L'Instinct de mort

Original title: L'instinct de mort

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7.5/10

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Vincent Cassel in L'Instinct de mort (2008)

The story of french gangster Jacques Mesrine, before he was called Public Enemy NÂ°1.

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Docudrama True Crime Action Biography Crime Drama Thriller

The story of the notorious French gangster Jacques Mesrine, with the focus on his life before the early 1970s and the events that led to him being declared Public Enemy No. 1 in France.The story of the notorious French gangster Jacques Mesrine, with the focus on his life before the early 1970s and the events that led to him being declared Public Enemy No. 1 in France.The story of the notorious French gangster Jacques Mesrine, with the focus on his life before the early 1970s and the events that led to him being declared Public Enemy No. 1 in France.

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IMDb RATING

7.5/10

36K

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See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 8 wins & 17 nominations total

Videos3

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Mesrine: Killer Instinct -- U.S. Trailer

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Mesrine: Killer Instinct -- UK Trailer

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Mesrine: Killer Instinct -- UK Trailer

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Mesrine: Killer Instinct -- "Check Out the Hardware"

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Trivia
The filming of this and L'Ennemi public n° 1 (2008), which lasted nine straight months, was done in reverse chronological order so that Vincent Cassel could progressively lose the weight he gained in preparation of the role, as Cassel knew he couldn't gain weight while filming.

Goofs
When Mesrine & Mercier are standing on a the roof of the building in Montreal, you can see cars/trucks/vans on the street, you can clearly tell they are modern vehicles and not ones from the '70s when this is supposed to take place.

Connections
Featured in Gangstars (2009)

Soundtracks
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Written by Joseph Tillman
Performed by Lloyd Lambert

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Featured review

8/10

A real-event-story elevated by fine leading performance

/refers to both parts/

In general, I am not much into biographical crime films/series as I tend to know the outcome and then a big and important moment of thrill is lost. On the other hand, such works include less hare-brained and fabulous scenes which purpose is to "entertain" viewers and enhance "excitement". True, Jacques Mesrine´s life was crazy enough, plus showing the weakness of Western societies to deal with hard criminals and lack of technological opportunities to protect valuables. The script here is often uneven, with some excessive dialogues followed by (too) fast chases, but the performance of Vincent Cassel is always zestful, and one can have reasonably good overview of life in some countries in the 1960-70ies. For me, a nice change for stuff happening recently or to-be happened in the distant future - if bearing in mind sci-fi films and series.