what make the french connection work so well be the relationship between doyle ( hackman ) and russo ( scheider ) . in this catastrophe direct by frankenheimer ( who also bring u such gem a raindeer game and the island of dr. moreau ) the movie focus on doyle and his singular obsession of capture charnier ( rey ) . the fictitious idea that the nypd would allow doyle to travel to marseille to find charnier with the help of the french local authority be laugh out loud funny . correct me if i be wrong and but do not charnier skip town with 65 pound of pure smack . a street value of 32 million but yeah and let send doyle to find this guy and it be his pinch after all . please . the story be weak . the acting be terrible ( with the lone exception of hackman and who completely overplay his part ) . the direction be all over the place . even the cut between scene be terrible . do yourself a favor and watch the first installment twice and skip this one .