Kill the Irishman vs Mesrine: Public Enemy #1

Mesrine: Public Enemy #1 has the higher audience score (7.3/10 against 6.8/10 for Kill the Irishman). Kill the Irishman is the shorter watch at 1h 46m compared with 2h 13m. Mesrine: Public Enemy #1 is the older of the two (2008 against 2011). Both are action, crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Kill the Irishman posterKill the Irishman2011 VS Mesrine: Public Enemy #1 posterMesrine: Public Enemy #12008
Kill the IrishmanMesrine: Public Enemy #1
Audience score★ 6.8/10★ 7.3/10
Year20112008
Length1h 46m2h 13m
GenresAction, Crime, Drama, ThrillerAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country–Canada
DirectorJonathan HensleighJean-François Richet
Main castRay Stevenson, Vinnie Jones, Christopher Walken, Val Kilmer, Vincent D'OnofrioVincent Cassel, Ludivine Sagnier, Michel Duchaussoy, Gérard Lanvin, Olivier Gourmet

Synopsis

Kill the Irishman

Over the summer of 1976, thirty-six bombs detonate in the heart of Cleveland while a turf war raged between Irish mobster Danny Greene and the Italian mafia. Based on a true story, Kill the Irishman chronicles Greene's heroic rise from a tough Cleveland neighborhood to become an enforcer in the local mob.

Mesrine: Public Enemy #1

After nearly two decades of legendary criminal feats, making him France's most notorious criminal while simultaneously feeding his desire for media attention and public adoration, Mesrine becomes increasingly paranoid and isolated, leading to a dramatic confrontation with the law that ultimately seals his fate as the nation's most infamous public enemy.

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