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L'instinct de mort (2008) -- The story of French gangster Jacques Mesrine, before he was called Public Enemy N°1.
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Overview

User Rating:
7.5/10   3,757 votes
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Writers:
Jacques Mesrine (book)
Abdel Raouf Dafri (scenario)
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Contact:
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Release Date:
22 October 2008 (Belgium) more
Plot:
The story of french gangster Jacques Mesrine, before he was called Public Enemy N°1. | add synopsis
Awards:
6 wins & 7 nominations more
User Comments:
An expensive TV-film more (17 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Vincent Cassel ... Jacques Mesrine
Cécile De France ... Jeanne Schneider

Gérard Depardieu ... Guido
Gilles Lellouche ... Paul
Roy Dupuis ... Jean-Paul Mercier

Elena Anaya ... Sofia
Michel Duchaussoy ... Pierre André Mesrine - le père de Jacques Mesrine
Myriam Boyer ... La mère de Jacques Mesrine
Florence Thomassin ... Sarah
Abdelhafid Metalsi ... Ahmed - le proxénète
Gilbert Sicotte ... Le milliardaire
Deano Clavet ... Roger André
Mustapha Abourachid ... Le harki
Ludivine Sagnier ... Sylvie Jeanjacquot
Sofiane Benrazzak ... Le Fellagah #1 (as Sophiane Benrezzak)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Mesrine: Killer Instinct (UK) (USA)
Mesrine: L'instinct de mort (France) (poster title)
Mesrine: Part 1 - Death Instinct (International: English title)
Nemico pubblico n. 1 - L'istinto di morte (Italy)
Public Enemy Number One (Part 1) (International: English title)
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Runtime:
113 min
Country:
France | Canada | Italy
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital
Certification:
Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | UK:15 | Australia:MA | Norway:15 | Germany:18 | Ireland:16 | France:U (with warning) | Italy:VM14 | Japan:R15+
Filming Locations:
Monument Valley, Utah, USA

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Howard Shore was set to score the two Mesrine films before Marco Beltrami and Marcus Trumpp stepped in. more
Goofs:
Anachronisms: As Jean-Paul waits on the platform of the Montreal metro, a "Stand clear of the doors" sticker can clearly be seen. These were only introduced in 2001. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Gangstars (2009) (TV) more

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27 out of 140 people found the following comment useful.
An expensive TV-film, 23 October 2008
2/10
Author: AlcofribasNasier from France

The whole media thing about the Mesrine project should not be involved in one's artistic appreciation of this movie. Yet it is expensive, full of "provocative" elements, and exhibits under-employed movie stars, this is a shallow movie. The trendy steady-cam, and the outrageous amount of special effects do not make a great movie, but an expensive shallow bio-pic. Though one should be grateful to the French film industry for making a capitalistic effort, and trying to get rid of its habit of producing one sociological essay after another, Mesrine L'instinct de Mort has no substance. The narration is abrupt, without bringing any creative element but blur confusion, and dialogs are a sum of clichés, probably written in one afternoon on a restaurant napkin. E.g. the Spanish wife of Mesrine, who ridiculously mixes French and Spanish words in a lame attempt of realism ("I will go back to mi padre y madre's house" !).

Depardieu and Cassel are brilliant, it is a fact. But their characters are probably far below their true ability to be picturesque, and it is in vain that the viewer would try to understand their dramatic (or biographic) interest.

I really believe this movie is overrated, and the critic certainly salutes a desperate mobilization of energy in a dying French film industry, rather than its artistic, or informative value.

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