He has a fiancee and a gut. But the past haunts him. And then, in a barely decipherable aside in a conversation between two adulterous lovers, caught forever on a piece of recording tape, the past comes calling. With a vengeance. The Two Jakes is a good period detective film, a wonderful second chance to spend time with Jake Gittes, and a loving, bittersweet coda to a masterpiece.
People are really idiots when it comes to sequels.
They almost never give them a fair shake. And yet they go. If the idea of a sequel offends you, shut up and stay home. All this talk of The Two Jakes gave me an excuse to pull out my copy and watch it again. The wardrobe, production design, and photography are not only top rate, but qualify as American Art.