Mesrine: Part 1: Killer Instinct (Mesrine: L'Instinct de Mort; Public Enemy Number One: Part 1) (2008)

The problem with real stories about criminals being told on film is that your main characters are scum bags. When it's an original screenplay, writers can massage the story to give the audience someone to root for. That's not the case with Mesrine. He's a complete a-hole and it's hard to care about the film when you don't care about the main character.

The direction and editing are very choppy, however the raw cinematography works. I wasn't very impressed with part 1, but I feel invested enough that I'll probably watch part 2.

Rating: C-