French Connection II

1975

Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller

32
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 62% · 41 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 62% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.7/10 10 22985 23K

france heroin detective marseille, france drug addiction investigation

Plot summary

"Popeye" Doyle travels to Marseilles to find Alain Charnier, the drug smuggler that eluded him in New York.

Director

John Frankenheimer Photo
John Frankenheimer

Top cast

Bernard Fresson Photo
Bernard Fresson as Barthélémy
Jean-Pierre Castaldi Photo
Jean-Pierre Castaldi as Raoul
Gene Hackman Photo
Gene Hackman as Doyle
Fernando Rey Photo
Fernando Rey as Alain Charnier
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998.24 MB
1280*694
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 59 min
Seeds 5
1.89 GB
1920*1040
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 59 min
Seeds 22

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by ma-cortes 7 / 10

Good sequel with excellent acting by Gene Hackman and splendid support cast

The movie concerns on Popeye Doyle (Gene Hackman), an unorthodox New York narcotics cop investigating the flow of drug that follows the trail of the French connection . He travels to Marsaille following the foreign connection and tries to track down the eluded evil Alain Charnier (Fernando Rey) , the smuggling ring chief , who escaped from N.Y.C. There , he joins forces to the French gendarmes (Bernard Fresson and Jean Pierre Castaldi , among others) to hunt down the ringleader . Then , Popeye getaways his French escorts and goes himself into action .The picture is the follow-up to ¨French Connection¨(by William Friedkin) but didn't achieved the same success and was a flop at box office . However , being , nowadays , considered a very good film and highly rated . In the movie there is action , suspense , violence , intrigue and a little bit of humor in charge of Popeye Doyle , as he begins to find himself as a fish out of water in France and particularly on his relationships with the French people . The film develops a certain social critical to the French habits and there's specially a banter to the Police called Gendarmerie . The motion picture has action-packed but in the intervening period when the starring ends up being abducted by Alain Charnier's henchmen , it results to be a little bit boring , with overlong scenes ; besides , quite disagreeable as Popeye is injected heroin . Gene Hackman's interpretation as the rebel and nonconformist Popeye Doyle is top-notch as well as the previous film that's why he gained deservedly an Academy Award . Fernando Rey repeats perfectly his role as the elegant and cunning nasty and the secondary casting formed by French actors are very fine . The picture was stunningly directed by John Frankenheimer. Rating : Very good and well worth watching.
Reviewed by Rmoore31 7 / 10

Enjoyable film

I am Robin Moore, the author of The French Connection. I was paid the film rights for The French Connection, was on the set during the filming and at the Oscars when the award was presented.When I was writing the French Connection Sonny Grosso and Eddie Eagan came down to Jamaica to my Blue Lagoon. While they were there Barry Sadler and his wife, Lavonia, joined us. Barry and I had written The Ballad of The Green Berets a few years previously.I enjoyed The French Connection II, however, I spent a lot of time trying to get paid, but never succeeded. Sad. After the French Connection II came out a lawyer in NY got me to sign the rights to The French Connection over to his law firm so I wouldn't be able to get any money from anything that came after The French Connection. We writers are always getting burnt by the film industry! I last saw Sonny Grosso in NY a couple of years ago. I took the two emergency cops (the ones who raised the flag at The World Trade Centre) to meet Sonny and they gave him a copy of their DVD.ROBIN MOORE...Robin Moore...
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