MESRINE: KILLER INSTINCT
aka L'INSTINCT DE MORT

Year: 2008
USA: Music Box Films
UK: Momentum pictures
Cast: Vincent Cassel, Cecile De France, Gerard Depardieu, Gilles Lellouche, Roy Dupuis, Ludivine Sagnier, Elena Anaya, Myriam Boyer, Michel Duchaussoy, Florence Thomassin, Abdelhafid Metalsi, Gilbert Sicotte, Deano Clavet
Director: Jean-Francois Richet
Countries: France / Germany / Italy
Language: French (English subtitles)
USA: 133 mins
UK: 113 mins
USA Rated: R for strong brutal violence, some sexual content and language
UK Certificate: 15 contains strong violence, language and sex
USA Release Date: 3 September 2010 (Limited Release)
UK Release Date: 7 August 2009 (Limited Release)


Synopsis

MESRINE: KILLER INSTINCT introduces us to Jacques Mesrine (Vincent 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 off 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.