French Connection Collection

Gene Hackman

Fernando Rey

Bernard Fresson

Philippe Léotard

Ed Lauter

Charles Millot

Jean-Pierre Castaldi

Cathleen Nesbitt

Samantha Llorens

André Penvern

Reine Prat

Raoul Delfosse

Ham Chau Luong

Jacques Dynam

Malek Kateb

Pierre Collet

Alexandre Fabre

Jean-Pierre Zola

Manu Pluton

Daniel Vérité

Hal Needham

Marie-Christine Descouard

John Frankenheimer

Alexander Jacobs

Robert Dillon

Laurie Dillon

Robert L. Rosen

Don Ellis

Claude Renoir

Tom Rolf

Jacques Saulnier

Pierre Saint-Blancat

Bernard Stora

Margot Capelier

Marc Monnet

Monique Archambault

Alex Archambault

Pierre Nourry

René Fargeas

Robert Fugier

Thierry Chabert

Pierre Tatischeff

Gwen Field

Lucie Lichtig

Jacques Touillaud

Eugene Herrly

Logan Frazee

Charles Merangel

Bernard Bats

Theodore Soderberg

Daniel Braunschweig

Robert Monosmith

George Trirogoff

Catherine Kelber

Charles-Henri Montel

Philippe Brun

Serge Moritz

Don Hall

William Hartman

Edward Rossi

Kenneth Wannberg

Pete Hamill

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French Connection II

20th Century Fox

United States of America

Potential Kermode

**Better than the first!**

This action packed sequel moves like a runaway train! William Friedkin's film was excellent - yet contained too many scenes of people sitting in cars watching other people go in and out of buildings - the stakeout scenes bring the film to a halt. The scenes were integral, yes, but they are a damn drag to sit through.

Frankenheimer's _French Connection II_ is a superbly acted and taut thriller that contains a substantial amount of humour too! The perfect movie.

Hackman's finest performance can be found here and his harrowing withdrawal from heroin is a wonder to behold. 

Yes, this is an action packed masterpiece and I thoroughly recommend it to fans of gritty 70's cinema.

CinemaSerf

This was never going to be as good as the first film, but as sequels go - especially in the 1970s - this isn't half bad. Gene Hackman's "Popeye Doyle" is doped up full of heroin, and abandoned to the streets. Luckily he is discovered and after some cold turkey, sets about getting back onto the trail of "Charnier" (Fernando Rey) in Marseille. It is here he must work with the French authorities - as suspicious of him, as he is of them - to effect a catch! Marseille is always a great venue for films like this - it has an earthily cosmopolitan seediness that really lends well to this kind of drama. Certainly, this plot lacks the intensity of the 1971 original, and "Doyle" frequently comes across here as a bit of an arrogant American ass, but the pace is still pretty good, and there is plenty of action to keep it lively for a couple of hours with car chases and shoot-outs a-plenty.

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French Connection II (1975) Original Trailer [FHD]