Gene Hackman,
Fernando Rey,
Bernard Fresson,
Jean-Pierre Castaldi,
Philippe Leotard
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This sequel to the Oscar-winning The French Connection picks up almost exactly where the earlier film leaves off. Still on the trail of drug kingpin Frog One (Fernando Rey), narcotics officer "Popeye"... read more
DVD Release Date: September 25, 2001
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May 4, 2011I love 70's crime thrillers and Gene Hackman is always very watchable but this isn't quite the sequel I was hoping for. That said, the acting is brilliant, particularly during the 'Cold Turkey' part of the film that was fairly uncompromising. The ending is also really good too, i... read more
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March 30, 2010A great follow up to the first and in many ways just as entertaining. Itâ??s more about Popeye Doyle rather than the case, but thatâ??s basically what I would want. Gene Hackman plays the character so well that you could watch him for hours and not get tired. I love the fact that... read more
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June 28, 2007Incredibly grim sequel to one of the best hard-boiled cop movies of the 70s, Popeye Doyle blusters into France to find himself out of his depth and completely ineffectual in this strange land. Add to this the humiliation of being kidnapped and completely broken by the bad guy who... read more
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January 24, 2007Released in the summer of 1975,Gene Hackman returns as hard-boiled NY Cop Popeye Doyle in the sequel to one of the greatest cop movies of all time.
"French Connection II",has Hackman again as Popeye Doyle trailing and going after the notorious heroin drug kingpin from the street... read more -
November 3, 2006Obviously not as good as the original, but better than a lot of sequels. The detox scene was great if nothing else.
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September 5, 2010This movie is a fictional sequel to the initially true story of the 1971 Academy Award winning picture The French Connection. The film expands on the central character of James "Popeye" Doyle who travels to Marseilles, France where he is attempting to track down French drug-deal... read more
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January 17, 2010another one of those films that truly did not need a sequel. this one just seemed to be made in order to make a few quick bucks. Avoid it at all cost.
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October 24, 2009Slightly faster paced than the original, with a little more action, and set in Marseilles, this sequel is not only easier on the eyes, it is also easier to sit through without suffering from tedium. In my opinion, the acting in this movie was even better than the first.
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November 12, 2006As sequels go this one is not that bad and Gene Hackman plays a great part once again as Popeye Doyle out to get his man.
Critic Reviews
December 17, 2009
Dragan Antulov, Draxblog Movie Reviews
April 1, 2009
Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com
may wrap up the story the original began, but it just doesn't have the same magic Full Review
March 24, 2009
Walter Chaw, Film Freak Central
The last ten minutes are the best thing about it (that final shot is one of the best of the '70s), and it's no coincidence that in this ten minutes Frankenheimer returns to his technician passions. Full Review
March 14, 2009
Ryan Cracknell, Movie Views
While it certainly is a couple of notches below its action classic original, French Connection II is still a darned good action film that maintains the core of its central character and has some added... Full Review
March 11, 2009
James Kendrick, Q Network Film Desk
you can't help but feel a sense of disillusionment ... because the finality of it is so harsh and so sudden that it draws your attention less to the idea of justice served than it does to the brute si... Full Review
February 23, 2009
Brian Webster, Apollo Guide
If you take away comparisons with the original, it's a reasonably solid, if flawed, crime thriller; but it does shrink into the shadow cast by its vastly superior predecessor. Full Review
February 22, 2009
Peter Canavese, Groucho Reviews
More conventional than its predecessor, but it's still unconventional by the cop thriller standard set by a wash of anonymous, lesser films. [Blu-ray] Full Review
July 2, 2007
Steve Crum, Video-Reviewmaster.com
Nearly as high powered and gritty as the first 'Connection.'
November 12, 2004
Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
John Frankenheimer's ("The Manchurian Candidate") version outshines William Friedkin's 1971 original. Full Review
September 26, 2004
Tony Medley, Tolucan Times
A classic with a terrifid car chase
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