Jade

This really doesn’t make a whole lot of sense. Directing from a script by Joe Eszterhas, William Friedkin brings a professional air to a trashy erotic-thriller that’s not that trashy nor that erotic. It’s mostly just kind of dull. I don’t think Friedkin had ever directed anything sexy before, and there’s a surprisingly sterile quality to the erotic elements here. But, the real sin is that the plotting makes just this side of no sense, the characters barely exist, and the overall mystery neve...