Asunder vs The Two Jakes

Asunder has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 6/10 for The Two Jakes). Asunder is the shorter watch at 1h 41m compared with 2h 17m. The Two Jakes is the older of the two (1990 against 1998). Both are drama, mystery, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Asunder posterAsunder1998 VS The Two Jakes posterThe Two Jakes1990
AsunderThe Two Jakes
Audience score★ 8.1/10★ 6.0/10
Year19981990
Length1h 41m2h 17m
GenresDrama, Mystery, Romance, ThrillerCrime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
CountryUnited States of America–
DirectorTim ReidJack Nicholson
Main castBlair Underwood, Debbi Morgan, Michael Beach, Marva Hicks, Desiree Marie VelezDavid Keith, Tracey Walter, Harvey Keitel, James Hong, Eli Wallach

Synopsis

Asunder

When a freak accident destroys everything in a man's life, he invades the troubled marriage of his best friends.

The Two Jakes

Real estate developer Jake Berman hires private investigator and war veteran Jake Gittes for some run-of-the-mill matrimonial work. After Berman shoots his wife's lover, who happens to be his business partner, Gittes is drawn into a web of conspiracy and deceit involving the oil reserves beneath Los Angeles. While investigating, Gittes hears a voice from his past that causes him to revisit a traumatic case in Chinatown.

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