Rating: 
Summary: Excellent color film noir
Review: This is a nice sequel to Chinatown. It is written by Robert Towne, the writer of Chinatown. Where Chinatown is pre-war Los Angeles and surrounds water resources and development of the San Fernando Valley, this film is about post-war Los Angeles and oil.The DVD is high quality. The image is sharp, color is good, and soundtrack well balanced. If you have Chinatown you should also add the sequel to your collection.
Rating:
Summary: Excellent color film noir
Review: This is a nice sequel to Chinatown. It is written by Robert Towne, the writer of Chinatown. Where Chinatown is pre-war Los Angeles and surrounds water resources and development of the San Fernando Valley, this film is about post-war Los Angeles and oil. The DVD is high quality. The image is sharp, color is good, and soundtrack well balanced. If you have Chinatown you should also add the sequel to your collection.
Rating: 
Summary: Good
Review: This is no comparison to CHINATOWN. But it was massacred by the critics, and a flop at the box office, so that I only reluctantly watched it on TV after reading a suprisingly positive review of it. Well, the positive review was a fair one, because I found this movie to be pretty good. It might help if you're a fan of Los-Angeles-locale-film-noir, as I am. But even if you're not, THE TWO JAKES ain't a bad way to spend an evening.
Rating:
Summary: Awesome sequal
Review: This sequal to Chinatown was worth watching on dvd
It's so cool
The plot gets just as deep as the plot in Chinatown
Jack made me think alot in this one who the bad guy was
and also he made me laugh and smile alot just like in the last film. Jack plays his roles well> Anyone who wants to put him down for acting and directing should be in his shoes. it's not easy to direct a movie and star in it. I give him mad props for directing The Two Jakes. He rocks. He knows how to cast a scene well. The actors are really interesting in this one as well.
The plot gets deeper in the middle and end
and when the movie ends is when I was shocked the most
I never saw it coming
Really cool cast to watch. They really played cool roles
I would recommend this film to people that are just getting into Nicholson. He deserves some respect. He is a good guy. Very talented. I can't wait to get all his movies on dvd. especially more of the others he directed. He will always be respected by me. It sucks he got bad reviews at the Box Office. I liked the movie alot
and have watched it 8 times already and still wanna watch it.
The music hooked me in alot too. Just like in Chinatown. Riveting seriously :)
Rating: 
Summary: Spare yourself the agony and rent Chinatown instead
Review: This sequel to Chinatown must be one of the most disappointing films I have ever seen. It is badly written, badly directed (by star Jack Nicholson), and contains bland performances by two of my favorite actors, Nicholson and Harvey Keitel. Spare yourself the agony of wasting 99 cents on renting this turkey and rent the masterpiece Chinatown instead.
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Summary: Excellent and highly under-rated sequel to Chinatown.
Review: Truly one of the most under rated movies of all time. It may not be quite as good as Chinatown, but hell, what is? An excellent movie in its own right and a worthy successor to one of the greatest movies of all time. Don't see until you've seen Chinatown tho!
Rating: 
Summary: Two Jakes: A Classic, but not a Masterpiece
Review: Two Jakes is great movie, but simply NOT on the level of "Chinatown"... The story is well written, the talent is superb, but the direction lacks the dynamic, passionate style that Polanski put into his masterpiece "Chinatown". Jack, Harvey, Perry, and especially the normally talented Meg Tilly, walk through their parts without tension or emotional dynamics... which is not consistant with either the period, nor the style of early film noir.... this is a film in the style of the 90s, and so Nicholson is seduced by BOTH leading ladies... and it falls flat both times. The music, which is not distinctive, adds nothing to the needed dramatic tension of these characters, which it should have. Still, the movie has some strong points. The photography and set designs are first rate. The scene in the Max Factor building using the actual reception room and exterior is wonderful... the building is now the "Hollywood History Museum" and it was great to see it as it may have appeared in 1948. The new DVD transfer is a fine one, color corrected, and sound is clear and crisp. The performance by Ruben Blades is incredible and he is a frightening tough guy who shows his loyalty and bond to Harvey's character in the end very clearly... not an easy bit of drama to play out on screen. I recommend this one, but just do not expect the same masterpiece that Chinatown is.... and I strongly recommend a person see Chinatown first to understand much of this film.
Rating:
Summary: Two Jakes: A Classic, but not a Masterpiece
Review: Two Jakes is great movie, but simply NOT on the level of "Chinatown"... The story is well written, the talent is superb, but the direction lacks the dynamic, passionate style that Polanski put into his masterpiece "Chinatown". Jack, Harvey, Perry, and especially the normally talented Meg Tilly, walk through their parts without tension or emotional dynamics... which is not consistant with either the period, nor the style of early film noir.... this is a film in the style of the 90s, and so Nicholson is seduced by BOTH leading ladies... and it falls flat both times. The music, which is not distinctive, adds nothing to the needed dramatic tension of these characters, which it should have. Still, the movie has some strong points. The photography and set designs are first rate. The scene in the Max Factor building using the actual reception room and exterior is wonderful... the building is now the "Hollywood History Museum" and it was great to see it as it may have appeared in 1948. The new DVD transfer is a fine one, color corrected, and sound is clear and crisp. The performance by Ruben Blades is incredible and he is a frightening tough guy who shows his loyalty and bond to Harvey's character in the end very clearly... not an easy bit of drama to play out on screen. I recommend this one, but just do not expect the same masterpiece that Chinatown is.... and I strongly recommend a person see Chinatown first to understand much of this film.
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