Mesrine: Part II - Public Enemy 1

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Alain E Including Part I. Absorbing biopic without a lesson to learn. Mesrine is a character with few moral convictions. He stays loyal to his parents, a couple girlfriends and some of his criminal associates. The rest of the world doesn’t concern him much. He is a talented gangster and able to escape from most prisons. In the end the French police treats him with the same currency however, they carefully avoid injuring his companion and seek help for her little dog. Their American colleagues would have sprayed enough bullets to anyone in the vicinity and call it a day. Advantage U-S-A! Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 05/08/25 Full Review Myles W The combination of the 2 parts .. you should not view these as separate movies, it's split in 2 for commercial reasons but really it's 1 3.5 HR movie like once upon a time in America... This is possibly the greatest crime film ever made, please persevere with the subtitles and it will be worth it... What's more incredible is it's true.. fantastic cast, career best performance from some, amazing script and superb direction... Its just one of the best ever Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/25/23 Full Review Audience Member This is the story of the notorious French gangster Jacques Mesrine (Vincent Cassel), with the focus on his life and death as France's Public Enemy No. 1 in the 1970s. The first part was found "undeniably uneven, but Vincent Cassel's electrifying performance makes Mesrine: Killer Instinct a gangster biopic worth seeking out. " Meanwhile, the second one also put emphasis on the lead actor's performance: "Vincent Cassel is mesmerizing in the lead role. Even if it's less focused than its predecessor, it's more fun." Mesrine Public Enemy Number One neared 2 million in admissions after four weeks of release. In his review for The New York Times, Stephen Holden wrote that Mesrine "makes for continuously riveting, visceral entertainment that evokes a Gallic Scarface without the drugs. ... Mr. Cassel's monumental performance fuses the cobralike menace of the young Robert Mitchum with the whipsaw, shape-shifting (from wiry to bulbous) volatility of classic Robert De Niro, and lightens it with a cat burglar's grace and agility." To me this is yet another glorification of an evil, misogynic, larger than life psychopathic gangster that thinks he can do whatever he wants. The fascination of criminals and their thug life has become a nuisance over the years. It´s tiring to see evil men, as that is the often the case, being portrayed and glorified on the silver screen. Jacques Mesrine got what he deserved in the end, in a shower of bullets. Vincent Cassel is always good, particularly when he works in his native tongue, and the production value is high. But, I personally dont´care about this sort of gangster portrayal these days. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member An excessive and fascinating character is way more than a first-rated mobster film! Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member ...the second part of a riveting story that defines craftsmanship in filmmaking and defines what it means to deliver an epic. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Just as good as Part 1 Killer Instinct Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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