Review of The French Connection

A disappointment, I'd say.

There were lots of good things about it. I liked the car chase where Popeye follows the skytrain through New York, wrecking stuff. I liked the scene where he tracks the crafty villain throught he subway. However, the sum of the parts didn't seem to add up.

Boredom was the main problem for this flick. I'm sure the intended effect of the cops stalking the smugglers with increasingly scary music, watching them eat and doing nothing bad, was tension. For me it didn't seem to work. It was okay for awhile, but it just goes on and on.

Did I say boredom was the main problem? I change my mind. The ending was terrible! I will not spoil it for you, but I will say that the filmmakers forgot how important climaxes are. Instead of providing the audience with the climax it needs, we hear a gunshot and then the ending is written with captions on the screen! Bad filmmaking! Bad! No buscuit!

To conclude, The French Connection was an art-fag movie masquerading as a thriller. Sigh. Why are films that people classify as "innovative" turn out to be boring?

2 out of 5 porkpie hats