Jade (1995)
Average Rating: 4/10
Reviews Counted: 27
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 23
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Average Rating: 3.8/10
Critic Reviews: 7
Fresh: 0 | Rotten: 7
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Movie Info
An investigator seeking the truth behind the death of a noted art dealer uncovers a web of sexual deception in this erotic thriller. David Caruso plays David Corelli, a San Francisco District Attorney who faces a potential conflict of interest when he learns that the prime suspect in the murder is psychologist Katrina Gavin (Linda Fiorentino), an old flame who eventually married Corelli's close friend (Chazz Palminteri). Despite this, he continues on the case and discovers that the dealer owned
Oct 13, 1995 Wide
Feb 16, 1999
Paramount
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Cast
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David Caruso
David Corelli -
Linda Fiorentino
Trina Gavin -
Chazz Palminteri
Matt Gavin -
Michael Biehn
Bob Hargrove -
Richard Crenna
Gov. Edwards -
Donna Murphy
Karen Heller -
Darryl Chan
Tommy Joy -
Holt McCallany
Bill Barrett -
Drew Snyder
Executive -
Victor Talmadge
Lawyer -
Kenneth Tigar
Corporate Man -
Kevin Tighe
D.A. Arnold Clifford -
John Wyman
Cop -
Dick Ziker
Assistant D.A -
Bobby Bass
Assistant D.A -
Buddy Joe Hooker
Assistant D.A -
David Hunt
Pat Callendar -
Jay Jacobus
Justin Henderson -
Ron Ulstad
Kyle Medford -
Angie Everhart
Patrice Jacinto -
Victor Wong
Mr Wong -
Tom Walsh
Cop -
Ken King
Petey Vasko
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All Critics (39) | Top Critics (13) | Fresh (4) | Rotten (23) | DVD (4)
Writer Joe Eszterhas's follow-up to his Showgirls fiasco is every bit as hopeless, and this time he takes some good actors down with him.
Car-chase aficionados are advised not to miss out on Jade, but others can safely give it a pass.
It's a good, solid thriller with some terrific touches by Friedkin and some truly bizarre ones by Eszterhas.
An Erotic Thriller that's as unsexy as it is unthrilling
A fairly suspenseful and entertaining thriller.
What happened here?
A monotonous and misguided sexual thriller that certainly doesn't cater to the typical Friedkin vibes. And Caruso left his top-rated critically-acclaimed ABC-TV cop show for this?
Post-viewing showers should be mandatory.
more degrading than some porn films
A high point of the show, even if it does go on a bit too long, is one great car chase scene.
Audience Reviews for Jade
here are all the fun facts. first of all, the name title jade has a exotic undertone, jade is a dominatrix whore who takes an oriental name to entice her men-prey. and among the remains of the victim, pubic hair is stored within a elegant box made of silver, inscribed with a chinese character of jade. second of all, some of the scenes are deliberately arranged within some chinese festival in frisco's china-town to give the picture an other-worldly feeling, and some of oriental decorations are used as the adorments in those secret rooms for the purpose of illicit sex. (in the script, it's called THE FUCK HOUSE.) if you read raymond chandler's the big sleep, chandler seems to favor associating the oriental exotica with sexual perversions. (bisexuality and promiscuity...the world of pagans always has an aura of emanicipation from puritanical abstinence, to the westerners)...now we witness the modern homage to the metaphors of vintage stereotypes. third of all, one of those most interesting dialogue in the movie is a naked woman in solitude, leaving some desperate message in his answering machine while the man is about to engage in a sexual dalliance with his adulteress: "i'm reaching hysterical blindness, you better be careful, i might give in to one of those uncontrollable urges," which is repeated in the end of the movie by the man as the real murderer is exposed.
david caruso from csi crime scene is still quite dreary as ever while chazz palminteri still remains as the fantastically sleazy typecast of the nasty power-obsessed slick man in b-noir flicks. (king of sleaze!) how about linda florentino? all i could say is that i never knew she was that super-sexy back in the good old 1990s while her husky voice spells out like "i dare you to do me" manifesto which fulfills every frame of picture. and those demure-lady garments seem particularly obscene while you envision all those wild crazy things are done under those conservative customes.
jade is a b-movie-cult homage to noir, just like basic instinct, which is redeemed into a flick due to its strong production backset (which means..they just used all those top-class director, actors and cinematographers,,to make a b-movie), but jade also adapts the chiaroscuro technique to render protagonist's mental states, for example, woman on bed, the dichotomy of light and shadow appears on her face to symbolize something dark is looming within the woman's mind. jade might be a messily, loosely made b-movie, but it's definitely far from boring!
(at least, better than show-girl, another ezsterhas' campy cheer of sleaze.)
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Top Critic
Friedkin mixes brilliantly Igor Stravinsky's rite of spring and James Horner's most oddball score to date together with effective results. This is a thriller that does not look or sound like a typical Hollywood thriller and it certainly is not anything like it. Jade is stylish, raw, brutal, erotic and graphic and it's breathtaking to look at .This must be honestly one of the best looking films of 90's.
Friedkin is definetly not playing it safe here, but taking risks is something i do admire and while Jade may not be that original when it comes to screenplay it still casts a spellbinding mood and serves a couple of outstanding moments of suspense and in the end even quite effective horror set-piece.
This is atmospheric work from one of the best directors working in America today and one which is surprisingly uncompromising too. Jade is a little gem worth to seeking out.