In a new brace of movies about the life and times of notorious celebrity gangster Jacques Mesrine, Vincent Cassel has reached the apex of a formidable career that began with the white hot La Haine, includes extraordinary work in films as varied as Elisabeth and Irreversible and even a couple of outings in Steven Soderbergh's Ocean's 12 and 13. He is without doubt one of the finest actors working today and yes, he is French.
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