I came to know of Gene Hackman around an year back from the movie "The Crimson Tide", in which he played "Captain Frank Ramsey" opposite Denzel Washington. In that movie Gene clearly overshadowed Denzel in few of the key scenes,and that was when I decided to explore more of his movies. But it wasn't until recently that I have had a chance to watch two of his greatest movies : The Conversation(on which I expressed my thoughts in earlier post) and The French Connection.
The French Connection in many ways reminded me of another classic : Serpico(Al Pacino), both
build their story slowly at first but with a sure footing, and after a certain point the movie
begins captivating you with series of breathtaking chase sequences, explosive performances from leads(in both movies protagonist plays a passionate cop) and in The French Connection there is a powerful villain too who till the end is a step ahead of the hero.
When I came to know of The French Connection, I was told that it is the mother of all cop movies, and after watching it I surely am convinced of that title. What makes it a stand-out movie in its genre is the detail which has gone to each chase sequence in the movie, most of the key elements of a tense chase are shown to perfection. The movie has around 50 percent time devoted to these chase but towards the end I was expecting for one more of those.
All in all if you are in a mood for a tense action flick with great central performances just go for this one.
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