The final truth of chinatown.

Rating: 9/10 (6 July 2006)

Please bare with my limited grasp of the English language. I thought this movie like Jake Gittes had a touch of finesse. As we move through the movie we follow the crest of what Gittes is working out. He smoothly sees through all the everyday lies, and is able to manage the heat from his old time partner Lieutenant Lou Escobar.
Everything begins to come together at the end of movie, but Gittes is unable to control the situation, and a whole chain of evil manages to slip back into the shadows. It's a cruel and definite end and there's nothing Gittes can do. Even though he wants to rip Escobars head off, he's in Chinatown, where there are no witnesses. Thus the final piece is slotted into place.