" She's my Daughter, . ,. my Sister,... .My Daughter ... .My Sister..."

Rating: 8/10 (6 October 2007)

Hollywood is one city which often wears more faces than the two it's noted for. Naturally, one face is more acceptable than the other. That face is innocence. Its hardly an innocent place, but to judge by its heavenly celluloid stories, it continues because audiences are suckers for them. Those faces are found in every splendid tale it creates. This movie is one of them. The film is called "Chinatown." It has been seen by many audiences because of is star. Jack Nicholson plays J.J. 'Jake' Gittes, a modest, but serious private eye who's every bit an old style gumshoe. In this episode he is hired by the wife (Faye Dunaway) of a city government employee to find out if her husband is cheating. With the help of his associates, he not only discovers the husband is not cheating, but also learns she is not really the man's wife. The real Mrs. Evelyn Mulray (Faye Dunaway) sues Gittes and promises legal action. Gittes begins to investigate and finds more than he sought, including murder, political corruption and a powerful organization, led by millionaire Noah Cross, (John Huston). His friend on the police force, Lieutenant Lou Escobar (Perry Lopez) warns him of the dangerous elements arrayed against him. One for instance is Roman Polanski who plays a vicious gangster, and is also the movie's director. Dunaway proves fantastic when cross examined and reveals a secret which should have remained undisturbed. In the end, we conclude that innocence is covered in a thin veneer for a reason. You don't really want to know the truth. Now where have we heard that before? ****