Synopsis
Someone does a nasty hatchet job on a San Francisco big shot and the Assistant D.A. takes charge of the investigation. Through a web of blackmail and prostitution involving the Governor, an old lover of the lawman emerges as a prime suspect and he has to deal with his personal feelings as well as the case.
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Cast
- David CarusoDavid Corelli
- Linda FiorentinoTrina Gavin
- Chazz PalminteriMatt Gavin
- Michael BiehnBob Hargrove
- Richard CrennaGovernor Edwards
- Donna MurphyKaren Heller
- Kevin TigheD.A. Arnold Clifford
- Holt McCallanyBill Barrett
- Angie EverhartPatrice Jacinto
- David HuntPat Callendar
Recommendations
- 50
Chicago Sun-Times
There's only one character we can identify with - a San Francisco police detective played by David Caruso - and he doesn't drive the plot so much as get swept along by it. - 50
San Francisco Chronicle
Despite its posh trimmings, and Fiorentino's feline presence, Jade never rises above its limitations and never cloaks the fact that Eszterhas' dialogue and script are basically pulp -- minus the trashy fun that we've come to expect from the genre. - 42
Tampa Bay Times
Jade is another thriller where convenient shocks substitute for clues and motives come from the groin, not the mind. [13 Oct 1995, p.6] - 40
Austin Chronicle
Friedkin, to his credit, gives us a nicely compelling car chase through the near-vertical hills of San Francisco, but it's only five minutes long, and this is a 105-minute film. What to do with the other 100 minutes? No one seems to know. - 40
Empire
Jade tries so hard to be a serious, lush noir but, like the cheap sex it revels in, it is ultimately a hollow, anti-climactic experience. - 30
Newsweek
What we want to know is why we should care about any of these stick figures. Eszterhas seems as bored with them as we are. He's just moving his dopey plot along, leaving Friedkin to fill in the gaps with car chases and irrelevant chinoiserie. - 30
The New York Times
Though the combination of Linda Fiorentino, Chazz Palminteri and David Caruso promised Jade some fire, it winds up with no more spark than a doused campfire. - 25
ReelViews
Director William Friedkin has created a stylistic picture, but this is an example of style without substance.
