Scots have a temper like an ox. Whether you describe them as tough or reckless, you're actually talking about the same Scots temper. Jimmy Dolye of the NYPD's Drug Enforcement Division is such a Scotsman. In the United States, in New York, there seems to be nothing that a Scottish police officer can't do.
The rough-and-tumble Scot lives in a poorer neighborhood, alone and with little contact with his mum. In his eyes, New York also seemed to have no high-rise buildings that marked the American miracle, either bars crowded with black people, or burial streets, dilapidated two-story buildings, smoking wells, and lying on the side of the street. Homeless people, and a bunch of petty hooligans. However, all of these are his stage, and New York is also his stage, give him 52 people, he can find anyone he wants in 2 hours.
This hot-tempered man had no friends and no home, and that place in the slum was called a dwelling at best. So hanging out in bars after get off work is his way of life. This kind of personality and way of life makes it difficult for him to find a real partner, but this does not prevent him from chatting up women in bars and restaurants. Scots are usually outgoing, no matter how frustrated they are with the last woman. The next woman is full of confidence, not only in New York, but also in France. If he was free, he would take a prostitute home and play some exciting tricks.
Scots have always been ambitious and unruly - another expression of energy, tenacity and recklessness. The father of US President Kennedy was an ambitious Scottish wine merchant. Seeing that he could not rule the American continent, he raised his own son; Jack Welch, the former president of GE, is also of Scottish descent. Known for his obedience, he ended up being CEO of GE for more than 20 years; British Prime Minister Tony Blair, also of Scottish descent, gave British society his first impression of unruly behavior and ambitious reforms.
Jimmy Dolye is also such a typical Scottish man who treats hooligans like hooligans and makes criminals tremble with fear. Without women and wine, his life was running and chasing without sleep. The Scotsman killed at least two cops by mistake, much to the annoyance of his superiors and colleagues, and of course some called him a "good cop", even though he was "bad news" himself. If a criminal gets him on his radar, there's almost no escape unless you're a Scotsman even tougher than him. He will chase after you desperately, and beat you, "What are you running for? It's exhausting to make me run so much."
Produced in 1971
It was born in the most glorious era of American movies, because it was in 1972 , the best movie "Godfather" in American history was born, and almost no one can come close to it later, and many contemporary American filmmakers have to admit it. In my mind, the "Godfather" is also No. 1. Those heart-wrenching revenge almost made me feel like a member of Kryon. Taking the "Godfather" as the peak, a bunch of cop and gangster movies in the 70s or so have almost become classics. I've watched all of these movies, and I can smell the films made on '70s film.
You have to admit that for chases and car chases, it was a lot worse then than it is now, and the movies now have more money to make those cars roll over after a hit and bump into a lot of other cars , and eventually let them all be scrapped, and the gasoline of the scrapped car must also cause an explosion and a raging fire; however, the image of the desperate, tireless, misunderstood, and even lawless New York police has not escaped.
Gene Hackman is a very good actor. Although he entered the entertainment industry slowly after the age of 30, he has shown a strong backwardness and made a global hit with this film. While watching this movie, I always thought that Jimmy was very familiar.
The French drug network won 8 Oscar nominations that year, and won 5 of them. Gene Hackman himself also won the title of best actor, well deserved.
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