If you loved The Two Jakes, try Devil in a Blue Dress
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Theyboth carry the slow burn mood tag, and they sit in Crime / Mystery territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Two Jakes, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Devil in a Blue Dress is
South Central, 1948. A piano riff spills from a darkened club. Easy Rawlins walks streets where every handshake hides a blade, chasing a white woman’s ghost through neon and lies. This is Raymond Chandler by way of the Great Migration, and everyone’s got a price.

