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100
Viewer score based on 23 votes.

Critic Score

72
Critics' score based on 17 reviews.
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The films never lose sight of Mesrine the man, a fascinating character in that he's brutal yet extremely intelligent, has a skewed but discernible conscience, and, under the right circumstances, can be warm and generous.Full Review

Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle

Any film about a flashy criminal threatens to glamorize its protagonist, but both Mesrine episodes are careful to detail the many goofs made by the crook and his accomplices.Full Review

Mark Jenkins
NPR

The story is deepened with a distinctively European political subtext as the increasingly grandiose Mesrine engages in a running dialogue with various characters about the differences between gangsters and revolutionaries.Full Review

Stephen Holden
The New York Times

In most movies, we know the police bullets will never find their target. With Mesrine, (1) sometimes they do, and (2) in real life, he survived an incredible 20 years with the police firing at him at least annually.Full Review

Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times

Public Enemy openly raises the question of why officers of the law hated Mesrine so much that they were willing to turn his death into a block party.Full Review

Tasha Robinson
The Onion A.V. Club
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