Storyline
Hired by a powerful member of the Russian mafia to avenge an FBI sting that left his brother dead, the perfectionist Jackal proves an elusive target for the men charged with the task of bringing him down: a deputy FBI boss and a former IRA terrorist.
Directors
Cast
J.K. Simmons, Serge Houde, Jack Black, John Harrington Bland, Bruce Willis, Jim Grimshaw, Dan Ziskie, Richard Lineback, Richard Gere, Larry King, Leslie Phillips, Ravil Isyanov, Daniel Dae Kim, Jonathan Aris, Sophie Okonedo, Victor Sobchak, Tess Harper, Murphy Guyer, Michael Caton-Jones, Laura Viederman, Diane Venora, Yuri Stepanov, Eddie Bo Smith Jr., David Hayman, Terry Loughlin, Serge Christianssens, Terrence Currier, Stephen Spinella, Maggie Castle, Ewan Bailey, James McCauley, Sidney Poitier, David Gene Gibbs, Mathilda May, Richard Cubison, Peter Sullivan, John Cunningham, Walt MacPherson, Karen Kirschenbauer, Steve Bassett, Gregory Porter Miller, Bob Kingdom, Philip LeMaistre, Boris Boscovic, Danette Alberico, Debra Gano, Pamela Poitier, Gayle Jessup, Bill Collins, James M. Helkey
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Reviews
50
ReelViews
Actually, the more distance the studio places between the two films, the better, because the 1997 production can't hold a candle to the 1973 release, and an attempted comparison only makes the new Bruce Willis/Richard Gere vehicle look worse.
50
The New York Times
The Jackal, like most expensive thrillers nowadays, knows how to do gadgets, pyrotechnics, underground subway chases and panicked crowd scenes. But except for Mr. Gere's uphill battle, it has only the vaguest idea of how to do people.
50
Amusing performances -- especially from Willis, who takes on a new personality with each new hairstyle -- can't disguise the fact that the film is basically a pastiche of recent movies.
40
The A.V. Club
At best, The Jackal is an uninspired, by-the-numbers action thriller.
38
The Jackal, on the other hand, impressed me with its absurdity. There was scarcely a second I could take seriously.
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