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| Directed by | Jean-François Richet |
| Produced by | Thomas Langmann André Rouleau Maxime Rémillard Executive Producer: Daniel Delume |
| Written by | Abdel Raouf Dafri Jean-François Richet |
| Starring | Vincent Cassel |
| Music by | Part One: Eloi Painchaud Part Two: Marco Beltrami Marcus Trumpp |
| Cinematography | Robert Gantz |
| Editing by | Part One: Eloi Painchaud Part Two: Bill Pankow Hervé Schneid |
| Studio | La Petite Reine |
| Distributed by | Pathé (France) Senator Film (Germany) Nordisk Film (Finland and Sweden) Music Box Films (USA) Momentum Pictures (UK) Hexagon Pictures (Japan) A-Film Distribution (Netherlands) |
| Release date(s) | Part One: 22 October 2008 Part Two: 19 November 2008 |
| Running time | 246 min. Part One: 113 min. Part Two: 133 min. |
| Country | France Italy Canada |
| Language | French Spanish Arabic English German |
| Budget | $45,000,000 |
| Box office | $49,796,294 |
Mesrine is a two-part (Mesrine: Killer Instinct and Mesrine: Public Enemy Number One) 2008 French film directed by Jean-François Richet and written by Abdel Raouf Dafri and Richet. The first part's script was based on the autobiographical book L'instinct de mort by French gangster Jacques Mesrine, while the second part detailed Mesrine's criminal career after his escape from prison, and his subsequent brutal end.
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The film is divided into two parts, with various titles:
The critic aggregator RottenTomatoes certified the movie "fresh" with both parts having 84% of critics favorable. The first part was found "undeniably uneven, but Vincent Cassel's electrifying performance makes Mesrine: Killer Instinct a gangster biopic worth seeking out. "[1] 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. " [1]
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