Jacques Mesrine: The Kamikaze of Crime

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[@Biographics]

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[@stompybeardo]

Would love to see this lovely hardworking channel make a video about Thomas Beckett!

[@jimmyvance3007]

Can you do James Baldwin?

[@annescholey6546]

Killed by two drunken knights in nuns habits before their next Crusade..😂

[@attraueketcham350]

Not a single script slap..

[@scotify4247]

That moment when you used to love watching Simon then he got greedy and posts constant videos across 5568 channels and now you could care less. Soz, the truth

[@qwellen7521]

The sheer amount of plot armour this guy had was insane.

[@KingofAwesomness14]

more op plot armor then any main character alive.

[@roboky101]

He's a real anime protag...

[@kevinfelton689]

Like Thomas Shelby

[@herbromero1073]

This took me out

[@ettorefassina356]

There's a great movie with Vincent cassel on him, "mesrine" watch it, you won't regret it

[@robertmcgovern8850]

Note to self: don't take career advice from someone named Guido the Sicilian.

[@therealturdferguson8355]

😂 ikr

[@TDace25]

💀💀💀

[@the_original_Bilb_Ono]

This sounds like a quote from Gex on ps1

[@dincmesrine472]

Guido died before him so this doesnt make sense.

[@therealturdferguson8355]

@@dincmesrine472 Guido the Sicilian was his predecessor from which he took advice. Since made, your welcome lol

[@clarencefuller9843]

This guy is the personification of a GTA protagonists lol

[@MaxwellAerialPhotography]

this man is basically a french Trevor Philips

[@minhqun]

@@MaxwellAerialPhotography Trevor Philippe

[@KrazeeClark]

He makes "Trevor" look like an idiot.....Oh, wait. : )

[@gh-ev9vi]

Let’em know X

[@keithjackson4985]

I don't even play video games but laughed out loud! 😆

[@chigimon]

The two part film starring Vincent Cassel is fantastic.

[@FALslayer]

What's it called?

[@chigimon]

@@FALslayer it’s called Mesrine, there are two parts and one is subtitled public enemy number 1, I can’t remember what the other part is called but it is fantastic.

[@hugolafhugolaf]

@@chigimon public enemy number 1 2 I guess.

[@chigimon]

@@hugolafhugolaf just checked, first part is called mesrine killer instinct and second is public enemy number one

[@ottovonbismarck2443]

Watched them some years ago; also read Mesrine's book. Vincent Cassel great as ever.

[@qrufus]

Why would a former police officer think meeting Mesrine in a cave is a good idea?!

[@frogpalpeeper4249]

You've never seen The Maltese Falcon, have you? Watch it. Bogart's last speech to Mary Astor might explain it.

[@reynoldrene2161]

Key word *former* obviously he wasn’t good at his job 😂😂 Idk I’m guessing

[@carlmiddlesworth9160]

I wondered this, I believe he met him somewhere else first In public. then they drove him to the cave

[@msrnone8600]

Ego

[@j-loosenfout67]

Hello Biographics, I'm French born in Paris in 1967. I was 12 when he was killed in Paris. It is hard to imagine how popular he was with the working classes in France. People were generally rather amused that he managed to escape each time. And especially that he succeeds in his escapes with such panache. The working class in France doesn't so much appreciate the police or justice you see. And even less at that time. They think that there are two justices, those of the elites, and that of the poor. And for the French, it's in the genes, we have the spirit of revolt. Besides, we are not really known to be very disciplined... For a large part of the French, his death was a programmed execution. Because we thought he knew too much about government. People thought he might have been part of or been employed by the secret services (I modify here my comment to clarify, in particular, because his spectacular escapes required a perfect knowledge of the people to contact, whether in prisons the man had never "frequented" before, but also with the personnel of the French administration. In most cases, he escaped pretty quickly from the prisons where he was, too quickly precisely in the eyes of public opinion). I remember on the television news at the time, the images of his execution had been broadcast. There was a lot of blood flowing in the gutter. His car was riddled with bullets. I no longer remember whether it was Paris-Match or the newspaper "VSD" which had outright published the photos of his naked corpse riddled with bullets at the time. I was young. In France, characters of this type were oddly quite common. And we followed their adventures in the evening on the 8 o'clock news on TV. Perhaps it was because we were coming out of the Indochina war and the Algerian war. These two wars had forged "hot heads". There was the hairpiece gang (Le gang des postiches - it's also an incredible story) who robbed banks for years and who taunted the police. They put on the masks of politicians (hence their nickname) or disguised themselves as Russian with the fur hat, or as Jewish rabbis, etc. They were robbing a bank and while the police came and went to see what was going on, while the police were questioning employees, witnesses, etc. ... they were in the bank directly opposite and were holding it up at the same time! incredible but true! There was also the Lyon gang (Le gang des Lyonnais) which carried out a whole series of robberies. The French connection to Marseille. There was also of course Albert Spagiarri and the heist of the century, the burglary of the "Société Générale" bank in Nice by the sewers. It was the time of the assassination of Judge Michel, but also that of Judge Renaud. All these French characters have given rise to transpositions of their history to cinema. (Sorry for my bad English) Friendly,

[@TheLivingDragon619]

Interesting, thank you

[@QUARTERMASTEREMI6]

Fascinating to hear this from the French perspective, merci for sharing! ❤️

[@j-loosenfout67]

@@QUARTERMASTEREMI6 The pleasure is mine. Thank you very much. :)

[@wildandbarefoot]

Resistance should be admired, always.

[@Dad......]

Incredible insight. I love the context. Thank you!

[@Rhyno9750]

Why do I keep thinking of the dude from 'no country for old men'

[@therealturdferguson8355]

Lol same here!! Has to be the chops and hairdo

[@justinharris2272]

He really do be looking like Anton Chigurgh

[@Kerorofan1990]

"Hi, I'm the violent criminal you've been slandering. Wanna come to a secluded cave alone to interview me?" "Sure, sounds fun!" What a putz.

[@Neanderthal1]

Fun fact , I live around that place where it happened , the caves are now known as Mesrine's caves. Nobody know if it had a name before that or they probably don't remember it. There are some old folks around here still speaking about him , some said he was a violent criminal , others said he was a friendly guy you could drink with and actually felt secure. The thing is it is sad that those legends are only locally known , but that guy had an impressive life for sure.

[@owie4070]

I was stunned by that as well.

[@workhardism]

Darwin Awards grand prize winner LoL

[@luckyspurs]

The most Lord Voldemort of invitations.

[@tammieknuth6020]

Lol

[@michaelemonds]

Vincent Cassel plays Mesrine brilliantly in the 2008 film of his life.

[@davidandrews190]

I've got it on dvd absolutely the best film ever about this crazy French man I was gutted the cowardly way the police took him out overkill is putting it mildly and Vincent Cassell is a very good actor too cheers

[@raygreen5926]

One of Jaques Mesrine's favourite films was " Midnight Express", which was made in 1978, the same year Mesrine escaped from La Sante. He has been described as the last great anarchist and even now fans gather at his grave in Clichy to honour him

[@marinothegreatsan]

fu.. anarchy.

[@theavandenberg6876]

These are the biographs videos I like best...never heard of this guy but what a character....

[@andrewince8824]

"If I have erased the word pity from my vocabulary it is because I have seen too many injustices" - Jaques Mesrines.

[@Dad......]

Fun fact: I started thinking how much this reminded me of Lupin the Third, found out Lupin the Third is based on a fictional French gentleman thief Arsène Lupin, created by Maurice Leblanc in 1905. Arsène Lupin is a literary descendant of Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail's fictional character Rocambole, whose adventures were published from 1857 to 1870. The French have really had a long-standing love for this archetype. Rebellion is truly engrained in French DNA. I come from a place with lots of French heritage and culture, but sadly it's being lost on my generation and on. As little as I've thought about it, this makes me really want to delve into my French heritage.

[@jessecerasus9621]

A Quebecois speaking here. I think you are right. French-Canadians have 400 years of distinct evoltion and this trait still opersst in Quebec. Even for me, it is amazing to see how much the European French just won't stop fighting. It's a personnalty trait; they are never fully satisfied, for the best and the worst. When Mesrine went in Canada to pursue his ''American Dream'', people of Quebec were fascinated bu the man!

[@alexmajax]

@@jessecerasus9621 French gangsters from the 70's all said that the Quebec underworld was much more violent than ours, his partner in crime "jean paul mercier" was even too crazy for Mesrine.

[@jessecerasus9621]

@@alexmajax Oh I didn't know that...Thanks !

[@markhough1027]

How French can you get. "Drinking champagne by a corpse"

[@claudiaxander]

This is just a joke and does not in any way reflect upon my true feelings: How do you know a Frenchman has been in your garden? The bins are empty and the dog is pregnant.

[@burisha2351]

@@claudiaxander Offense none taken... but...why? 😂

[@chacdogful]

@@claudiaxander lord yes why you say that? What does that mean 😂

[@mrgeetar5421]

A frog and a baguette drinking champagne (no offense btw)

[@claudiaxander]

@@mrgeetar5421 whilst eating onions and garlic?

[@MaxwellAerialPhotography]

I have a candidate for a future biographics "Klondike" Joe Boyle Gold miner, boxing promoter, hockey manager, gold magnate, soldier, diplomat, spy, lover of the Romanian queen. This guy had a wild life, from his days as just another miner in the Klondike Gold Rush, to the vast plains of Russia, where he acted as a diplomat and spy for the British Empire. This is where arguable his most famous adventure occurred. He stole the Romanian gold reserve and archives which were store at the Kremlin, from under the noses of the Soviets, using a train, lots of cunning, and a sh*t load of vodka.

[@CompaDeArranke]

Im intrigued now 🤔 🤣

[@katieholland4244]

Sounds like something Weird History would have fun with too

[@cameroningham1606]

This sounds like a story that I am very interested in. Simon definitely needs to cover this

[@caincotterill5493]

I’d watch this too Simon

[@hollybyrd6186]

Now I need more!

[@vivianwallwood]

There's a two part biopic about Jacques Mesrine starring Vincent Cassel which I'd recommend. Great films

[@DavidMorris1984]

They are my favourite films of all time!

[@Mulavi]

Loved both movies. Had to look him up online to see how he was depicted in the movie matched up against real life. No artistic license taken in the movies cause none was required. No writer or director could make up or augment the crazy this guy did.

[@akirubamiru6700]

I wish they make a remake, but this time with the budget of Netflix or Hollywood

[@DavidMorris1984]

@@akirubamiru6700 I honestly don't think a bigger budget would add any value. They achieved a lot with what they had. Making them available on more platforms would be good though. I've also been trying to find an English translation of Mesrine's book for years - with no success.

[@windsorSJ]

This movie also featured Gerard Depardieu. One of my favourite actors. Great movies.

[@MrGabroux]

Around 13:50. Laval isn't West of Ottawa, it's the Island just north of Montreal.

[@akirubamiru6700]

I could not believe that an english speaking channel could make a video about this man! Well, done Simon!

[@douglaseckel765]

Fantastic Vlog Simon! You are an amazing story teller...

[@joseybryant7577]

The Earl of Rochester would be a great person to cover. His life was insane, he truly lived up to the image of a libertine . He was also very witty.

[@gm2407]

Which Earl of Rochester? There were 4 of them.

[@ottovonbismarck2443]

There was a special law invented and named after Mesrine (Lex Mesrine ?), so he would not make a profit from his book, since that would mean making legal money from his criminal activities. One must not forget that he was a cold-blooded murderer; nothing romantic about that.

[@orderneo]

I did not know that Johnny Gat from SaintsRow was based on anyone. Holy crud, why have never heard of this guy.

[@kcbh24]

there's a lot of info in the world. It's ok that you don't know everything

[@maccurtis730]

Nice one.

[@f.g.h604]

Probably because he is not american

[@tammieknuth6020]

It's private and meant for these times. Daughter 29..go by tamekka. And he's private; ask me how I know!!

[@Nipplator99999999999]

I love watching Simon's videos with CC on when they have non-english names in them. The guy's name was "mystery", "Listerine", "my satine", "misery", and "my stream"... it has a way of making the worst descriptions of humanity slightly less deflating.

[@randomperson5846]

As an algerian, I would live to see a video about one of our many revolutionaries and the severe atrocities committed by the French in Algeria.

[@TSmith-yy3cc]

That really would be great!

[@JeagerGray]

What about the Barbary corsairs (your ancestors) that raided Europe non-stop for centuries? Over 1 million Europeans were enslaved and/or killed by your ancestors. That's pretty much the reason why the French invaded Algeria in the 1st place, to put an end to this. And what about the good things France brought you? You wouldn't even be a country if it weren't for France. Atrocities were committed on both sides during the French-algeria period, stop with that simplistic black-and-white thinking and please get that FLN propaganda out of your head.

[@youtube-handle-are-a-joke]

So you consider the colonization of Algeria an act of defense? That's interesting, what about Ivory Coast, Indochina, Morocco and all those other countries? Countries where the natives have been abused and robbed of their country riches. If it wasn't for the pillaging and slavery committed by France, it wouldn't be such a rich country. Get that neo-colonialist OAS bull out of your head. By the way I'm white and French.

[@randomperson5846]

Here's a question joseph: do you or did you at any point live in Algeria in the past 2 years? Because if you did or at the very least did a smidgen of research, you'd know that the algerians have nothing more than disdain and hatred and fear of the fln. Do you know why? Because when France realised loss to Algeria was inevitable, they took algerian officers who turned against us and planted them within the ranks of the algerian revolutionaries with instructions to seize power as soon as possible in order to maintain the saharan desert which is full of oil. Hell, de Gualle himself said that even if France left Algeria, algeria would always follow France and he was right. This never was about the morality of colonialism and justice for the European people pal, it was about the one percent trying to get the common people to fight so they can make off with all the goods. No government cares about their people, they only care about wealth and resources with the promise of vengeance against the savage barbary corsairs being nothing more than a cover-up. I hope you take my arguments into consideration as I have with yours, and we continue to have a civil conversation. Good day.

[@marcop1587]

- A murderer, sociopath, burglar and kidnapper in 1961: _"here's a hotel on the coast of France for you to manage"_ - A Graduate with a Master, experience, good references and a clean record in 2022: _"see that mop on the floor?"_

[@alexmajax]

He was a very atypical gangster, he was from a rich and influential family, he was well educated, the Hotel he was managing belonged to his family, his friends always said that he had a complex about his upbringing, they were all orphans, institutionalised at a young age, but not him, he just had a serious vendetta with society.

[@djakuzamedusa6246]

for all of you that doesnt know you got a movie about him with vincent cassel but is only about his criminal background...i watched both parts numerous times and didnt know that he had such "active" life before even becoming a criminal :D what a guy didnt waste a moment :)

[@Aceite666]

There is a Trust's song about Mesrine, "Le mitard", a good one btw.

[@musiclover01ization]

This was a good video. It was very entertaining to learn about this guy.

[@codyroberts1555]

Not heard of this cat until now. Awesome tale, Simon.

[@drummerdorcas]

Damn I always thought John Dillinger had the craziest movie style biography but this one is as good or better in my opinion. Wow

[@trj1442]

Great doco. Thanks Bio team. How about one on Carlos the Jackal?

[@jminormedia1025]

This was great and informative

[@ignitionfrn2223]

1:40 - Chapter 1 -Young Jacky 6:25 - Chapter 2 - Jacques the burglar 10:00 - Mid roll ads 11:20 - Chapter 3 - Jacques & Janou comme Bonne et clyde 16:05 - Chapter 4 - Time at La Santé 18:35 - Chapter 5 - The great escape 20:40 - Chapter 6 - Life on the lam 22:50 - Chapter 7 - Day of the dead

[@bertoflores5046]

Great one!

[@laztoth3104]

Simon I wish you and your family a safe & very happy and healthy "2021"...

[@jeremiahkivi4256]

About 8 minutes in, he seemed like a reasonable man. Maybe a bit troubled, but had his honor. Then by the end, oof. He really took a downward turn.

[@Anduz001]

His life should be on Netflix or HBO. Amazing!

[@TheEvilCommenter]

Good video 👍

[@laurenceweddel6344]

Everything he makes it through and a f’n seatbelt gets him.

[@BeexDubb]

The movie based of his life of crime was insanely good 👍🏼

[@niks9652]

Whats it called

[@cgustafson240]

@@niks9652 "

[@umepojke6579]

@@niks9652 'Mesrine Part 1: Killer Instinct'

[@user-uc4vg4rg9e]

thanks

[@ddseir1443]

His book was very interesting. Fascinating like one of those old Melville films. Mesrine was no ordinary crook. He was charismatic. He had built a whole moral system of his own, in order to justify his actions and lifestyle. But he wasn’t either a sociopath or a psychopath. His execution was widely discussed in France and imo, it was a fitting end for a man who chose to live that way, and also a cynical statement of failure from the law. It was like «OK, we’ll never beat him, he’ll just break out again and make us look like jerks, so this time, we’ll make sure he goes to the only place from which there’s no escape» And what made me really sorry, is that J.M. COULD have been an important and prominent figure in a normal social setting, somebody who could have done things for his community, country or even for the whole world.

[@kossupelle]

Simon and he's beard have been carrying me through this year! Thx simon!

[@ThePlayboyLen]

Fascinating. My newest hero ✊

[@ryanmuldowney8761]

Please cover - Jefferson Davis 1808-1889, John Brown 1800-1859, Michael Collins 1890-1922, Constantine XI 1405- 1453, Mickey Cohen 1913-1976 and Bumpy Johnson 1905-1968. Thanks

[@ardalmurray8941]

Would you ever look into the shankill butcher in Northern Ireland? It’s truly a gruesome story

[@emilyshmelimy]

That was an amazing story. I've never heard of this man but this is one of my favorite biographics. I am a little disturbed that my favorite biographic is about a murderous criminal.

[@frogpalpeeper4249]

Now you're getting the hang of it. It is a bit disturbing at first. ; - )

[@jpgrumbach8562]

Go to wikipedia and look up "vidocq". A great article. And see jean-pierre melville's two films: "le cercle rouge" & "un flic". Michael mann's "heat" you do know already.

[@beachboy0505]

Excellent video I think there was a mini series on Amazon?

[@nickotten1358]

Love the King Herod beard! Rock it!

[@tritesy]

Man, I watched a wicked awesome movie about this guy years ago... Could never remember the name of the movie or of who the story was about. Finally!

[@davidandrews190]

EXCELLENT

[@baronoflivonia.3512]

Definitely one of the better Biographics.

[@jamesharbin8848]

Incredible story I had never heard of this would make a great movie

[@gurkvangus923]

there is two french movies "mesrine : death instinct" and "mesrine : enemy n°1" released in 2008 with Vincent Cassel playing his role.

[@shauntaylor6040]

The second movie is excellent.

[@JamesJ422]

One of the greatest crime movies of recent times

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you

[@randomramblings2325]

Thanks great video it was very interesting. Please either do an extended biography on this person on The Casual Criminalist channel and/or a biographical piece on Jim Jones.

[@t.b.5115]

French prisons are absolute nightmares. Even today they are regularly accused of human rights violations.

[@kelerews]

they got nothing on south american prisons

[@djquinn11]

Devil’s Island

[@AAaa-pm3rr]

Good joke. They have good conditions.

[@ulflyng4072]

That's a good argument for not ending up in one

[@ouroborosnagyok9306]

american prisons??

[@coraliefrsn5432]

Could you please add English subtitles ? Thanks for the amazing video !

[@bradhobbs6196]

Is it just me, or do some of Simon's legendary mispronunciations seem like a ploy to generate more comments?

[@blairsmith3199]

Its 100 percent bait

[@MaxwellAerialPhotography]

its got to be, he mispronounces even common english words.

[@ENDERLICOT]

@@MaxwellAerialPhotography that's called being british

[@bradhobbs6196]

@@blairsmith3199 Hey now, are you saying Simon is a pro grade Master Baiter?

[@feliciasa]

It’s so painful in this video 🤣

[@dannybudek8325]

Simon....do a segment on Henri "Papillon" Charriere....great storyline

[@lincolnshakespeare4528]

I found that very interesting and more Biographics should be done on crime figures from across the pond so to speak.

[@mennograafmans1595]

We've had plenty. In all three continents. Going back thousands of years. Just google for the list of serial killers to get a taste.

[@alexmajo2216]

Three films have been made on this legendary criminal - "Mesrine" (release feb.1984) a small budget b-movie but realistic because it was shot only 4 years after his death. -"La Chasse à l'homme" (2006), an interesting TV movie for the rivalries between police brigades during the Mesrine hunt. -The two-part biopic Death Instinct + Public Enemy #1 (2008) with Vincent Cassel.

[@sojnab1]

i saw a film on this man.Very interesting.Good video you made.Some man for one man!

[@jaymccormack6875]

I like the obscure biographies of people that had made for movies lives.

[@nikkigriffin08]

I mean whether you admire or hate him, dude was definitely a legend. Obviously not an OG Business Blaze Legend since he's long dead, but a legend nonetheless lol

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

Thanks.

[@jamesnoland3445]

This was great but Mesrine’s life deserves a docu-series.

[@drew8235]

Always weird seeing places you know mentioned in this kind of context. I lived at the Cité for a summer. o.O

[@scott9494]

Bravo...

[@peterjones596]

Wow, his name rang bells with me. What a story, to say he was prolific is an understatement.

[@wills2140]

Technically ... "warden" is traditionally the head or chief "warder" ( an individual prison guard ), not the title of all guards at a detention facility.

[@AshMundo]

Guy's an absolute legend

[@nicolasbuist141]

Thx for that one Mesrine left a big Mark in Québec

[@alexmajax]

Jean Paul Mercier was a cold blooded killer.

[@daxusbenjamin7683]

Hey Simon I dig what you do? Can you do an episode on PT Barnam?

[@Shore1985]

Maybe you can do a video on the Brabant killer gang. A gang of (atleast) 3 people who played GTA in real life in the 80s in Belgium. Killing innocent people in the supermarket parking lot just before robbing vegetable-oil and coffee from the stores, just to wait on the scene afterwards until the police arrives to have good old-fashioned shoot-out with them before escaping. They killed 28 people on various robberies and were never caught

[@sakkeverewake]

If he ssees this, maybe a more to the imagine speaking case is "De Bende van Nijvel". A gang of violent robbers who we're responsible for a lot of terror and deaths.

[@joaqu7002]

The Brabant Killers are known in the Dutch and Flemish speaking parts as the “Bende van Nijvel’

[@alexandersmith7061]

This is a weird request, but can you do a video on Radu Cel Frumos?

[@RichMitch]

The film is brilliant

[@igorgrujovski7607]

what film ?

[@RichMitch]

@@igorgrujovski7607 Mesrine: Killer Instinct

[@laurawolff140]

@@igorgrujovski7607 om

[@NASkeywest]

Do one on Frontiersmen and legend, Davy Crockett.

[@badluck5647]

Remember the Alamo!

[@shanek6582]

Daniel boon, Simon Kenton, lew wetzle and techumpsa

[@garymckee8857]

Interesting indeed.

[@Abraxium]

You know Simon is living good from the ad revenue of all his channels, he earns it. Question is, does he even have time to spend the money, let alone eat?

[@carljalkh9778]

Bro he has a team (and maybe teams) who do most of the work; i think he mainly focus on presenting the topics cause he s awesome at it but yea to pull out so much top quality vids in one week they must be all pretty good and work very hard

[@Zeber]

All he needs is a cup of tea.

[@garyoa1]

@@Zeber allegedly.

[@Jimrlst]

He has mentioned on business blaze that he mostly eats meal replacements for lunch

[@cdeschrevel5341]

Cocaine costs serious money

[@ARIXANDRE]

I've been waiting for this one! Consider doing one on football legend Pelé or Ayrton Senna.

[@FALslayer]

Yes a Senna one would be great. I love the Mclaren Senna

[@katieholland4244]

What he do? I dont follow sports much

[@dynamicpaintball]

@@katieholland4244 senna or Pelé

[@Cta2006]

La Sante has housed some interesting prisoners, including Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, called Carlos (The Jackal) and also Manuel Noriega military dictator of Panama

[@bigkeith41]

Well done bro great video love Mesrine story watch the movies with Vincent Cassell as the star Great stuff 🤟🏿👍🏿❤️

[@MrZip420]

you should do a Biographics on Paolo Violi. He was a pretty figure of organized crimes in Montreal and Ontario.

[@ericdahlstrom1021]

It's nearly unreal.makes me want his book

[@jackcotterill2080]

Please do the Mad Baron, Baron Von Ungern Sternberg

[@donraid8277]

The film is fantastic well worth a watch !!

[@samsousayt]

St-Vincent de Paul , Laval is like 15 Miles north of Montreal.. Way a lot closer to Montreal than 150 Miles "West of Ottawa".

[@garrycorrothers711]

Holy hell how have I never heard of this guy??!

[@ambyungbae7344]

love how the captions say "first ever escape from los santos"

[@Hamzakhan-dt3gv]

Scary video idea

[@olipritchard8151]

Hey Simon, any chance of a biographic on Gotz of the iron hand please?

[@CaptHollister]

Laval, West of Ottawa... not quite. Laval is the northern suburb of Montréal and 200km East of Ottawa. I was just old enough at the time of Mesrine's Canadian "exploits" to remember that he was often front page news in local Montréal newspapers.

[@isaiahvillarreal4512]

A life of crime because he was an adrenaline junky? He could’ve just become a motorcycle courier like someone I know.

[@arap8217]

Did you guys change the thumbnail for this video? Could've sworn there was someone looking like Vincent Cassel when first I got the notification...

[@MrMooemoney]

I saw the movie about this man before this but I had to look him up after I finished it because I couldn't believe what he did was based on a true story. I realized after finishing the movie I live a boring life....

[@cgt3704]

Will you a biography of King Michael of Romania. We will commemorate the 3rd anniversary of his deat. So i hope you will make a video about him. His story is a fascinating one

[@roberw1912]

I watched the two movies based on his life starring Vincent Cassel. It's under Messerine Killer Instinct. He is much nastier in the film than in his documentary.

[@mikej8542]

Incredible 2part crime film

[@xyzaero9656]

The films about Mesrine with Vincent Cassel are amazing. One film is called PUBLIC ENEMY NO.1. !!!