The water from Chinatown

Rating: Null/10 (10 May 2013)

Considered to be one of the greatest movies of it's era, Roman Polanski's Chinatown (1974) stars Jack Nicholson in the role of J.J. Gittes, a private investigator in Los Angeles in the 1930's. Don't get too excited though! Gittes' largest client base consists of those who believe that their significant other is cheating on the. That certainly was the case for Evelyn Mulwray (Faye Dunaway) when she came stumbling into his office, sure that her husband, Hollis, is cheating on her. But as Gittes goes digging, he realizes that it's a whole lot more than that when a bunch of the city's water goes missing and Hollis turns up dead. As Gittes investigates further, he's intrigued to find that his trail leads him to Noah Cross, a businessman and Evelyn's father. Can Gittes step out of his comfort zone and solve a case that is more than just an affair? Or will he get in over his head and down in the missing water? An interesting movie with a neat plot line. A bit slow at times but good over all!