This is a great double-bill. Debates still go on today of which is the better film, French Connection or French Connection 2, and to be honest I don't know, the simple reason to this is that they both are classics. Both are excellent and gritty crime thrilles from the 70's, and in both Gene Hackman is superb!. The first has show stopping car chase, as Hackman and partner Roy Scheider try and bust a massive continental drugs ring. The second has Hackman getting kidnapped and force fed drugs, then made to go cold turkey to great and shocking effect. Also a breathless final chase on foot as Hackman try's to get his man. These films may look old to today's standards, but it's the story that grip's like a vice, and after watching, you will fully understand why these two movies have become classics of the crime thriller genre.
A excellent buy!