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| CATEGORY: | Video |
| DIRECTOR: | William Friedkin |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 09 October, 1971 |
| MANUFACTURER: | 20th Century Fox |
| MPAA RATING: | R (Restricted) |
| FEATURES: | Closed-captioned, Color, Original recording reissued, Special Edition, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Action / Adventure, Drama, Feature Film-action/Adventure, Movie |
| MEDIA: | VHS Tape |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 024543022534 |
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Customer Reviews of The French Connection
There's nothing profound in this movie, but... ...it is gritty, suspenseful, and usually realistic. Fine acting and unobtrusive, effective music. Nothing profound, but highly entertaining.
Overrated
What was really the big deal about this movie? Sure, it has 2 of my favorite actors in the cast [Gene Hackman And Roy Scheider] but, The movie is quite slow-moving and quite slow-paced for an action film. Here's the story: Two new york cops [Gene Hackman and Roy Scheider] go after a french drug dealer [Fernando Rey] and his cartel who're shipping drugs into New York from France. Two things save this movie: Gene Hackman's performance as Popeye Doyle and The awesome car/train chase [Which really is probably the only reason to watch this movie]. If it only had more action, This movie could've possibly been a true winner in my mind. But, they chose to take it slow and it's almost a shame that this movie is called an action movie when in fact, There is barely any action in this movie at all. It's true that this movie is based on a true story. Matter of fact, There was a book about the real-life events of this movie [Which had the same title]. Don't get misleaded by the fact that this movie is in the action section, If you're looking for a movie with awesome action scenes, This is not the movie you're looking for. Want a good old-school Action cop movie? Go rent ''Dirty Harry'' instead. Followed by a sequel [Which is entirely fictional, By the way]. Hope my review helped. Be blessed, Have a nice day.
When Cops Were Cops, Best of the Best
One of the best car chase scenes of all time, no special effects. Filmed on 86th Street and New Utrecht Avenue in Brooklyn. Movie from 1971, listen to the dialogue in the movie and see how police described people (not politically correct today) and all their code words. Gene Hackman and Roy Schneider at their best (even though each had much bigger roles latter on in life). Filmed on location in New York City, trains, hotels, police stations, very few hollywood sets if any. Taking the car carrying drugs apart was fantastic. I have a copy of the movie and whenever plays on cable also watch it. How hard work really breaks a case, dectectives had no computers, lasers, cell phones, just their own smarts and very very hard work in breaking a case. Their own street smarts breaks the case, very very exciting movie, how it really happened.