aFrenchparadox Review of Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1

Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1 (2008)

Some modern French mythology (reviews the two parts)

[10/10 · 22 September 2010]

This two-part film is good in the way it doesn't only show the charisma of Mesrine (which is the main cause of his myth in France I think), but also his extreme violence and how he was just a "rabid dog" taking political causes to satisfy this violence. Still Mesrine remains fascinating by his level of boldness and how he just failed French and Canadian states in dealing with him. This is maybe a part of my punkness which appreciates this boldness but I think this is why people found him charismatic: he was defying institution and was quite efficient doing it. An anthropological insight in the French mind somewhat!