Mesrine: Part 2 - Public Enemy #1

MESRINE: PART 2 - PUBLIC ENEMY #1 (2008) - July 6, 2011
Though not quite as good as the first installment, this was nevertheless a very enjoyable crime movie about the later years of French bank robber Jacques Mesrine.  It does feel a bit more one-note than the last one, as there's not much character development left for Mesrine at this point; it's basically just a bunch of vignettes leading up to the man's murder by the police in 1979.  Speaking of which, the revelation that the police murdered Mesrine at the beginning of this film does kind of sap the final scene of the tension and suspense that it's clearly going for, which is a shame.  I know I would have been pretty shocked that the police just outright excecuted the man.  Oh well.  The movie is pretty thrilling, with shootouts, car chases and prison escapes, and Vincent Cassell is as charismatic as ever.  ***