Review ‘Mesrine: Killer Instinct’
“To some he was a gangster, To others a hero, But to everyone, He was a legend.” Mesrine: Killer Instinct is the first of two films made about the life of notorious French criminal Jacques Mesrine. Unlike other sequels, you only need wait until 28 August to see part two The film follows the life of Jacques Mesrine from his early adult encounters in the French army in Algeria in 1959 through to the pinnacle of his criminal career in 1969 when he was declared Public Enemy Number One in Canada. Mesrine: Killer Instinct charts Mesrine’s rise from soldier to house burglar to bank robber to kidnapper to jail escapee - he escaped from four top security prisons in his time. We see the many sides to Mesrine, the family man who adores his beautiful Spanish wife Sofia and their three children, particularly his daughter, a humorous guy, a loyal … There’s more
