The
French Connection Movie Review:
Two
cops Popeye Doyle (Hackman) and Buddy Russo (Scheider) attempt
to foil a drug smuggling operation in this brilliant film
adapted from the novel by Robin Moore. Popeye is the unconventional,
hard ass cop played perfectly by Gene Hackman who is determined
to stop the crooks and goes to great lengths to do so and
this includes what is rightly regarded by most people as
the greatest ever screen car chase.
The
film's other major highlight was an excelent piece of filming
in the scene in the subway when Popeye was trying to tail
the French top dog in the whole smuggling operation Alain
Charnier (Fernando Ray) and is probably one of my favorite
film moments. The plot of the film never thins and the rest
of the movie is full of other great moments which makes
it a must see film.
BBM
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