The Two Jakes (1990) Reviews & Ratings

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The Two Jakes reviews

The Two Jakes holds a 6.0/10 average from 292 TMDB ratings.

**It's good, it doesn't seem as bad as many says, but it's also far from the quality of the original movie.** I loved _Chinatown_ and was very curious to see this film, notoriously less famous and less recognized. I was curious to see to what extent this would be a consequence of the widespread ill-fame that hangs, more or less justifiably, over the sequels of good films. What I can now say, after having seen it, is…
— Filipe Manuel Neto (7/10)

I kept looking out for Anne Bancroft, or - indeed anyone who could inject a little class into this really rather dreary vehicle for Jack Nicholson. Reprising his "Gittes" role from "Chinatown" (1974) he finds himself embroiled in a murder mystery that leaves him unsure who he can trust as he tries to get to the truth and stay alive! Yes, that's the gist - hardly novel, is it? What could have helped it would have bee…
— CinemaSerf (5/10)

Real estate developer Jake Berman hires private investigator and war veteran Jake Gittes for some run-of-the-mill matrimonial work. After Berman shoots his wife's lover, who happens to be his business partner, Gittes is drawn into a web of conspiracy and deceit involving the oil reserves beneath Los Angeles. While investigating, Gittes hears a voice from his past that causes him to revisit a traumatic case in Chinatown.

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