Jade

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Stephen C @bob25009 Jun 27 Success in 1 hour and 35 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $9,200,000.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more Ben D Jan 23 This one is rough. In The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Cal (Seth Rogan) advises Andy (Steve Carrell) that the key to seduction is “Pretend you’re David Caruso in Jade.” Ever since I heard that line almost 20 years ago, this movie has been at the back of my mind. I got none of that here. A contrived plot with all the usual suspects — corrupt politicians (Richard Crenna), slimy lawyers (Chazz Palminteri), and a detective playing by his own rules (David Caruso) — is filled with nonsensical car chase scenes and milquetoast “eroticism”. In Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F., the destructive car chase scene at least had a tinge of 1990s nostalgia to it, but here, it’s sincere and just stupid. Our good guy, ADA David Corelli (Caruso) causes more destructive chasing… someone than is even tangentially reasonable. This has to be one of my most loathed movie tropes. Jade fails because it is not thrilling (despite the intriguing beginning, a tone of which is abandoned thereafter) and is not erotic. In the end, I was left asking myself, “What did I just watch?”. Friedkin is a master, but not in this one. See more Victor P @vperez714 06/23/2024 The plot was contrived, arbitrary, and a disappointment from director William Friedkin and writer Joe Eszterhas who wrote Basic Instinct which was a better movie than Jade. See more alvin a 01/02/2024 An ambitious San Francisco public defender becomes inveigled in the kinky murder of a local businessman. From the pen of Joe Eszterhaus, still chipping at the block of mental marble that gave us Basic Instinct and Showgirls. So there's some great purple dialogue - few can make a euphemism for genitalia land harder. What gets missed is Eszterhaus's fondness for heroes whose lack of self-awareness verges on stupidity and his sneaking regard for the femme fatale. Once governor Richard Crenna gets in the picture via some incriminating photos, there's also a heavy Clinton/Vince Foster vibe. Director William Friedkin zeroes in on this with an elephant gun, all the while thwarting any real "eroticism" in this erotic thriller via videotape snow and the dampening of animal passions by the Frisco fog. David Caruso is a ginger void, while Linda Fiorentino makes a four-course meal in her role as a thrill-seeking headshrinker. And because this is Friedkin, we get a car chase that only is pipped by Bullitt as the finest to ever be staged in the Bay Area. See more Alice E 12/23/2023 it is very 90's but it is still good. I love its cinematography and score. See more Ulli M 12/23/2023 William Friedkin, you will be deeply missed. Jade is an underrated gem See more Read all reviews

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