Story Line
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.
“They say money makes the world go round. But sex was invented before money.”
Top Cast
Jack Nicholson
J.J. "Jake" Gittes
Harvey Keitel
Julius "Jake" Berman
Meg Tilly
Kitty Berman
Madeleine Stowe
Lillian Bodine
Eli Wallach
Cotton Weinberger
Rubén Blades
Mickey Nice
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Rating
6.0/ 10
Release Date
1990-08-10
Runtime
2h 17m
Genres
CrimeDramaMysteryRomance
Part of the Series
The Jake Gittes Collection
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User Reviews (2)
Filipe Manuel Neto
7/10
•8/4/2022**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 exte...
CinemaSerf
5/10
•11/4/2022I 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 tha...