What happens when you’re a NY cop sent to France to bust a dope ring and you can’t speak the language, the local cops hate you and your own people set you up? YOU EXPLODE! Gene Hackman continues the chase in John Frankenheimer’s French Connection II, taking the fight from Manhattan to Marseilles. Popeye is a fish out of water, struggling to adapt to a strange city and foreign indifference. But when he’s kidnapped and forced onto smack, he’s gonna have to dig deep, summon that one last bit of courage, quit cold turkey and take down the drug kingpin once and for all.
“John Frankenheimer’s French Connection II is both complementary to, yet distinctly different from, William Friedkin’s The French Connection. Hackman’s performance is another career highlight, ranging from cocky narc, ugly American, helpless addict, humbled ego and relentless avenger.” – Variety
