The French Connection II

Year: 1975

Tomatometer: 77%

Though the original Best Picture winner had zero closure, French Connection‘s

ending was less about an incomplete story than painting a portrait of detective Popeye Doyle

going completely off the deep end in pursuit of a drug crook. John Frankenheimer’s sequel is

adequate but remains not an essential part of the film canon conversation: one serving of Popeye’s goes a long way.