French Connection II

Movie

1975

1h 59m

English

Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller

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

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French Connection II

Movie

1975

1h 59m

English

Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller

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

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Cast

"Popeye" Doyle

Alain Charnier

Henri Barthélémy

Jacques

General Brian

Miletto

Raoul

The Old Lady

Denise

Bartender

Young Girl on the Beach

Dutch Captain

Japanese Captain

Inspector Genevoix

Algerian Chief

Old Pro

Young Inspector

Dumpy Policeman

Murdered Arab

1st Guard Hotel Tangers

Hal Needham

Doyle Kidnapper (uncredited)

Directed By: John Frankenheimer

Written By: Alexander Jacobs (Screenplay), Robert Dillon (Screenplay), + 3 more

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The_Argentinian says...

7 months ago

Starts of good (I liked the change of setting) but it goes downhill once the heroin addiction kicks off.

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everythingafter says...

6 months ago

The original French Connection is a classic, with great pacing, action and acting performances, especially from Hackman, who was far and away the better choice for the role than the other actors considered at the time. But the sequel really drags, and nothing much happens for, what seems like, most of the film. Popeye bickers with the Marseilles police chief, gets kidnapped and strung out on drugs, goes through what seems like an inordinately long recovery period on screen and then eventually closes in on the bad guy. This one could have been cut down to 90 minutes. Also, is it just me, or did Popeye seem like less of an asshole in the first film? He was a real dick here and not sympathetic at all as the "hero."

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TKPNPodcast says...

4 years ago

What a step down from the first film! Interesting and well performed, but action is broken up by what seems to be an eternity of rehab and Popeye is just a horrible human being to be stuck with when he isn't high as a kite to begin with. Merely average.

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Potential Kermode

6 years ago

**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 integra More

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