Synopsis
Mesrine: Killer Instinct (L'Instinct de mort, 2008) is the first half of director Jean-François Richet's two-part biopic you can watch online on iFILM. Vincent Cassel plays Jacques Mesrine — the real French criminal who became the country's most wanted man — and it's one of his defining screen performances.
Mesrine comes home from the Algerian War, tries the family and the straight life, and walks away from both. Guided by underworld figure Guido (Gérard Depardieu), he climbs fast: armed bank jobs, arrests, a prison break, a stretch in Canada, more crimes. Cécile de France plays Jeannine, his partner who chooses the same road and lives with what that means.
Cassel plays Mesrine with no redemption arc and no apology — just dangerous charm and a temper that flares without warning. The film ends mid-story; the second part picks up exactly where it stops. Stream Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008) online on iFILM.
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