The Two Jakes

They say money makes the world go round. But sex was invented before money "Nicholson remains today's premiere film actor." - Bob Thomas, Associated Press The big wait is over! Jack Nicholson returns as private eye Jack Gittes in this atmospheric Chinatown follow-up that's hit upon "the elusive sequel formula for somehow enhancing a great original" (Mike Clark, USA TODAY). Much has changed since we last saw Jake. The war has come and gone; 1948 Los Angeles teems with optimism and fast bucks. But there's one thing Jake knows hasn't changed: "Nine times out of ten, if you follow the money you will get to the truth. "And that's the trail he follows when a routine case of marital hanky panky explodes into a murder that's tied to a grab for oil-and to Jake's own past. © Paramount Pictures Corp