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Suspenseful Cynical Clever Exciting
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Hidden Identity Lone Wolves Assassination Attempt Chase Vengeance Hitman Chases and Races Crimes more...
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Action Thriller
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90s
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Boys' Night
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The Jackal, 1997

Starring: Bruce Willis, Richard Gere

Directed by: Michael Caton-Jones

Written by: Kevin Jarre

Language: English, Russian

Country: USA, UK, France, Germany, Japan

Runtime: 124 min

MPAA Rating: R

Rating:6.1

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The mood of The Jackal is cynical, suspenseful, and clever. The plot centers around an assassination attempt, hidden identities, and lone wolves. It is a thriller and action movie. Stylistically, The Jackal involves twists and turns. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The pacing is fast. The Jackal happens in the 1990s. It is a remake and based on a book. It is especially suggested for a boys' night. Note that The Jackal includes profanity and violent content.

Summary of The Jackal

During an FBI raid on a Moscow nightclub, the brother of Russian gangster Terek Murad (David Hayman) ]is killed. Murad wants revenge and hires anonymous hit man the Jackal (Bruce Willis) to kill FBI Deputy Director Carter Preston (Sidney Poitier). With the help of Russian agent Valentina Koslova (Diane Venora), Preston finds the only man who knows what the notorious Jackal looks like, imprisoned IRA terrorist Declan Mulqueen (Richard Gere), and forces him to help hunt down the hit man.

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Language:	English, Russian
Country:	USA, UK, France, Germany, Japan
Release date:	14 November 1997
Runtime:	124 min

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Bruce Willis

as The Jackal

Richard Gere

as Declan Mulqueen

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Washington Post

To enjoy it, however, you have to do the mental equivalent of squinting your eyes, so the credibility is only fuzzily ridiculous. Full Review

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by: Desson Thomson

TV Guide

Though consistently handsome, the film never quite achieves the shallow but hugely seductive intensity of its MTV-style opening credits sequence. Full Review

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by: Maitland McDonagh

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Decent action thriller

Can be too much sometime but in the end it's a movie worth watching An attempt to stop a hit on a very important person and catch the jackal, and assassin no one has ever know or seen, and live to tell about. Read and rate it

26.October.2008
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by: rotem.nevgaunker
rotem.nevgaunker rated this movie0/10

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