• Feb 08
• 2 part French crime thriller MESRINE finally coming to the US
• Posted by Adgy - 08/02/10 at 07:26 PM

It looks like the two Jean-Francois Richet's two part crime thriller Mesrine films may finally be getting released in the US this April, courtesy of a small distributor called New American Vision. The two films, starring Vincent Cassell as Jacques Mesrine, a famous French criminal in the 60's and 70's, were originally set to be released last year by Senator films, but Senator went out of business and had to sell off the films in it's catalog. The two films, Mesrine: Killer Instinct and Mesrine: Public Enemy Number One were picked up by NAV and are currently scheduled to be released on April 16th, under the name Public Enemy Number One with the subtitle A Film In Two Parts. The April 16th date is apparently "not 100% locked in" yet, but if the date changes, you can be sure we'll let you know about it.

This is great news. Mesrine garnered a whopping ten nominations at last year's Cesar Awards (France's equivalent to the Oscars) and went on to win awards for Best Director, Best Actor (Vincent Cassel) and Best Sound. We can't wait to see it on the big screen ourselves.

Read the 24FPS UK Blu-Ray review

Official US release website

Check out the trailer

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