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[[Image:Mesrine 2008 poster.jpg|thumb|right|400px|''Mesrine'' (2008)]] | |||
''Mesrine: Public Enemy Number 1'' is | '''''Mesrine: Public Enemy Number 1''''' is part 2 of the two-part 2008 French-Canadian ''Mesrine'' film series directed by [[Jean-François Richet]] and starring [[Vincent Cassel]] as the French gangster Jacques Mesrine. | ||
Public Enemy Number 1 (L'ennemi public n° 1 | ''Public Enemy Number 1'' (French: L'ennemi public n° 1) details Mesrine's criminal career after his escape from prison, and his subsequent brutal end. Part 1 was released as ''[[Mesrine: Killer Instinct]]'' (French: L'instinct de mort). | ||
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=Handguns= | |||
== Beretta 93R == | == Beretta 93R == | ||
Jacques Mesrine ([[Vincent Cassel]]) | Jacques Mesrine ([[Vincent Cassel]]) uses a [[Beretta 93R]] machine pistol during the casino robbery. | ||
[[Image:Beretta93-1-.jpg|thumb|none| | [[Image:Beretta93-1-.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Beretta 93R - 9x19mm]] | ||
[[Image:Mesrine2collection5.jpg|thumb|none| | [[Image:Mesrine2collection5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Beretta 93R on a table with some M1911-style pistols.]] | ||
[[Image:Mesrine2berreta1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Note the unusual muzzle flashes caused by the compensator.]] | |||
[[Image:Mesrine2berreta1.jpg|thumb|none| | [[Image:Mesrine2berreta2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|As expected, the pistol shoots 3 rounds at a time.]] | ||
[[Image:Mesrine2berreta2.jpg|thumb|none| | [[Image:Mesrine2berreta3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | ||
[[Image:Mesrine2berreta3.jpg|thumb|none| | [[Image:Mesrine2berreta4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Note the amount of spent cases in the air!]] | ||
[[Image:Mesrine2berreta4.jpg|thumb|none| | [[Image:Mesrine2berreta5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Great muzzle blasts from this pistol.]] | ||
[[Image:Mesrine2berreta5.jpg|thumb|none| | [[Image:Mesrine2berreta6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|And now for some close ups.]] | ||
[[Image:Mesrine2berreta6.jpg|thumb|none| | [[Image:Mesrine2berreta7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | ||
[[Image:Mesrine2berreta7.jpg|thumb|none| | [[Image:Mesrine2berreta8.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | ||
[[Image:Mesrine2berreta8.jpg|thumb|none| | |||
As with the last movie, Mesrine's pistol of choice is the [[ | == M1911A1 == | ||
[[ | As with the last movie, Mesrine's pistol of choice is the [[M1911A1]]. | ||
[[Image:Mesrine2colt3.jpg|thumb|none| | [[File:M1911Colt.jpg|thumb|300px|none|World War II Colt M1911A1 - .45 ACP]] | ||
[[Image:Mesrine2colt4.jpg|thumb|none| | [[Image:Mesrine2colt3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Mesrine fires his M1911A1 dangerously close to an accomplice.]] | ||
[[Image:Mesrine2colt5.jpg|thumb|none| | [[Image:Mesrine2colt4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Note the ejecting casing.]] | ||
[[Image:Mesrine2colt6.jpg|thumb|none| | [[Image:Mesrine2colt5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The extremely close firing temporarily deafens his accomplice.]] | ||
[[Image:Mesrine2colt1.jpg|thumb|none| | [[Image:Mesrine2colt6.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The muzzle flash in this scene is rather exaggerated.]] | ||
[[Image:Mesrine2colt2.jpg|thumb|none| | [[Image:Mesrine2colt1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | ||
[[Image:Mesrine2collection7.jpg|thumb|none| | [[Image:Mesrine2colt2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | ||
[[Image:Mesrine2colt7.jpg|thumb|none| | [[Image:Mesrine2collection7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | ||
[[Image:Mesrine2colt8.jpg|thumb|none| | [[Image:Mesrine2colt7.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | ||
[[Image:Mesrine2colt8.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | |||
== Browning Hi-Power == | == Browning Hi-Power == | ||
[[Image:Browning-HP-P35.jpg|thumb|none| | Mesrine later acquires a [[Browning Hi-Power]], which he uses for the Deauville casino heist and to threaten Daniel, a French farmer. | ||
[[Image:Mesrine2colt9.jpg|thumb|none| | [[Image:Browning-HP-P35.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Browning Hi-Power - 9x19mm]] | ||
[[Image:Mesrine2colt10.jpg|thumb|none| | [[Image:Mesrine2berreta1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Mersine dual-wields a Browning HP with his Beretta 93R.]] | ||
[[Image:Mesrine2berreta2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | |||
[[Image:Mesrine2colt9.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Mersine displays his Hi-Power.]] | |||
[[Image:Mesrine2colt10.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Daniel warily eyes the pistol.]] | |||
== Luger P08 == | |||
Just before his condemnation at the Compiègne courthouse, Mesrine asks to go to the toilet. A [[Luger P08]] is hidden in the toilet tank, which Mersine uses to escape the courthouse. | |||
[[Image:P08Luger1917.jpg|thumb|none|300px|Luger P08 - 9x19mm]] | |||
[[Image:Mesrine2luger1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Reteriving the Luger.]] | |||
[[Image:Mesrine2luger2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Mersine brandishes the pistol.]] | |||
== | ==MAC Mle 1950== | ||
[[MAC Mle 1950]] pistols are used by French Gendarmes to shoot at a car with Mesrine inside. | |||
[[File:Mas 1950.jpg|thumb|none|300px|MAC Mle 1950 - 9x19mm]] | |||
[[Image:Mesrine-KI-GendarmePistols.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | |||
[[ | == Manuhrin MR-73 "Defense"== | ||
A three inch barreled [[Manurhin MR-73|Manuhrin MR-73 "Defense"]] with fixed or duty sights is used akimbo with an anachronistic [[Beretta 92FS]] by a policeman when spying Mesrine before killing him. | |||
[[Image:MR-73-3inch.jpg|350px|none|thumb|MR-73 Defense with duty sights - .357 Magnum]] | |||
[[Image:Mesrine-KI-Twinguns2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | |||
[[ | ==Beretta 92FS== | ||
[[ | An anachronistic [[Beretta 92FS]] is used akimbo with a [[Manurhin MR-73|Manuhrin MR-73 "Defense"]] by an undercover policeman. An original [[Beretta 92]] or [[Beretta 92S]] would have been correct. | ||
[[ | [[Image:BerettaM92FS.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Beretta 92FS - 9x19mm]] | ||
[[Image: | [[Image:Mesrine-KI-TwinGuns.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | ||
[[Image: | |||
=Submachine Guns= | |||
== MAT-49 == | == MAT-49 == | ||
When escaping the ''Prison de la Santé'' (Lit. Prison of the Good Health), a random convict escapes with them, and takes a [[MAT-49]] submachine gun from a prison guard. It is also seen in the hands of a policeman manning a roadblock in order to find Mesrine. | |||
[[Image:MAT-49.jpg|thumb|none|450px|MAT-49 - 9x19mm]] | |||
[[Image:Mesrine2submachinegun2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The convict grabs a fallen MAT-49.]] | |||
[[Image:Mesrine2submachinegun3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | |||
[[Image:Mesrine2roadblock1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|French police manning a roadblock with MAT-49s in hand.]] | |||
[[Image: | == IMI Uzi == | ||
[[Image: | During the Deauville casino shootout, Mesrine draws an [[Uzi]] after running out of ammunition for his pistols. An Uzi is also used by a French police officer to kill Mercine. | ||
[[Image: | [[Image:Uzi.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Uzi - 9x19mm]] | ||
[[Image: | [[Image:Mesrine2uzi1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Mersine fires the Uzi.]] | ||
[[Image:Mesrine2uzi2.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | |||
[[Image:Mesrine2uzi3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | |||
[[Image:Mesrine2uzi4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | |||
[[Image:Mesrine2mini14c.jpg|thumb|none|600px|The [[Uzi]] on the right.]] | |||
== [[ | =Rifles= | ||
[[Image: | ==AKMS== | ||
[[Image: | [[AKMS]]s are used in two different scenes, one time by François Besse during the Deauville casino shootout, and then by Charlie Bauer against Jacques Dallier. | ||
[[Image: | [[Image:AKMS.jpg|thumb|none|450px|AKMS - 7.62x39mm]] | ||
[[Image: | [[Image:Mesrine2AK471.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Besse ([[Mathieu Amalric]]) fires through a car windshield.]] | ||
[[Image:Mesrine2AK472.jpg|thumb|none|600px|François Besse ([[Mathieu Amalric]]) firing an AKMS at police officers.]] | |||
[[Image:Mesrine2AK474.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Charly Bauer ([[Gérard Lanvin]]) with an AKMS.]] | |||
== AKS-47 == | |||
Jacques Mesrine ([[Vincent Cassel]]) is briefly seen with an [[AKS-47]] in one scene while he gets into a car. Mesrine is also seen with one on the movie's poster, which is based on a [https://www.gettyimages.fr/detail/photo-d%27actualit%C3%A9/various-disguises-of-jacques-mesrine-a-french-photo-dactualit%C3%A9/542246668?adppopup=true a real image] of Mesrine posing with an AKS-47 and holstered Beretta 92-series pistol. | |||
[[Image:AKS-47.jpg|thumb|none|450px|AKS-47 - 7.62x39mm]] | |||
[[Image:Mesrine2AK473.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | |||
== Ruger Mini-14 == | |||
[[Ruger Mini-14]] are used by the policemen assassinating Mesrine. | |||
[[Image:Ruger-Mini-14.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Ruger Mini-14 - 5.56x45mm]] | |||
[[Image:Mesrine2mini14a.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Plainclothes French police reveal their weapons.]] | |||
[[Image:Mesrine2mini14b.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Revealing a truck full of heavily armed police to Mesrine.]] | |||
==[[ | == MAS-36 == | ||
[[ | During the manhunt for Mesrine, the French Army soldiers are armed with [[MAS-36]] rifles. While the older bolt-action MAS-36 was still in use by French police by the 1970s, at this time, the French Army had long moved on to the semi-automatic [[MAS-49/56]]. | ||
[[Image: | [[Image:MAS36.jpg|thumb|none|450px|MAS-36 - 7.5x54mm French]] | ||
[[Image: | [[Image:Mesrine2army1.jpg|thumb|none|600px|French Army soldiers assembling with MAS-36s and MAT-49s.]] | ||
[[Image: | [[Image:Mesrine2rifle3.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | ||
[[Image: | [[Image:Mesrine2rifle4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | ||
== | ==Remington Model 700== | ||
When waiting for the money after kidnapping Lefebvre, Mesrine shoots a unmarked police car, in order to "''test their windshield''". | |||
[[Image: | [[Image:Remington-Model-700-BDL 308.jpg|thumb|none|450px|Remington 700 BDL with no iron sights and scope (current production) - .308 Winchester]] | ||
[[Image: | [[Image:Mesrine-KI-Rem700Rifle.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | ||
== [[ | =Explosives= | ||
[[Image: | == F-1 hand grenade == | ||
[[Image:Mesrine2grenade.jpg|thumb|none| | Just like the real Mesrine was carrying, police find a bag of guns and two [[F-1 hand grenade]]s on the floor of his BMW. | ||
[[Image:MesrinePE1F1.jpg|thumb|none|200px|F-1 High-Explosive Fragmentation hand grenade]] | |||
[[Image:Mesrine2grenade.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]] | |||
[[Category:Movie]] | [[Category:Movie]] | ||
[[Category:Crime]] | [[Category:Crime]] | ||
[[Category:French Produced/Filmed]] | [[Category:French Produced/Filmed]] | ||
[[Category:Biographical Movie]] | |||
Latest revision as of 20:37, 9 October 2023
Mesrine: Public Enemy Number 1 is part 2 of the two-part 2008 French-Canadian Mesrine film series directed by Jean-François Richet and starring Vincent Cassel as the French gangster Jacques Mesrine.
Public Enemy Number 1 (French: L'ennemi public n° 1) details Mesrine's criminal career after his escape from prison, and his subsequent brutal end. Part 1 was released as Mesrine: Killer Instinct (French: L'instinct de mort).
The following weapons were used in the film Mesrine: Public Enemy Number 1:
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Handguns
Beretta 93R
Jacques Mesrine (Vincent Cassel) uses a Beretta 93R machine pistol during the casino robbery.
M1911A1
As with the last movie, Mesrine's pistol of choice is the M1911A1.
Browning Hi-Power
Mesrine later acquires a Browning Hi-Power, which he uses for the Deauville casino heist and to threaten Daniel, a French farmer.
Luger P08
Just before his condemnation at the Compiègne courthouse, Mesrine asks to go to the toilet. A Luger P08 is hidden in the toilet tank, which Mersine uses to escape the courthouse.
MAC Mle 1950
MAC Mle 1950 pistols are used by French Gendarmes to shoot at a car with Mesrine inside.
Manuhrin MR-73 "Defense"
A three inch barreled Manuhrin MR-73 "Defense" with fixed or duty sights is used akimbo with an anachronistic Beretta 92FS by a policeman when spying Mesrine before killing him.
Beretta 92FS
An anachronistic Beretta 92FS is used akimbo with a Manuhrin MR-73 "Defense" by an undercover policeman. An original Beretta 92 or Beretta 92S would have been correct.
Submachine Guns
MAT-49
When escaping the Prison de la Santé (Lit. Prison of the Good Health), a random convict escapes with them, and takes a MAT-49 submachine gun from a prison guard. It is also seen in the hands of a policeman manning a roadblock in order to find Mesrine.
IMI Uzi
During the Deauville casino shootout, Mesrine draws an Uzi after running out of ammunition for his pistols. An Uzi is also used by a French police officer to kill Mercine.
Rifles
AKMS
AKMSs are used in two different scenes, one time by François Besse during the Deauville casino shootout, and then by Charlie Bauer against Jacques Dallier.
AKS-47
Jacques Mesrine (Vincent Cassel) is briefly seen with an AKS-47 in one scene while he gets into a car. Mesrine is also seen with one on the movie's poster, which is based on a a real image of Mesrine posing with an AKS-47 and holstered Beretta 92-series pistol.
Ruger Mini-14
Ruger Mini-14 are used by the policemen assassinating Mesrine.
MAS-36
During the manhunt for Mesrine, the French Army soldiers are armed with MAS-36 rifles. While the older bolt-action MAS-36 was still in use by French police by the 1970s, at this time, the French Army had long moved on to the semi-automatic MAS-49/56.
Remington Model 700
When waiting for the money after kidnapping Lefebvre, Mesrine shoots a unmarked police car, in order to "test their windshield".
Explosives
F-1 hand grenade
Just like the real Mesrine was carrying, police find a bag of guns and two F-1 hand grenades on the floor of his BMW.
