French Connection II

1975
R
1h 59m

IMDb RATING

6.7/10

21K

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Gene Hackman in French Connection II (1975)

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Action Crime Drama Thriller

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

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IMDb RATING

6.7/10

21K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 3 nominations total

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Trivia
Gene Hackman almost passed on this film. He felt that the length of time between the original and the sequel would hurt the film's chances for success. In the DVD commentary Hackman suggested this was the reason for the film's disappointing box office performance.

Goofs
In the first bar scene, Popeye Doyle eats an egg that changes from partially eaten to whole again and back again while he tries to talk to the French girls.

Quotes
Jimmy Doyle: Jack Daniel's.
French Barkeeper: Jacques qui?
Jimmy Doyle: Jackie, yeah, Jackie Daniel's.
French Barkeeper: ?
Jimmy Doyle: Scotch, right there, El Scotcho.
French Barkeeper: Whisky?
Jimmy Doyle: Here we go.
French Barkeeper: Avec glace? (With ice?)
Jimmy Doyle: Yeah, in a glass.

Crazy credits
Opening credits prologue: MARSEILLES

Alternate versions
German theatrical and VHS releases were marginally cut to secure the "not under 16" rating from the FSK. Later releases, starting with the DVD era, all such cuts were waived.

Connections
Featured in Making the Connection: Untold Stories of 'the French Connection' (2001)

Soundtracks
La Marseillaise
(uncredited)
Music by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle
Performed by the Band during the money exchange

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8/10

"I'd rather be a lamp-post in New York then the President of France"

John Frankenheimer may be the best Director that modern Movie Lovers have never heard of. He was always ahead of His time and never compromising. This Movie is surely uncompromising. It took a well known Best Actor Performance from a Best Picture Winner and the Character, Popeye Doyle, and stripped Him of the already barely likable persona of a tough, one dimensional Cop and laid Him open for all to see. It was not a pretty picture.

Neither is French Connection II. It will have you squirming and the Second Act detox is not for anyone with expectation of a slick Action Movie. This is a gritty, dirty, unpleasant Character Study that is compelling Cinema, but not Viewer Friendly. It was taking that Seventies realism just one step further.

It has enough Action and energy to make it as a Thriller but it never lets you forget the painful pursuit of Doyle's obsession with removing H from the Street and the even deeper pain of removing it from your body. This makes this compelling and completely coarse Cinema that makes you pay the price for your Entertainment. Not the best Box-Office formula but it is the stuff of Artistic Angst.