Mesrine: Public Enemy #1 2008 123movies

Watch: L’ennemi public n°1 2008 123movies, Full Movie Online – The story of Jacques Mesrine, France’s public enemy No. 1 during the 1970s. After nearly two decades of legendary criminal feats – from multiple bank robberies and to prison breaks..
Plot: The story of Jacques Mesrine, France’s public enemy No. 1 during the 1970s. After nearly two decades of legendary criminal feats — from multiple bank robberies and to prison breaks — Mesrine was gunned down by the French police in Paris.
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Ratings:

	7.4/10 Votes: 30,076
	81% | RottenTomatoes
	72/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 740 Popularity: 8.885 | TMDB

Reviews:

Lands successfully between crime thriller, gangster saga and character study
*REVIEW OF BOTH PARTS*

There is a short paragraph that opens both “Mesrine” films; the exact wording escapes me, but it says something like “no film can accurately portray the complexities of a human life”. This seems to be a pre-emptive defense, as if Richet anticipates criticism for a lack of depth or some glaring omissions. After all, Jacques Mesrine is apparently still a famous name in France, and his public persona lives on. If even half his supposed exploits were true, the story would still be crying out for a definitive dramatisation. As such, Richet has wisely avoided making any real ethical judgements of Mesrine’s character, focusing instead on the sex, violence and publicity that he thrived upon. But it’s Vincent Cassel’s committed and exuberant performance that develops this meat-and-potatoes content into an unbiased character study of excess and, over all, a very fine pair of movies.

“Mesrine” may not seem to be particularly even-handed at first because of the glamour, the wisecracks, and the endless charisma, all of which are drawn from the rich stylistic tradition of the Gangster Movie, and used very skilfully in its favour. The fast pace of the story ensures we are either seduced or repulsed by the central character, and rarely anywhere in between. Sympathy or pity is irrelevant, and he is too brutal and trigger-happy to be rooted for as a regular protagonist. The first film is the slicker of the two, and the more visually satisfying due to the wonderfully stylish recreation of early 60s Paris (and elsewhere). Cassel plays Mesrine with youthful vigour here. He’s all style and brash confidence, as endearing a wiseguy as any of Scorcese’s characters. It’s “Goodfellas”, in fact, that “Killer Instinct” is most reminiscent of, with its sharp-suited mobsters (including a brilliantly grizzled Gerard Depardieu) and episodic year-hopping narrative.

By the half-way point, Mesrine is still something of an enigma. It’s only in “Public Enemy No. 1” that the pace slows down and we can see, through a few intimate and contemplative scenes, what he has sacrificed to live as a superlative criminal. “I wasn’t much of a son, I’m not much of a father either.” he says, while in disguise visiting his own ailing father in hospital. He gradually alienates his closest friends and accomplices by trying to maintain the outlandish public profile he cultivated, rambling pseudo-revolutionary politics to journalists and threatening to kill judges and destroy all maximum security prisons. The “Goodfellas” ensemble of the first part becomes the isolated, ego-driven “Scarface” of the second as Cassel skilfully matures his character into a man resigned to the fate he knows must be coming.

The over all impression left by “Mesrine” is that it manages to land successfully between crime thriller, gangster saga and character study. This is achieved by the virtue of a standout central performance, as well as Richet’s shrewd application of an American film-making style to a very French story. It ought to go down among the top crime dramas of the decade, or at the very least raise the (already decent) international profile of its impressive leading man.

Part deux
I’m guessing, that you have watched the first part, before you go on and read any reviews about Part 2 of Mesrine. A reviewer wasn’t satisfied, because the movie seems like a 200+ min movie cut in half. Well I guess the user is right, but should that affect your rating/how you like the movie?

I don’t think so, but then again, you have to make up your own mind. The movie itself is based on the real life character, portrayed greatly by Vincent Cassel. Unfortunately you get reminded quite a few times how this movie will end. Which is OK, for the french audience who already know how the story ended, but for people like me, who didn’t know that much about the person, it was kind of a spoiler.

Still even though I knew, what was going to happen, the ending was filled with tension. It is shot and edited in a great manner and kept me on the edge of my (cinema) seat. And even as I was telling myself, that the ending was obvious, I still couldn’t stop from being excited. Maybe it’s only me, but this deserves your attention, even if it’s only on the small screen (TV).

Other Information:

Original Language fr
Runtime 2 hr 13 min (133 min)
Budget 80000000
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Action, Biography, Crime
Director Jean-François Richet
Writer Abdel Raouf Dafri, Jean-François Richet
Actors Vincent Cassel, Ludivine Sagnier, Mathieu Amalric
Country France, Canada
Awards 7 wins & 16 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Dolby Digital, DTS
Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
Camera Arriflex 235, Panavision Primo and Angenieux Optimo Lenses, Arriflex 435, Panavision Primo and Angenieux Optimo Lenses, Bell & Howell Eyemo, Panavision Panaflex Millennium XL, Panavision Primo and Angenieux Optimo Lenses
Laboratory Laboratoires Franay Tirages Cinematographiques (LTC), Paris, France
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 35 mm (Kodak Vision2 200T 5217, Vision2 500T 5218)
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (master format), Super 35 (3-perf) (source format)
Printed Film Format 35 mm (anamorphic), DCP (Digital Cinema Package DCP)