i like the opening scene and nice camera work . jade open with static interior scene of a rich guy opulent mansion . of course he dead in an upstairs bedroom where his s and m equipment be locate and along with his collection of exotic weapon and one of which have be use to hack him to death . who could have do such a horrible deed . we know right away that the dead rich guy be a morally corrupt creep and probably get what he deserve and but the detective character and who be really an assistant district attorney ( caruso ) and have to investigate and right . right away i do not care much who do it . that a bad sign in a mystery . now there this woman and who not only a prostitute but a psychiatrist and and a major psychopath represent jade ( fiorintino ) . she marry to the adas best friend and a rich defense attorney ( palminteri ) and the ada use to be in love with her . neither know that at night she go out to a high class whore house in pacifica and sell her angular body to fulfill the twisted fantasy of rich and powerful and morally corrupt old men . the plot doesn not so much thicken a curdle . the governor of the state of california ( crenna ) be involve and and he the most morally corrupt of all . little more than a meaty mafia bos or tinpot dictator and he order hit and hurls threat . he should have a cigar to chew . and of course he too be a patron of the notorious jade . he obviously responsible for several murder but and a others have point out and be never bring to justice . this plot doesn not make any sense . jade and the psychopathic psychiatrist and be a cypher and we never get a sense of motive or emotion or even of emotional injury . she as cold a dry ice . caruso seem to want to save her and but really and do not she bring it all on herself . and she be one of the most unlikable and and most un sexy femme fatale ever to flounce on the silver screen . she obviously hat have sex with her husband and but he want her even more when he find out she rotten . this stylish thriller be just too stylish for it own good . it all surface . the character be shallow and unlikable and the plot make no sense and the chase scene be well do but contribute nothing to the story . if you like a glitzy surface you might like jade but otherwise and forget it .