François Vidocq, a notorious escape artist, emerges from the shadows after evading the notorious penal colony, his legend growing in the seedy underbelly of Paris.
The Emperor of Paris
In 1805, Vidocq escapes captivity and rebrands himself as a Parisian textile merchant, securing his freedom by agreeing to hunt down and eliminate criminals. He assembles a team of former prisoners, leveraging their skills to create a formidable and feared operation.