Synopsis
This sequel to the classic Chinatown finds private detective Jake Gittes still haunted by the events of the first film. Hired by a man to investigate his wife's infidelities, Jake once again finds himself involved in a complicated plot involving murder, oil, and even some ghosts from his past.
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Cast
- Jack NicholsonJ.J. "Jake" Gittes
- Harvey KeitelJulius "Jake" Berman
- Meg TillyKitty Berman
- Madeleine StoweLillian Bodine
- Eli WallachCotton Weinberger
- Rubén BladesMickey Nice
- Frederic ForrestChuck Newty
- David KeithDet. Lt. Loach
- Richard FarnsworthEarl Rawley
- Tracey WalterTyrone Otley
Recommendations
- 88
Chicago Sun-Times
It's an exquisite short story about a mood, and a time, and a couple of guys who are blind-sided by love. - 80
Chicago Reader
This is a worthy successor to Chinatown - full of ecological and geological insights into Los Angeles history that recall Raymond Chandler and Ross MacDonald and give a view of southern California that could have been conceived only by a native. - 80
Empire
The Two Jakes is well-acted and looks fabulous, cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond paints it eerily bright and shiny. - 67
Entertainment Weekly
The Two Jakes is competent and watchable. - 50
Christian Science Monitor
Robert Towne's screenplay is less opportunistic than many of his efforts in recent years, although it still contains moments designed merely to shock or titillate. - 50
Rolling Stone
Towne doesn't weave all the elements as deftly as before, and his political observations seem secondhand. - 50
TV Guide Magazine
What it lacks are the dramatic underpinnings and emotional core that made the original film an engrossing mystery as well as a cinema classic. - 50
Variety
This oft-delayed sequel proves a jumbled, obtuse yet not entirely unsatisfying follow-up to Chinatown, rightly considered one of the best films of the 1970s.
