

The Two Jakes
They say money makes the world go round. But sex was invented before money.
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.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $19M
- Box office
- $10M
- Language
- English
- sequel
- los angeles, california
- private detective
- neo-noir
- excited
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United StatesUS
- TheatricalR10 Aug 1990
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1522 Nov 1991
BrazilBR
- Physical1410 Dec 2007
CzechiaCZ
- Physical1 Dec 1993
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical1529 Nov 1991
FranceFR
- TheatricalU22 May 1991
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1210 Aug 1990
NetherlandsNL
- Physical6DVD1 Sept 2003
- TV6RTL 522 Apr 2004
PortugalPT
- TheatricalM/1614 Aug 1992
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The Two Jakes was released on 10 August 1990.
Audience reviews
2- F7/10
Filipe Manuel Neto
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 extent this would be a consequence of the widespread ill-fame that hangs, more or less justifiably, over the sequels of good films. What I can now say, after having seen it, …
- C5/10
CinemaSerf
11/4/2022
I 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 that leaves him unsure who he can trust as he tries to get to the truth and stay alive! Yes, that's the gist - hardly novel, is it? What could have helped it would have been…
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