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Nov 14, 1997 · A former IRA fighter is freed to help stop a mysterious assassin from killing the FBI director. The Jackal is a 1997 film based on a screenplay by Frederick Forsyth, starring Bruce Willis, Richard Gere and Sidney Poitier.
- Michael Caton-Jones
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- 1 min
The Jackal is a 1997 American action thriller film directed by Michael Caton-Jones, and starring Bruce Willis, Richard Gere, and Sidney Poitier in his final theatrically released film role. The film involves the hunt for a paid assassin. It is a loose take on the 1973 film The Day of the Jackal, which starred Edward Fox, and was based on the ...
- $60 million
- Carter Burwell
- November 14, 1997
The Jackal shoots frantically at the stage but the lack of camera causes him to miss entirely while Preston saves the First Lady, getting shot in the leg in the process. Mulqueen then leaves his position to get to the subway station, leaving his sniping partner to neutralize the weapon which he does by blowing up the vehicle.
The Jackal is a relatively simple chase thriller incapable of adding thrills or excitement as the plot chugs along. During an FBI raid on a Moscow nightclub, the brother of Russian gangster Terek ...
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- Michael Caton-Jones
- R
- Bruce Willis
Michael Caton-Jones. Chuck Pfarrer. Written by JPV852 on February 21, 2023. Hired by a powerful member of the Russian mafia to avenge an FBI sting that left his brother dead, a psychopathic hitman known only as The Jackal proves an elusive target for the people charged with the task of bringing him down: a deputy FBI director, a Russian MVK ...
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Nov 14, 1997 · "The Jackal'' is based on the screenplay of Fred Zinnemann's 1973 classic "The Day of the Jackal.'' That was a film that impressed us with the depth of its expertise: We felt it knew exactly what it was talking about. "The Jackal,'' on the other hand, impressed me with its absurdity. There was scarcely a second I could take seriously.