The central character, Popeye Doyle, is again played by Gene Hackman and seems to be a man to root for, but there is really nothing to home but ignobility and biceps.

| Mar 6, 2024

…The French Connection’s famously ambiguous ending left room for a satisfying enough sequel, and there’s lots of vigorous cops and robbers action to enjoy here…

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 24, 2022

Frankenheimer's directorial touches abound in this, his best picture in years.

| Sep 5, 2021

It is a free-standing picture, a striking and strongly entertaining work on its own terms, different in setting.

| Sep 5, 2021

"French Connection II" is ruthless, raunchy, profane, and powerful - in some important ways, superior to the original.

| Sep 5, 2021

Bound to be numbered among the best of the year.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Sep 5, 2021

A sometimes fast, often slow and almost always intriguing movie that is both more and less than its parent.

| Sep 5, 2021

Riveting entertainment.

| Sep 5, 2021

After watching Gene Hackman curse and stomp his way around Marseilles, one can only say "vive la difference."

| Sep 5, 2021

Although it has some of the contrived air often found in sequels, it's a decent thriller with lots of action.

| Sep 5, 2021

The French Connection II is a decent genre effort, but not a massively memorable one.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Sep 5, 2021

John Frankenheimer's sequel to The French Connection may be less believable than its predecessor, but it's still a cracking thriller.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 5, 2021

The whole film is essentially one long chase, separated by constant disagreements and politics between nationalities.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Aug 29, 2020

I believe that The French Connection II is all about the slow-burn chase. And I believe the film succeeds in being its own unique thriller that doesn't mindlessly ape its predecessor.

| Apr 10, 2020

Oftentimes the plot is sacrificed to an action statement... The acting, however, Is faultless.

| Dec 4, 2019

French Connection II, sequel or no, comes off as more of a felt work, and what I make contact with through it is a director.

| Mar 14, 2015

looks lost in space and time

| Original Score: 5/10 | Dec 17, 2009

may wrap up the story the original began, but it just doesn't have the same magic

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 1, 2009

The last ten minutes are the best thing about it (that final shot is one of the best of the '70s), and it's no coincidence that in this ten minutes Frankenheimer returns to his technician passions.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Mar 24, 2009

While it certainly is a couple of notches below its action classic original, French Connection II is still a darned good action film that maintains the core of its central character and has some added layers that are genuinely disturbing.

| Mar 14, 2009