Actors: Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Roy
Scheider, Tony Lo Bianco, Marcel Bozzuffi
Rating: 9 out of 10, The word that
leaps to mind when describing this crime thriller is “gritty” as the very
flawed New York City of the early 1970s is unflinchingly exposed. This story
about two NYC cops who take down a huge heroin smuggling ring stands up well to
the time that’s passed even with today’s kinder, gentler police expectations. The
car chase with Hackman pursuing an assassin who’s trying to escape via the
subway remains one of the best ever filmed. Hackman made his career with the
uber-intense character of Popeye Doyle.
MVP: Hackman as Det. Jimmy 'Popeye'
Doyle
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