both films from the same studio and both co starred by Eli Wallach.
Aug 10, 1990 · In a juicy role, Jack Nicholson starred as Jake Gittes, a Los Angeles private eye on a divorce case who accidentally uncovers a land scam that extends to the highest levels.
