Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1 (2008)

Not Recommended

France/Canada

Feature Film

Original Title: L'ennemi public n°1

Director: Jean-François Richet

Writers: Abdel Raouf Dafri, Jean-François Richet

Cinematographer: Robert Gantz

Composers: Marco Beltrami, Marcus Trumpp

Cast: Vincent Cassel, Ludivine Sagnier, Mathieu Amalric, Samuel Le Bihan, Gérard Lanvin, Olivier Gourmet, Georges Wilson

Though more focused than the first part, this second part of Richet’s two-part biopic of notorious French gangster Jacques Mesrine is less compelling than its predecessor, and only ever sporadically entertaining, with its action scenes more generic-feeling, and the first film’s human drama all but dried-up – but the performances are still generally fine, and the production values good. Iain.Stott

Follows Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008)