Initially, i was skeptical about this movie. Mainly because i am Chinese and the title didn’t appease to me. I was definitely wrong. Believe the hype. This movie was really really good and i very much enjoyed. This was the first film I was able to recognize an actor, Jack Nicholson. Which made the film all the more enjoyable. The role of JJ by Nicholson was very polished and he complimented the Noir genre very well. This film kept me in my seat, asking more and more questions which were finally answered in the end. I can definitely see why this was said to be one of the greatest films ever made.

Pertaining to Noir, I felt they would make the creator of Noir films in the 40’s and 50’s proud. Noir was fading genre since those times. Chinatown was able to bring back the grittiness and darkness that hasn’t been seen in 30+ years.