Mesrine: Killer Instinct

2008/Fr
Dir. Jean-François Richet
Cast: Vincent Cassel, Ludivine Sagnier, Mathieu Amalric.

The first instalment of the two-part biopic charting the rise and fall of France’s most notorious criminal, the often marvelled yet utterly ruthless gangster Jacques Mesrine. This epic film follows Merine’s incredible series of hold-ups, prison breaks and kidnappings throughout the ‘60s and ‘70s across several continents, as he assumed multiple disguises and identities. Thirty years since his spectacular death in a hail of police bullets, the César-winning team of writer/director Jean-François Richet and star Vincent Cassel bring the story of the man behind the legend to the big screen.