It’s also a treat to watch. When Cassel isn’t hogging your retinas, the cinematography pleasantly strokes your brow, with the lavish colour palette period setting helping to create a seductive world you really want to plunge into. There are faults - part one feels like it hogs the awesomeness, while after a while, the procession of girlfriends and sidekicks begins to blur towards the end, but by then you’ve been treated to such a bountiful wealth of excellence that you’ll scarcely quibble.


Epic, consummate and entrancing, Mesrine: Public Enemy No.1 is a must-see for anyone who has a love of either gangster movies or world cinema.



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Starring: Vincent Cassel, Gerard Depardieu
Directed by: Jean-Francois Richet

Extras: making-of featurettes.