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 Major, and a jailed IRA terrorist who can recognize him.
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Bruce Willis
The Jackal
Richard Gere
Declan Mulqueen
Sidney Poitier
Carter Preston
Diane Venora
Major Valentina Koslova
J.K. Simmons
FBI Agent T. I. Witherspoon
Mathilda May
Isabella Zanconia
John Cunningham
FBI Director Donald Brown
Jack Black
Ian Lamont
Stephen Spinella
Douglas
Tess Harper
The First Lady
Director
Michael Caton-Jones
Screenplay
Chuck Pfarrer
Tagline
"How do you stop an assassin who has no identity?"
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$60,000,000
Revenue
$159,300,000
Production
Universal Pictures, Mutual Film Company, Alphaville Films
Wuchak
May 22, 2018
Globetrotting pursuit of a master-of-disguise assassin RELEASED IN 1997 and directed by Michael Caton-Jones, "The Jackal” is an international crime thriller about a joint FBI/MVD mission (led by Sidney Poitier and Diane Venora) that enlists the aid of an imprisoned IRA combatant (Richard Gere) to stop a brutal master-of-disguise assassin known as The Jackal (Bruce Willis) from completing a big ...
JPV852
February 21, 2023
This is one I've seen several times over the years and while certainly not great and it is funny hearing Richard Gere with an Irish accent and the numerous hair changes with Bruce Willis, I still find it watchable and somewhat entertaining. That said, how the Jackal was written was a problem because while for most of the movie he's a cold-blooded and calculating character, his actions of going ...
Niko
September 17, 2024
The Jackal is the kind of Thriller that does everything by the book. Most of the movie is comprised out of well-known and established tropes, it's got a packed cast and decent action scenes. It may not reinvent the wheel or keep you on your toes, but it does offer some solid 90's entertainment for about two hours.
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