Movie · Drama · Crime

Private investigator and war veteran Jake Gittes (Jack Nicholson) is hired by real estate developer Jake Berman (Harvey Keitel) for some run-of-the-mill matrimonial work. After Berman shoots his wife's lover, who happens to be his own 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.

1990 · 2h 17m
Director Jack Nicholson

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The Two Jakes

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Private investigator and war veteran Jake Gittes (Jack Nicholson) is hired by real estate developer Jake Berman (Harvey Keitel) for some run-of-the-mill matrimonial work. After Berman shoots his wife's lover, who happens to be his own 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.

COMMON SENSE

Crime thriller sequel has some violence, strong language.

TOMATOMETER
Average 5.9
Reviews 32
Fresh 19
Rotten 13

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Studio
Paramount Pictures
Released
1990
Run Time
2 hr 17 min
Rated
R
Region of Origin
United States
© ™ and Copyright © 1990 Paramount Pictures. All Rights Reserved.

Languages

Original Audio
English
Audio

English (United States) (AAC, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩), French (France) (AAC), Spanish (Latin America) (AAC)

Subtitles

English (CC), Danish (Denmark) , Dutch , Finnish (Finland) , French (France) , Italian , Norwegian (Norway) , Portuguese (Brazil) , Spanish (Latin America) , Swedish (Sweden)

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.