![]() ![]() ![]() I think I may be even more disappointed here, and yet, just as I enjoyed the predecessor, I enjoy this lesser, yet still decent film of decent writing. Well, just as the predecessor in question was ultimately dropped just shy of rewarding by natural limitations to its minimalist plot, this film is secured by its own natural shortcomings, and yet, in all honesty, this story concept still holds the potential to do what the predecessor couldn't do: reward, for it offers more dramatic weight to ultimately betray with familiarity and even more tonal issues. The film gets to be a little uneven in focus, when it is focused at all, and when you couple that with the dry spells and inconsistencies in tone, you end up with a meandering affair, sort of like the somehow superior predecessor. ![]() Clocking in at two hours, this film is longer than its already overdrawn predecessor, and although there is a little more going on, there are still periods of meandering which help in retarding momentum, while a lot of the narrative activity I am talking about proves to be filler which altogether lightens up a sense of actual progression. I will go so far as to admit that, although this sequel is less compelling, it's more entertaining, as there's more activity to plotting and liveliness to direction than there was in the distinctly meandering predecessor, and yet, John Frankenheimer still hits some directorial dry spells, exacerbated by moments in which plotting activity lapses. As if that's not annoying enough, a lot of the tropes are of a surprisingly fluffy nature which contradicts the hard seriousness found throughout the predecessor, and is found in plenty of glimpses here, in a way which jars into and from the lighter tones unevenly, when there is, in fact, tonal kick, that is. Man, that was a good film, and this film is pretty decent, too, but it's barely even up to par with its predecessor, and it's certainly not as refreshing as said predecessor.Īlthough I find the original a little overrated, there's no denying its importance as an innovative police drama, but with this sequel, there's hardly anything new, and I would be much more okay with that if this film didn't have the nerve to conform to conventions which the predecessor transcended. Now, that's not to say that I don't enjoy Frankenheimer films, as much as it is to say that I think that there was still some time left on "The Iceman Cometh" at its premiere when this film came out a year-and-a-half later. Yeah, you can always trust that Hollyweird will go and mess up some artistic ambiguity, although, I am glad to get some closure here, because when I usually watch a John Frankenheimer film, I'm hoping that it comes to some kind of an end eventually. #FRENCH CONNECTION MOVIE SERIES#"French Connection II: Return of the Frogs"! If you want to get things done, then you need to go for the source, thus, this time around, good ol' Popeye Doyle takes France! Oh, oui "Marseille calling to the faraway towns now war is declared, and battle come down!'" Amazing how this series is still older than "London Calling", but that's not the only historical liberty taken here, because where the first film was a loose interpretation of true events, here, they just make a bunch of junk up to try and wrap up the story. ![]()
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