Better Days vs The Two Jakes
Better Days has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 6/10 for The Two Jakes). Better Days is the shorter watch at 2h 15m compared with 2h 17m. The Two Jakes is the older of the two (1990 against 2019). Both are crime, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Better Days
The Two Jakes| Better Days | The Two Jakes | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.1/10 | ★ 6.0/10 |
| Year | 2019 | 1990 |
| Length | 2h 15m | 2h 17m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, Romance | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Derek Tsang Kwok-Cheung | Jack Nicholson |
| Main cast | Wu Yue, Zhang Xinyi, Yin Fang, Zhou Dongyu, Jackson Yee | David Keith, Tracey Walter, Harvey Keitel, James Hong, Eli Wallach |
Synopsis
Better Days
A bullied teenage girl forms an unlikely friendship with a mysterious young man who protects her from her assailants, while she copes with the pressures of her final examinations.
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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