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Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1
Blu-Ray Review: ‘Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1’ Offers More of the Same
Submitted by mattmovieman on April 6, 2011 - 11:31amCHICAGO – Just as Steven Soderbergh’s “Che” and Olivier Assayas’ “Carlos” recounted the true tale of a controversial revolutionary over the span of at least two theatrically released pictures, Jean-François Richet’s 2008 double feature “Mesrine” stages the jaw-dropping amount of robberies and prison escapes committed by its titular French gangster. His resumé is impressive, but his life makes for rather redundant drama.
