A remarkable picture.

Rating: 9/10 (28 March 2008)

Chinatown is and incredible experience, one of the best in film history. The story is captivating and the direction is perfect as the audience begins to figure out what is going on at the same time Jack Nicholson's J.J. Gittes does. In brief, Gittes is a private detective who is investigating alleged affairs between the water commissioner Hollis Mulwray and some woman. As Gittes continues to search, he finds way more than he bargained for including an alluring, mysterious woman with a dark secret, her rich and psychologically powerful father, and a plan that will forever change the future of the city of Los Angeles. Modeled after the classic film noirs of the 1930s and 1940s, Chinatown perfectly captures that era with wonderful sets, terrific acting, smooth directing, and a script hailed today as one of the best ever written. Overall, Chinatown is comparable to The Maltese Falcon and Double Indemnity as one of the best film noirs ever put onto celluloid.