Slick, Modern, Cool

I watched Public Enemy No. 1 one after another over the weekend, and I felt that the top was obviously stronger than the bottom. The lower part is mostly about the socio-political side of Mesrine, or trying to explore the reasons for his lawlessness. It has brought many political events at that time, but it is generally scattered, not as compact as the upper part, and its style is not as unified as the upper part, and it seems to be lost in many intentions to be expressed. For me, I don't really care about the reasons behind it. The state apparatus, or the shadow of the Algerian war, seems a bit cliché, and what I want is a film in the tradition of Melville's French gangster films - slick, modern, cool, clean. The first title shows the end of the robber, the very modernist division and structure, which brings this impression first, and in general it is such a movie.
French gangster films are never realistic, and the French have a bit of a tradition of anti-establishment in their genes, and naturally romanticize these people as anti-hero icons. These thieves are loyal and abide by their own rules, such as Melville's Le Samourai or the red circle, Alain's dragon's dashing image and French demeanor are so handsome that it makes one's feet weak, and it is also the role of many famous gangster films later. Object, but now there are more realistic performances of gangster films, such as last year's Gomorra in Italy.
I feel that the director has found a lot of traditional tasks for himself. Of course, the plot will make people think of male and female thieves. Even the appearance of the prostitute Sarah is a bit of Dunaway's shadow, and Mesrine's later partner Jeanne is full of natural born murderers. Julie Liu Meaningful tone.
There are a lot of actors in this film that I like, Vincent Caseel is quite French, Gérard Depardieu with an increasingly large nose and physique really adds 'weight' to the film, and the charming Ludivine Sagnier, and in the lower part I watch I was so excited to see Mathieu Amalric in Besse, to see two French character actors play opposite each other. Mathieu plays a role similar to Mr. Pink's Steve Buscemi, whose cynic reality, blistered-eyed, sour-faced hilarity and Vincent's fiery romantic unrealistic fit perfectly. It's a pity that the two of them are not long.
The plot in the film has a lot of incredible elements, the hijacking of the judge in the courtroom is even more crazy, of course, as the opening credits say, this film is not all truth, so I will be a super (anti)hero without complaint of the film. Another unfortunate detail is the sloppy handling of a location in London (wrong double-decker bus, london calling for music...) which makes people feel embarrassed.
The upper and lower parts are averaged, and the evaluation is 3 and a half stars. It's a pity that such an all-powerful person who made the police feel frightened, but died while wearing a garbage wig.

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