Rating: 
Summary: The car chase alone is worth the price of admission
Review: Jade is an average film. I enjoyed it, but I can see where some didn't. Its a little seedy, and aside from that angle it might have a been there, done that type of plot. The performances are all good. However, the real gem of the film is the fantastic car chase through San Francisco. Hill jumping, collisions and suspense as one character chases an anonymous killer. It's in the top 5 chases with the all time greats of Bullitt, To Live and Die in LA, French Connection and Ronin. Very tense and realistic scene. Not to be missed!
Rating: 
Summary: EXCELLENT
Review: Keeps you guesssing till the very end... Wonderfully entertaining... END
Rating: 
Summary: OK film
Review: Not a bad film to pass an evening's time with. A murder mystery with elements of surprise. This film will stretch you neither intellectually nor artistically, but it features some sumptuous interiors and locales (e.g., the real Sheraton Palace Hotel Garden Court done up as a ballroom), and persons familiar with San Francisco will enjoy that and other location shots. Excellent cinematography, interesting music that's not overdone, and so-so acting, but the yarn is at least followable. I've seen a lot worse. Nil extras on the DVD, though, a disappointment.
Rating:
Summary: OK film
Review: Not a bad film to pass an evening's time with. A murder mystery with elements of surprise. This film will stretch you neither intellectually nor artistically, but it features some sumptuous interiors and locales (e.g., the real Sheraton Palace Hotel Garden Court done up as a ballroom), and persons familiar with San Francisco will enjoy that and other location shots. Excellent cinematography, interesting music that's not overdone, and so-so acting, but the yarn is at least followable. I've seen a lot worse. Nil extras on the DVD, though, a disappointment.
Rating:
Summary: Mystery and suspense at its best
Review: Some fantasies go too far. Money, sex and power are the things that most corrupt Los Angeles citizens in the modern world and in the classy thriller "Jade", penned by "Basic Instinct" screenwriter Joe Eszterhas and directed by "The Exorcist" director William Friedkin. This is a film I will definitely run out and buy on DVD now that I just got a DVD player. The film, despite many peoples' horrible opinions, is mystery and suspense at its best, delievring powerful dialogue, a chilling and provocative musical score, and unique directing and editing. Not to mention the terrific car chase scene that took the cast and crew three weeks to shoot in the cooperative Chinatown in California. Car chase scenes have become a trifle trite, however it remains tastefully done and riveting in this also riveting film. "Jade" shows that there is a dark side to people of high and low levels of power, and that they will commit heinous and destructive acts to remain in the chair of power, and as clinical psychologist Katrina Gavin (the wonderful and talented Linda Fiorentino) says, "The people who commit these acts are in many ways no different from you and me. But they are no longer able to control their urges. They disassociate themselves from their own actions, often experiencing an hysterical blindness. They are blind to the darkness within themselves."
Rating:
Summary: Mystery and suspense at its best
Review: Some fantasies go too far. Money, sex and power are the things that most corrupt Los Angeles citizens in the modern world and in the classy thriller "Jade", penned by "Basic Instinct" screenwriter Joe Eszterhas and directed by "The Exorcist" director William Friedkin. This is a film I will definitely run out and buy on DVD now that I just got a DVD player. The film, despite many peoples' horrible opinions, is mystery and suspense at its best, delievring powerful dialogue, a chilling and provocative musical score, and unique directing and editing. Not to mention the terrific car chase scene that took the cast and crew three weeks to shoot in the cooperative Chinatown in California. Car chase scenes have become a trifle trite, however it remains tastefully done and riveting in this also riveting film. "Jade" shows that there is a dark side to people of high and low levels of power, and that they will commit heinous and destructive acts to remain in the chair of power, and as clinical psychologist Katrina Gavin (the wonderful and talented Linda Fiorentino) says, "The people who commit these acts are in many ways no different from you and me. But they are no longer able to control their urges. They disassociate themselves from their own actions, often experiencing an hysterical blindness. They are blind to the darkness within themselves."
Rating: 
Summary: A Bore
Review: Sometimes fantasies go too far. I wish this movie had gone too far. Instead, it's a predictable murder mystery. In fact, there's no mystery. If you can't figure out who did it, you should not be allowed out of your house. The sex scenes are not sexy, erotic or titillating. The movie is just plain boring. You want a sex movie to arouse you. This just made me yawn. Besides, who wants David Caruso to star in a sex movie?
Rating:
Summary: Seductive.... Jade....Cheating.... Murder...Excellent Movie
Review: Suspensful,Seductive,Excellent Movie!! Another great role for Chazz Palmenteri. No matter what movie he's in or what role hes given he always takes charge! I Love HIM!! The movie is based on a murder in the begining and David Curoso is the investigator and he has to figure out who killed "him". His best friend is married to his ex girl who you can tell is still in love with. Im sorry that wife of Matt Gavins (Chazz Palmenteri) is a hoe! David has to find out who "Jade" is because that will link to the murderer. The Ending is so unexpected and Suprising! I recommend this movie to everyone! Its Great~ but i must say Chazz Palmenteri shows his characters more as a gangster like in "Bronx Tale" You Should Be more in those movies Chazz, your the big boss man who takes over every movie i've seen him in! You go Boy!~
Rating: 
Summary: A Precious Gift From the Gods of Cinema
Review: Thank goodness this has been released in the DVD format so not even a portion of a frame of this trash "crass-ic" is missed. If you're wondering why red-headed men never become movie stars (unless you count Yosemite Sam), David Caruso has the answer for you; he sticks out here like a carrot on a bed of romaine. The press said this movie was actually WORSE than "Showgirls", released in the same year, if such a thing can even be imagined. Joe Eszterhas shouldn't be allowed to write a check, let alone pen anymore "screenplays". Why someone bothers to preserve this while something like "Chinatown" has yet to appear on DVD is anyone's guess.
Rating:
Summary: good movie...linda was great!
Review: the movie is highly erotic...linda did a superb job,but the other actors did not. I loved the sexual scenes,much better than most of other erotic movies. I also loved the sound track. This review is for the VHS .
|
