FRENCH CONNECTION II

USA | 1975 | DCP | 119 min.
Director: John Frankenheimer
Cast: Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Bernard Fresson

Trading gritty Manhattan for the grimy port city of Marseilles, detective Popeye Doyle (Hackman) journeys to France in pursuit of the elusive drug-dealer Alain Charnier (Rey). This time, though, Doyle is the fish-out-of-water and the hunter becomes the hunted. Revisiting his Oscar-winning portrayal from The French Connection, Hackman is electrifying, and as the stakes mount, director Frankenheimer expertly tightens the screws, leading to one of the great final shots in the history of the movies. (BR)