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  • Volume 56 Number 3 Features The Western Carolinian Page 11 Monday, August 27, 1990 The Two Jakes. Nicholson's long-awaited sequel to Chinatown Bill Studenc Contributing Writer The Two Jakes, Jack Nicholson's long-awaited follow-up to Chinatown, is a worthy, successor to the 1974 filmclassic, although the sequel falls short of • the lofty cinematic perch occupied by the original. But, hey, Chinatown is one of those rare films that successfully combine entertainment and art, getting top marks in both categories. It's no surprize, then, that The Two Jakes doesn't quite recapture the magic, the elegance and the eloquence of Chinatown. The true surprise would have been if Nicholson, who pulls double duty as actor and director, had duplicated the accomplish- The New & Exciting Shear fe* Images 586-0135 Stylists Pam Baldwin & Denise Frady • Hair Sculpting •Design Cuts • Perms • Color • Waxing We carry Joico Paul Mitchell Matrix BainDeTerre Located at 282 East Main Street (Beside UPS on Cullowhee Hwy.) fopen Monday - Saturday Walk-ins Welcome ments of director Roman Polanski in Chinatown. To Nicholson's credit, he comes damn close. With Jakes, he has given us an intelligent, entertaining, well-crafted movie for grown-ups. But Jakes lacks that artist's touch that made Chinatown so very special. While Polanski was subtle in conveying the movie's theme that things aren't always what they seem, Nicholson is always giving us verbal taps on the shoulder saying, "Hey, here's what this flick's all about!" This time, add "You can't escape the past" to the theme of flawed perceptions. Polanski hauntingly used recurring imagery and symbols (a flawed iris in the heroine's eye, mirrors and reflections, eyeglasses) to make his point; Nicholson, while utilizing some of those same images, relies mainly on a film noir-style narrative voice-over, a la Humphrey Bogart. It's an appropriate device for this movie, and, in any other film it would have worked fine, without eliciting negative comment. Most of the movie's best lines belong to Nicholson (oh, big surprise), delivered during his transitional monologues. But like they tell the students in Creative Writing 101, it's always better to show than to tell. The action in The Two Jakes takes place in 1948, 11 years after the events in Chinatown. Detective Jake J. Gittes (Nicholson), like the rest of Los Angeles, is enjoying the post World War II boom. He's living the good life now, with his own office building, several employees, memberships at exclusive clubs. The brunt of his business is still matrimonial investigations — snapping photos of spouses in compromising positions (and missionary positions). In an invigorated post-war economy, business is good. As in Chinatown, Gittes finds himself drawn into an intricate murder mystery that, on the surface, seems like an open-and- shut case. As he digs deeper, however, more and more people become involved in the caper — including a ghost from his Chinatown past. His easy solutions to the mystery don't come quite so easily after all. Echoing Chinatown, the mystery of The Two Jakes involves a power and money conspiracy. In Chinatown, the scheme revolved around the diversion of water to the outskirts of Los Angeles to turn arid land into multi-million-dollar real estate; in Jakes, the conspiracy involves real estate, oil and mineral rights. Nicholson..., well, he's Nicholson in his reprisal of the Gittes role. Like Nicholson himself, Gittes has grown older and wiser, and wealthier and paunchier from living the good life. Nicholson, his sneer and his arched eyebrows are the embodiment of Gittes' jaded cynicism. No one else could have played this role. Nicholson, the most powerful actor in the business, is such an on-screen force (and also off-screen, as director) that he overshadows nearly everyone else. Harvey Keitel as client and Jake No. 2 (Jake Berman, real estate agent) refuse to be outdone by die master. Reuben Blades, who plays Berman's henchman, is wonderfully evil. The two female leads, on the other hand, don't fare as well. Meg Tilly, as Jake's wife, Kitty, gives a half- and-half performance as the vulnerable-yet-tough woman. Tilly, with her quiet voice and vacant stare, has the lost, vulnerable bit down to a science, but she needs to work on her tough side. Madeleine Stowe has some juicy moments as the seethingly jealous wife of Berman's real estate partner, but her character is not well developed. Visually, The Two Jakes is not quite the masterpiece that Chinatown was, but it's vastly superior to most films. There's an attention to detail here that you just don't find too often. Like the original, this is a movie to watch closely, to be savored. Don't count on making two trips to the concession stand and one visit to the restroom during this film. The Two Jakes has as many twists and turns as the Blue Ridge Parkway. The Two Jakes. Starring Jack Nicholson, Harvey Keitel, Meg Tilly and Madeleine Stowe. Directed by Jack Nicholson. Written by Robert Towne. [R] Cliches, lack of comedy hamper Problem Child Emily Gill Staff Writer "It was a dark and stormy night" in the opening scene of Problem Child, starring John Ritter, and an endless number of cliches followed, one after the boring other, for 75 excruciating minutes. The problem child in question, actor Peter Jurask, a spunky, "absolutely darling," little redhead with an even sprinkling of freckles and plump cheeks, failed to engross the audience in scene after scene of wisecracks and pranks. III ■§■ III j We've Moved!! j 2 1/2 miles ! 1 i i i Bratty kids are a fact of life, but pig-tail pulling isn't on the agenda for this "3-foot anti-christ." After baring his teeth in an affected grin, he burns bedrooms, kicks men in their privates, and generally demolishes anything he can get his hands on. The story (yes, there was a plot, I have to give credit where credit is due) began with an unidentified woman depositing a baby in a basket on the steps of a mansion. The baby promptly squirts in his benefactor's face. During the next five minutes, when the film actually displays possibility, the kid is passed from house to house in the same basket to the Problem Child theme song (The Beach Boy's break those chains with a rockin' cover of George Thorogood's "Bad to the Bone.") The kid gets larger (feet and legs extending farther out of the basket) and the houses get smaller. Eventually the kid ends up at the convent/orphanage, replete with a hairy-warted, bad-tempered nun who chases him around the grounds and makes him do K.P. He gets back at her of course: stew in the face, pots on the head, and water on the floor which sends her reeling into a dumpster. Lots of broken bones and few laughs result. While mopping the nursery, die kid gets inspiration from the Bow-Tie Killer on T.V. news. He dons his own red polka-dot version and wreaks mayhem with renewed fervor. The plot sickens. John Ritter plays an ail-American, camcorder-totin', little league coach who's over-dressed, intolerably vain wife (Amy Yasbeck) is infertile. Adoption ensues after an appeal to her that it resembles shopping. "Nature screwed us over, let's try commerce," she agrees. Ritter plays his usual hook, line and sinker self, an understanding Dad to the monster he's just adopted. Watching him fall all over himself to be Mister Nice Guy is all too boring and predictable for the umpteenth time. The kid continues to destroy people and property on a camping trip, at a child's birthday party and at a little league game. The parents give up and try to give him back to the agency, but Ritter flashes forgiving with his punctual, end-of-movie, no-easy- way-out, let's tackle this head-on Flo, moralizing. Don't miss the grand finale, Rambo-style shoot-em-up and car chase with the Bow-Tie Killer in "I am a man" Ritter-splendor while the kid drives. Did I mention this kid is seven? Problem Child. 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