Berkocinegoers at The Rex: The French Connection

Tickets are only bought once payments have been made. Once you have RSVPed, please pay £11.50 immediately by bank transfer using these details:
Martin Jones
KROO BANK
04-07-09
#00779315

Review:
William Friedkin’s Oscar-winning thriller captures the murky underworld of 1970s New York like few films before or since.
Hard-nosed NYPD detective Jimmy “Popeye” Doyle (Gene Hackman), along with his quieter partner Buddy Russo (Roy Scheider), uncovers a massive heroin smuggling operation with ties to France. What starts as a hunch spirals into a tense cat-and-mouse chase that takes them from grimy city streets to a legendary car-versus-train pursuit, still one of the most exhilarating action sequences ever filmed.
Gritty, gripping, and propelled by a relentless energy, The French Connection remains a landmark in crime cinema, blending documentary-style realism with nail-biting suspense.
Hackman is electric as Doyle, a deeply flawed yet obsessively driven man whose dogged pursuit of justice teeters on the edge of recklessness. His unpredictable energy gives the film its pulse, while Friedkin’s unflinching direction and Owen Roizman’s raw cinematography root the story in a world that feels startlingly real.
Uncompromising and intense, it’s a film that doesn’t just entertain, it grabs you by the collar and drags you through the asphalt. It’s a crime classic that never lets go.
The French Connection trailer

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