In Carlito's Way, Al Pacino offered a cautionary statement about how a debt can be more dangerous than violence. Chinese Coffee (2000) demonstrates precisely what he was referring to. Harry Levine (Pacino) and Jake Manheim (Jerry Orbach), whose relationship suggests that unhappiness is contagious, are indebted to each other; Harry provided Jake with $500 for photographic equipment, while Jake promised to review Harry…