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<blockquote data-quote="James from London" data-source="post: 409914" data-attributes="member: 22">The French Connection&nbsp; v Get Carter Did a 1971 crime double bill as both films were about to fall off the iPlayer.&nbsp; I&#039;ve seen them both before but not for years and years. The French Connection is as exciting but difficult to follow (I blame myself) as I remember, while Get Carter is even more gloriously grubby and fantastically nasty than I was expecting.I guess you could say that each is about one man (Gene Hackman/Michael Caine) pounding the mean streets (of New York and Newcastle respectively) on an all-consuming quest for what he considers justice (busting a heroin ring/avenging a brother&#039;s death) with scant regard for the collateral damage that accumulates along the way. But apart from that (and plenty of early &#039;70s sex), they&#039;re as different as can be. Hackman&#039;s character is a cop. Caine&#039;s most definitely isn&#039;t.The scenes involving club singers neatly illustrate the contrasting vibe of each film.[MEDIA=youtube]sGJ9HAL7zC0[/MEDIA][MEDIA=youtube]QrlxkN8uhWQ:8[/MEDIA]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="James from London, post: 409914, member: 22"] [U][I]The French Connection[/I] v [I]Get Carter[/I] [/U] Did a 1971 crime double bill as both films were about to fall off the iPlayer. I've seen them both before but not for years and years. [I]The French Connection[/I] is as exciting but difficult to follow (I blame myself) as I remember, while [I]Get Carter[/I] is even more gloriously grubby and fantastically nasty than I was expecting. I guess you could say that each is about one man (Gene Hackman/Michael Caine) pounding the mean streets (of New York and Newcastle respectively) on an all-consuming quest for what he considers justice (busting a heroin ring/avenging a brother's death) with scant regard for the collateral damage that accumulates along the way. But apart from that (and plenty of early '70s sex), they're as different as can be. Hackman's character is a cop. Caine's most definitely isn't. The scenes involving club singers neatly illustrate the contrasting vibe of each film. [MEDIA=youtube]sGJ9HAL7zC0[/MEDIA] [MEDIA=youtube]QrlxkN8uhWQ:8[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]

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