GrimPrecise I'll tell you why so serious

GarnettTeenage The film was still a fun one that will make you laugh and have you leaving the theater feeling like you just stole something valuable and got away with it.

Clarissa Mora The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

Kien Navarro Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

adonis98-743-186503 The story of french gangster Jacques Mesrine, before he was called Public Enemy N°1. Mesrine Part 1: Killer Instinct succeeds thanks to a great and haunting performance by Vincent Cassel who is easily the best part of the movie both as a character and as an actor. The rest of the cast does a pretty good job too such as Gérard Depardieu as Guido and Elena Anaya as Sofia. The action is really good and if you're into Gangster movies such as myself you won't be disappointed of course the film is not perfect it has some pacing issues and some moments feel kinda unrealistic if you ask me but as a French picture it's pretty damn good and Cassel gives his best performance in his entire career. (7/10)

mfajdic The simple thought that a man like Mesrine really existed is terrifying. A complete and ideal criminal, slick, resourceful, always calm and ready to impact his environment in the worst sense, while always being in control of the outcome. Well, almost always. I've heard about Mesrine before watching this fine movie. And I have to say, it left me slightly disappointed. Some of the crucial details were left out. But I find that reasonable cause some 500 year old countries don't have as much history as this man had. Nor did they impact the world as this man did. A true bad ass that took a small part in shaping the modern media, French laws and pop culture in general. And got nicknamed "The Man of a thousand Faces" in the process. Oh yeah. He actually found time to write an autobiography during his stay at the prison which eventually forced the French government to push the "Son of Sam" law, forbidding the publishment of books written by known criminals. Clyde, you have been shotgunned by the Frenchy in every way.The notion that "L'instinct de mort" leaves behind is definitely a romantic one. This movie is made to be popular and more "user friendly". I could not shake off the feeling that Vincent Cassel was the best man for the job, at any given moment of this movie. Great work. He totally pulled it off. Especially the parts where Mesrine gets caught in fishy situations and when his calmness absolutely shines. Vincent made it look SO easy. The movie constantly introduced new characters and every single one of them was special in their own way. The feminine characters that associated with Mesrine all proved fatal to this Byronic hero. Everything about them is made short but full, easy to understand. This movie also intrigued me with the sudden termination of what seemed to be critical figures in Mesrines life, giving everything a more realistic taste. Something like terminating Leo DiCaprio in Departed. Its done, deal with it, move on. The side of the movie that deals with the media reminded me of Tarantinos "Natural born killers". Mickey and Malorey equal Jacques and Jeanne.Once again, I have been reassured that French movies are the hot stuff. As I mentioned before, this movie is "user friendly" all the way and the thing about French movies is that I never had any problem about being picky to whom I am going to recommend them. In the end, everybody loves 'em. So do I. Can't wait to see the second part tonight!

coley130 Killer Instinct, a 2008 film directed by Jean Franccois Richet, is a film that tells the tale of a wild French gangster who, in the beginning, starts out as somewhat of a good gangster. He then slowly become more and more crewel as the movie goes on. I enjoyed that the film was not afraid to show the viewer graphic scenes. Richet shows his audience just how graphic life for Frances most notorious gangster could, and was, for him. This can be seen when Jacques Mesrine not only beats his wife in front of his two colleagues and son but takes it as far as shoving a loaded weapon in her mouth until she realizes that there is nothing she or anyone else can do to stop him. One thing that puzzled me about the film was at the beginning when being help hostage they ask about a bomb, however that is the last we hear of it in the film and the movie continues on as if it never happened. Puzzling. There are a number of ideas expressed in the film. One idea being that if you have trust and faith in yourself, that you can do anything, than anything you set your mind to can be accomplished. And Mesrine lives this life to its fullest. Robbing, stealing, cheating etc. Mesrine shows this a number of times in the film when his partner and he break into a house and tell the owner that they are investigators looking into the homeowners break-in, which was actually him. Another idea that is seen in the movie is that never giving up is way of life for some and not a way of life for others. Continuing to know that you can do anything that you have faith in yourself to do can be accomplished. This is is seen when he breaks out of jail while others stay back and decide not to. The main actor shows courage in persistence in escaping from any trouble he has ever been in. The films director, Jean Franccois Richet, was born and raised in Paris in 1966. Since his start in the film business in 1996 he has directed a number of movies including Ma-6T, All About Love and Assault on Precinct 13. However, Richet is best known for this film and, which won him 6 awards from 12 nominations from all around the globe.

spamobile Although living in France I hardly speak it so was confined to reading subtitles. You have to see this movie in French though, it's as French as it can be. But, it's French as good as it can be. Hearing it in French makes it all the better. It's been a long time that such a good crime gangster movie was made. The realism level is amazing. If a car crashes into something else, it get's damaged, not like in your average American crime movie where the most ridiculous turns and jumps are made and they keep on driving like nothing happened. The shooting is realistic, shoot to kill but it's not that easy in all the excitement to hit something. It's the ugly truth about a live gone wrong. You start with feeling for the main character due to the circumstances but soon you'll end up on the other side, detesting his being, but that makes you all the more nailed to your seat to see what happens next. Gangster pure sang, which, of course, meets his end like it supposed to. I won't give anything away as that would take away your experience when you watch the movie, and watch it you must!