This is the ULTIMATE edition of Mesrine, the 2008 French crime-thriller blockbuster based on a true story. It contains 4 discs: 2 DVDs, and 2 soundtrack CDs. Special features include "Making Of" documentaries for both films, and trailers. The contents of the package are as follows:
1. Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1 DVD
2. Mesrine: Killer Instinct DVD
3. Mesrine Original Soundtrack CD
4. Mesrine Original Score CD
Synopsis:
FEATURING A CAREER DEFINING PERFORMANCE FROM VINCENT CASSEL, THIS TWO PART SAGA, BASED ON THE TRUE STORY OF JACQUES MESRINE, FOLLOWS THE INCREDIBLE SERIES OF HOLD-UPS, PRISON BREAKS, AND KIDNAPPINGS THROUGHOUT THE 70’S AND 80’S ACROSS SEVERAL CONTINENTS.
PART 1: KILLER INSTINCT
Mesrine: Killer Instinct introduces us to Jacques Mesrine (Cassel), a loyal son and dedicated soldier back home and living with his parents after serving in the Algerian War. Handsome and charming, he is soon seduced by the neon glamour of Sixties Paris and the easy money it presents. Mentored by Guido (Gerard Depardieu) Mesrine soon moves swiftly up the criminal ladder, choosing the high risk life of a gangster over the honest life of the hard working family. After pulling of an audacious heist he and his lover Jeanne (Cecile de France), flee to Canada where the opportunity of one big payout lures him out of hiding and propels him towards international notoriety.
PART 2: PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER 1
The incredible and brutal story of Jacques Mesrine (Vincent Cassel) continues in Mesrine: Public Enemy no 1. Now back in France, Mesrine is finally in police custody and facing justice for his crimes but he is soon on the run once again. After escaping a courtroom and kidnapping the judge at gunpoint, Mesrine is declared public enemy number one and is eventually condemned to a maximum security prison where he writes his first memoirs, establishing himself as a household name and anti-hero across France.
Mesrine stages another daring escape and disappears into the lawless underworld, taunting the police and reinventing himself as a celebrity criminal through his savvy manipulation of the media. after such a monumental rise, comes the inevitable fall as Broussard closes in, bringing the life of Jacques Mesrine to full bloody circle.
Director: Jean-François Richet
Cast: Vincent Cassel
Special Features include: Trailer , "Making Of " Feature, War Situation Report Feature, Photo Gallery
- Import DVD
- 2 DVDs and 2 Audio CDs
- NTSC All Region
- UNCUT original French version
- French Audio with English Subtitles
- Special features
- Anamorphic Widescreen
- English subtitled special features
- DVD9 (dual layer DVD)
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