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French Connection II

Name: French Connection II
Director: John Frankenheimer
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Released: 1975-05-18
Duration: 119 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Bernard Fresson, Philippe Léotard, Ed Lauter

1975 · 1h 59m · Action, Crime, Thriller

IMDb 6.7 Metacritic 68 RT 83%

Skip it unless you're a die-hard Gene Hackman fan or need to complete the franchise—this sequel trades the gritty brilliance of the original for a more formulaic cop thriller that doesn't justify its existence. The Marseilles setting is exotic, but the plot feels like a tired retread that never matches the first film's lightning-in-a-bottle magic.

Plot

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

Director: John Frankenheimer

Cast: Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Bernard Fresson, Philippe Léotard, Ed Lauter

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