Jean-François Richet
1) Plane
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In the white-knuckle action movie PLANE, pilot Brodie Torrance saves his passengers from a lightning strike by making a risky landing on a war-torn island only to find that surviving the landing was just the beginning. When most of the passengers are taken hostage by dangerous rebels, the only person Torrance can count on for help is Louis Gaspare, an accused murderer who was being transported by the FBI. To rescue the passengers, Torrance will need...
2) Blood father
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Non-stop action in this dynamic thrill ride. Estranged teenage daughter is targeted by a drug cartel, ex-convict John must call upon connections from his criminal past to save his daughter's future.
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The first of two parts charts the outlaw odyssey of Jacques Mesrine, the legendary French gangster of the 1960s and 1970s who came to be known as French Public Enemy No. 1 and the Man of a Thousand Faces. Infamous for his bravado and outrageously daring prison escapes, Mesrine carried out numerous robberies, kidnappings, and murders in a criminal career that spanned continents until he was shot dead in 1979 by France's notorious anti-gang unit.
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Mesrine: Killer Instinct introduces us to Jacques Mesrine (Vincent Cassel), a loyal son and dedicated soldier back home and living with his parents after serving in the Algerian War. Soon he is seduced by the neon glamour of sixties Paris and the easy money it presents. Mentored by Guido (Gerard Depardieu) Mesrine turns his back on middle class law-abiding and soon moves swiftly up the criminal ladder. After pulling off an audacious heist he and...
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Now back in France, Mesrine is finally in police custody and facing justice for his crimes. After escaping a courtroom and kidnapping the judge at gunpoint, Mesrine is declared Public Enemy Number 1 and is eventually condemned to a maximum-security prison where he writes his memoirs, establishing himself as a household name and the anti-hero across France. Mesrine stages another daring escape and disappears into the lawless underworld, taunting the...
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Jacques Mesrine, a loyal son and dedicated soldier comes home and lives with his parents after serving in the Algerian War. Soon he is seduced by the neon glamour of 1960's Paris and the easy money it presents. Mentored by Guido, he turns his back on middle class law-abiding and soon moves swiftly up the criminal ladder. After pulling off an audacious heist he flees to Canada where the opportunity of one big payout lures him out of hiding and propels...
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Now back in France, Mesrine is in custody and facing justice for his crimes. After escaping a courtroom, he is declared Public Enemy #1 and is condemned to a maximum-security prison where he writes his memoirs, establishing himself as a household name. He stages another escape and disappears into the underworld, taunting the police and reinventing himself as a celebrity criminal. With a monumental rise, comes the inevitable fall as the police close...