Better Late Then Never

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Sorry, DC makes me sick. He is not from or on this planet. I don't know what he is. An android? A zombie? I swear I could pass my hand right through him without any sensation. Seeing him on screen is an affront to my emotional stability. I will FF through this recording and NEVER record anything with him in it again.

There is too much gratuitous sex.There is too much gratuitous sex.The climax, shot in half light, is confusing since four or five cops, DA's, killers, suspects, are wrestling around. Who's fighting with whom?Someone said it was a "Mess." In truth, it wasn't that good.The film was short on story. Friedkin like cars chases. "Jade" has 3. Uh, maybe 2. Uh, maybe 1. If you see this film, you'll quickly understand why I'm unclear about the chases. At least I know this: About 20% of the running time deals with cars in trouble and David Caruso violently swinging the steering wheel, yelling in fear, screaming in anger. Or is it the other way around?Of course, the sound editor used the stock horn sound, the one that echoes as it fades.I gave this a 1 because they don't allow negative numbers.In summary: "Jade" stinks.

When the assistant district attorney of San Francisco investigates the mysterious death of an important millionaire he discovers that the first suspect in this case is a friend of his who is married to an important lawyer.Now it is difficult for him to distinguish between what is reality and what should be reality....Yes there are many similarities to this, Basic Instinct, and even Body of Evidence, but is that really a bad thing? This was the nineties, a decade of excess, style and of course, trying to be as controversial as possible. So why shouldn't Friedkin jump on the boat.Watching it sixteen years on, and the film is still pretty stylish and has very good production values, it's a shame that the film was crucified by the critics and public alike in initial release, because it has some really good set pieces, and probably one of the best car chases ever committed to film.There are a few plot holes here and there, and yes, the directors cut, ties up a few loose ends, but with the performances alone, and the grand scale of it all, Jade is a film worth watching, even if you know the killer at the end is going to be someone silly and rich.

In the stock market most people buy long with the hope the price of their stock will go up. Others buy short, which is the opposite of long. Many of the reviews of this movie are long. I see this movie as short. A well acted poorly written/directed story. Several examples follow. One example is when Caruso's character shows the governor a group of pictures and never asks for the name of the woman in the pictures. Another is the unrealistic and unbelievably slow motion car chase scene to, through and beyond Chinatown. Another example is the idea of multiple murderers each killing for different reasons. Ultimately no one is punished for any of the deaths. In fairness to Caruso his performance is CSI Miami 7 years early. Regardless, this is a very poorly thought out and presented movie.