The French Connection 2
Gene Hackman reprises his Oscar®-winning role as Popeye Doyle, the hard-nosed New York detective determined to break a French narcotics ring. Kidnapped by heroin kingpin Alain Charnier (Fernando Rey) in Marseilles, Doyle is mercilessly forced to become a junkie himself. Upon his release, Doyle must kick his habit and join forces with his French police counterpart (Bernard Fresson) to hunt down Charnier. Gritty action, riveting performances and a vividly realistic setting make this movie a powerful sequel to the brilliant original.
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Not Bad, Not Great - newdaysof
Not as good as the first one of course, but not bad. The scenes in and around Marseilles were interesting.
The thing that really bugged me was Popeye Doyle's character was so anti-French it bordered on racism. What gives? I couldn't understand why his character was so viciously rude to many of the French people he interacted with. The name-calling was excessive and detracted from the script. Was it cool to berate France when this film was made? The character simply reinforced the image of the "ugly American": loud, rude, obnoxious, narrow-minded, contemptuous of other cultures.French Connection 2 - NJDEVILS
This rough, grainy and extremely realistic sequel continues to show Hackman's mastery of rough and seriously flawed protagonists. A compliment of effective French actors makes F. C. 2 well worth a look back into the early 70's drug culture. His character's first-hand experience with heroin in this film makes it all the more realistic.Way better than FC fans say it is - jeffoneonone
FC2 gets a lot of flak from fans of the original, and I kind of see their point. Compared to the very European-influenced first film, FC2 is a very American film that works under a very American principle: "American guy sets out to solve crime, gets worked over, and gets down to some serious ass-whuppin.'"
Having said that, FC2 is still ten times more intelligent than most movies that follow that formula. A lot of the elements that made The French Connection great are still here -- particularly the documentary-style point of view which really comes into play in FC2's final scenes. And Hackman's "cold turkey" scenes represent his finest hour -- pretty amazing considering the genius he brought to his character in "The Conversation" a year earlier.
I recommend seeing FC2 with an open mind and to appreciate it as a film unto itself rather than comparing it too much to the original.
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Not Bad, Not Great - newdaysof
Not as good as the first one of course, but not bad. The scenes in and around Marseilles were interesting.
The thing that really bugged me was Popeye Doyle's character was so anti-French it bordered on racism. What gives? I couldn't understand why his ...French Connection 2 - NJDEVILS
This rough, grainy and extremely realistic sequel continues to show Hackman's mastery of rough and seriously flawed protagonists. A compliment of effective French actors makes F. C. 2 well worth a look back into the early 70's drug culture. His character's ...Way better than FC fans say it is - jeffoneonone
FC2 gets a lot of flak from fans of the original, and I kind of see their point. Compared to the very European-influenced first film, FC2 is a very American film that works under a very American principle: "American guy sets out to solve crime, gets worked ...