thought he was hilarious
I hated Jaws, it had too much shark, and dont get me started about King Kong, waaay too much gorilla

The only problem I had with his character was his choice in wardrobe, with the leather jacket, unbutton shirt and tacky jewelry you would think he was dressed to go out to a 1976 disco club.
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The acting scene with him and Nancy Allen early on reminded me of those bad acted porn scenes in Boogie Nights. I couldn't believe how terrible they were.

So his intentionally bad acting was bad or something?

Franz performance was over the top. But pretty much everything in this movie is over the top.
I think Franz played it exactly the way de Palma wanted it. If you don't like the performance, blame de Palma, not Dennis Franz.

He was good in the film .Maybe the cat can explain it to you

You really can't complain about the quality of Acting in a DePalma film for the simple fact that it's ALWAYS terrible. I take it with a grain of salt. His work is about Style. Always has been, always will be. Elaborate setups, lighting, use of music, his famous Split Screens, Long Shots, Strange Edits etc etc ALL take priority over the Acting Chops in his films. Carlitos Way is without a doubt his most balanced film. Still maintains his Visual Style(Without going overboard as he usually does) and we get some really solid performances from start to finish. I have a love/hate feeling with DePalma. He's certainly made some great stuff, Dressed To Kill being one of them but he's also as bad as it gets. It's nothing new though, as many people seem to feel this way about him. There's no doubting his contribution to Cinema but some of the worst acting I've seen has been in his films. It just takes a back seat to the rest of his process.

I am a Chicago born native- he is like every chi town cop I ever met. He reminds me of nick Miller on new girl (I think his name is Jake Johnson) we have a certain way of talking that Dennis Franz nailed.

After this film, I'm not surprised he was given the role of any douche in future works. He slam dunks it.

Franz was deliciously obnoxious as coarse sleazeball cop Marino. He was likewise memorable as a similarly slimy character in Blow Out for De Palma.
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hes also in psycho 2

Compared to Nancy Allen, he was Olivier.

Quit worrying, he hasn't worked in 10 years.
Perhaps the OP just wants to reach out for some sense of community.

I thought he was great in the film. Played more or less the same part in NYPD Blue and Die Hard 2!
He's also good in De Palma's Blow Out.
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I think he launched a NYC TV cop stereotypethat doesn't exist anywhere in NYC, and was always played by Dennis Frantz, at least until the end of NYPD Blue. What's extra hilarious is his unmistakable Chicago accent.

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I thought he was hilarious as the arrogant loudmouth big city cop. And certainly not unintentionally so.
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