Mel Gibson has been hiding away from the limelight for a number of years now but he's slowly on the way back with a new directorial effort called Jacksw Ridge and now his first lead role since the pretty terrible Get the Gringo in 2012.

You know, we really miss Mel Gibson. Whatever his foibles off screen he was always an entertaining presence on screen, and his contributions as a director were genuinely thrilling.

A powerful bio – the first of a two-parter – of the rise of French gangster Jacques Mesrine, first encountered as a soldier interrogating terrorists in 1950s Algeria and on his return to Paris where he falls under the influence of hood boss Guido (Depardieu).