THE FRENCH CONNECTION

The French Connection (1971)

Star Cast	-     Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, Fernando Ray, Marcel Bozzuffi, Tony Lo Bianco, Bill Hickman, Eddie Egan,
Director	-       William Friedkin
Producer	-       Philip D'Antoni
Rating	-       U/A
Year of Release	-       1971
Category	-       Hollywood
Genre	-       Drama, Action, Crime Thriller

Movie Gist     
The French Connection is a fast-paced, innovative, action, crime-thriller. A pair of NYC police detectives from the Narcotics Bureau get on to the narcotics detail, trying to track the source of heroin smuggling from Europe into the U.S.            
Beware, all of you bad fellas...Popeye & Cloudy are here...!!!

TRAFFIC

Traffic (2000)

Star Cast	-     Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Benicio Del Toro, Jacob Vargas, Luis Guzman, Don Cheadle, Miguel Ferrer, Alec Roberts, Topher Grace, Albert Finney, Ericka Christensen, James Brolin, Clifton Collins Jr., Dennis Quaid, Amy Irwing, Jack Conley
Director	-       Steven Soderbergh
Producer	-       Edward Zwick, Laura Bickford, Marshall Herskovitz
Rating	-       U/A
Year of Release	-       2000
Category	-       Hollywood
Genre	-       Crime, Thriller, Drama

Movie Gist     
Traffic is a crime, drama movie that explores the illegal trading of drugs from varied perspectives - traffickers, enforcers, politicians & users. These varied plots are closely knitted in the film; though  a few characters do not even meet each other. It's a dirty war...!!!
A delicate issue of drug trafficking handled & showcased beautifully through the movie. 

PAYBACK

Payback (1999)

Star Cast	-     Mel Gibson, Maria Bello, Gregg Henry, Lucy Liu, Bill Duke, David Paymer, William Devane, John Glover, Jack Conley, Deborah Kara Unger, Kris Kristofferson, James Coburn
Director	-       Brian Helgeland
Producer	-       Bruce Davey
Rating	-       A
Year of Release	-       1999
Category	-       Hollywood
Genre	-       Crime, Action, Thriller, Drama

Movie Gist     
Payback is a action drama movie. The movie follows Porter (Mel Gibson). After a heist from the local Chinese triad, Porter gets shot by his wife & crime partner. The duo leave him to die. The world considers him dead. But destiny has it's own call. And lo, Porter is still alive. He recuperates & is seeking revenge.
Handsome as ever, Gibson looks dashing even with his growing age. And Oh My God, the smile to die for makes you drooooool...!!! It's a little difficult to find him smile in the movie. The instances are rare. So watch it carefully.

CARLITO'S WAY: RISE TO POWER

Carlito's Way: Rise to Power (2005)

Star Cast	-     Jay Hernandez, Michael Kelly, Sean Combs, Mario Van Peebles, Luis Guzman, Jaclyn DeSantis, Giancarlo Esposito
Director	-       Michael Bregman
Producer	-       Michael Bregman
Rating	-       U/A
Year of Release	-       2005
Category	-       Hollywood
Genre	-       Crime, Drama, Thriller, Action

Movie Gist     
Carlito's Way: Rise to Power is a prequel to the 1993 movie Carlito's Way. The movie begins with showing Carlito in prison controlling the crime from within the prison. He & his inmates plan to take control of the drug trade in Harlem. And lo, he becomes the czar of Harlem.
How did Carlito take this journey from a prisoner to czar...??