The Two Jakes

Name: The Two Jakes
Director: Jack Nicholson
Genre: Thriller, Crime, Mystery
Released: 1990-08-10
Rating: 5.986

They say money makes the world go round. But sex was invented before money.

Film19902h 17mReleased

ThrillerCrimeMystery

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Director: Jack Nicholson
Language: English
Released: 1990-08-10
Runtime: 2h 17m

Community score

6.0281 votes on TMDB

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6.2

The story

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.