DVD
Mesrine. Killer instinct
Call Number
- DVD FOREIGN (CEN)
Languages
In French or dubbed English, with optional English subtitles.
Performers
Vincent Cassel, Cecile de France, Gérard Depardieu, Gilles Lellouche, Roy Dupuis, Elena Anaya, Michel Duchaussoy, Myriam Boyer, Ludivine Sagnier.
Publication Information
Chicago : Music Box Films, [2011]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
MPAA rating: R; strong brutal violence, some sexual content and language.
Series
Summary
The first part of an epic two-film saga, "Killer instinct" introduces us to Jacques Mesrine at the beginning of his incredible true-life career of bank heists, prison breaks and kidnappings throughout the 60's and 70's and across three continents. Recently returned from the war in Algeria, Mesrine soon bores of the 9 to 5 life and gradually drifts into a life of crime under the tutelage of veteran gangster Guido. He quickly discovers he has a gift for robbing banks and forms a duo with lover Jeanne Schneider to rival Bonnie and Clyde. When the couple is finally hunted down in the Arizona desert, Mesrine is sentenced to ten years in a maximum-security penitentiary. But he is about to prove that no prison is big enough to contain him as his larger-than-life story unfolds.
Notes
Title from container.
Based on the book "L'instinct de mort" by Jacques Mesrine.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2008.
Bonus feature: theatrical trailer.