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- 1975
- R
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 59 m
- 1975
- R
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 59 m
Summary "Popeye" Doyle travels to Marseille to find Alain Charnier, the drug smuggler who eluded him in New York.
Directed By: John Frankenheimer
Written By: Alexander Jacobs, Robert Dillon, Laurie Dillon, Pete Hamill
- 1975
- R
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 59 m
- 1975
- R
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 59 m
French Connection II
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6.5
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Summary "Popeye" Doyle travels to Marseille to find Alain Charnier, the drug smuggler who eluded him in New York.
Directed By: John Frankenheimer
Written By: Alexander Jacobs, Robert Dillon, Laurie Dillon, Pete Hamill
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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67% Positive
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 9 Critic Reviews
68
67% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
33% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
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French Connection II is not exactly a fun flick (there’s a harrowing sequence where the bad guys shoot Hackman full of heroin, for example), but in its own twisted way it’s something of an art film — perhaps the most profoundly absurdist and pessimistic detective film ever made.
Hackman takes the enlarged role by the scruff of the neck and delivers yet another fine performance of doubt and the dawning awareness of his own weakness. Frankenheimer directs in taut, pacy fashion to keep the suspense high.
Hackman’s performance is another career highlight, ranging from cocky narc, Ugly American, helpless addict, humbled ego and relentless avenger.
The concerns of French Connection II are not much different from those of old Saturday-afternoon movie serials that used to place their supermen in jeopardy and then figure ways of getting them out. The difference is in the quality of the supermen and in their predicaments.
The plot, the pursuit, the quarry, are all forgotten during Hackman's one-man show, and it's a flaw the movie doesn't overcome.
Director Frankenheimer does his best to keep the film moving, and he succeeds admirably in the final act, but the 90 minutes of dreck that precede the finale are of little interest, perhaps even tainting one's enjoyment of the first film, which is something no sequel should ever do.
A slick reprise of all the elements that clicked in the original with none of the seedy originality that made it work.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 11 User Ratings
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 11 User Ratings
6.5
55% Positive
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Production Company
Twentieth Century Fox
Release Date May 21, 1975
Duration 1 h 59 m
Rating R
Tagline What happens when you're a N.Y. cop sent to France to bust a dope ring and... You can't speak French. The French cops hate you. Your own people have set you up... YOU EXPLODE!
Awards
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
Writers Guild of America, USA
• 1 Nomination
BAFTA Awards
• 1 Nomination
