5. Vincent Cassel as Jacques Mesrine – Mesrine Part 1 & 2
Jacques Mesrine was known as the Man of Many Faces. The Parisian-born criminal was able to remain under disguise during the time he was a wanted man for murder, kidnapping and bank robbing around the world. A pathological psychopath, he broke free of every jail and bragged that he was responsible for more than forty murders. He was hailed by the general public as a Robin Hood character despite his monstrous crimes.
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Vincent Cassel took on the role as Mesrine for two movies about his life, Mesrine Part 1: Killer Instinct and Mesrine Part 2: Public Enemy #1. It documents his lifestyle, crimes and his death. His last crime was when he attempted to kidnap a judge who had previously sentenced him to 20 years in prison. Mesrine demanded that all top security prisons in France were to be closed or he would begin to assassinate magistrates in the court. He evaded capture by running down the stairs towards police officers shouting, “Quick! Mesrine’s up there!”.
This was the final straw and French President Giscard d’Estaing declared, “We really have to finish this Mesrine off”. Days later, he was shot dead behind the wheel of his car by officers.
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