Mesrine is a nice looking film. Its very well made, very well acted but when it was finished I felt I didn't really know the guy, what motivated him or pretty much care for him one way or another. He is described as an anti hero for the French but all I witnessed was him beating his wife in front of his kids, killing people, threatening innocent people in the banks. It is very well put together as a set of cool montages. For example the cool gangsters are playing cards when a rowdy couple of guys walk in and cause some trouble with the bar maid, enter Mesrine and crash bang wallop = sorted. Then we move on to him chatting up some girls, having sex, bank job, beats his wife then his boss and best mate get killed. You see where I am going? - there is never a point where the movie stops and lets you get to know what makes him tick. Like I said its a very good looking film but is a little bit hollow to be considered a great film.
Review of Mesrine: Killer Instinct
