You observe some dodgy characters while out drinking, it makes you curious and really gets you thinking, you and Buddy are both cops, and drug dealers are your crops, you pursue them, just to follow up your inkling. Your interest starts to pay some dividends, transpires a shipment of white stuff, will soon descend, more surveillance is acquired, telephones are bugged and wired, you know the kingpin, and you plan to apprehend.

An abrasive and coarse story of its time, following the exploits of two policemen and their quest to prevent a large consignment of heroin hitting the streets of New York, while capturing those bringing it in, and those that would deal. A legendary and iconic performance from Gene Hackman as the unstable and volatile Popeye Doyle, it's still a rewarding watch today.