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The Jackal( 1997)

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How do you stop an assassin who has no identity?

Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Bruce Willis

      The Jackal

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      Richard Gere

      Declan Mulqueen

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      Sidney Poitier

      Carter Preston

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      Diane Venora

      Major Valentina Koslova

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      J.K. Simmons

      FBI Agent T. I. Witherspoon

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      Mathilda May

      Isabella Zanconia

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      John Cunningham

      FBI Director Donald Brown

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      Jack Black

      Ian Lamont

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      Stephen Spinella

      Douglas

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      Tess Harper

      The First Lady

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      David Hayman

      Terek Murad

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      Ravil Isyanov

      Ghazzi Murad

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      Maggie Castle

      Maggie

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      Richard Lineback

      FBI Agent McMurphy

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      Karen Kirschenbauer

      Speaker

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      Daniel Dae Kim

      Akashi

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      Serge Houde

      Beaufres

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      Leslie Phillips

      Woolburton

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      Steve Bassett

      George Decker

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      Jonathan Aris

      Alexander Radzinski

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      Richard Cubison

      General Belinko

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      Bob Kingdom

      Ambassador Koldin

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      Peter Sullivan

      Vasilov

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      John Harrington Bland

      Dave

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      Terry Loughlin

      Davis

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      Walt MacPherson

      Dennehey

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      Jim Grimshaw

      Green Beret Colonel

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      Terrence Currier

      Surgeon General

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      Sophie Okonedo

      Jamaican Girl

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      Michael Caton-Jones

      Man in Video

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      Laura Viederman

      Woman in Video

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      Gregory Porter Miller

      Paramedic

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      Murphy Guyer

      NSC Representative

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      Philip LeMaistre

      Bored Teenage Clerk

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      James McCauley

      CIA Representative #1

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      Victor Sobchak

      Doctor

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      Serge Christianssens

      Immigration Officer

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      Boris Boscovic

      Interrogator

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      Ewan Bailey

      Prison Guard

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      Danette Alberico

      Woman with Champagne #1

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      Debra Gano

      Woman with Champagne #2

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      Pamela Poitier

      Law Clerk

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      Eddie Bo Smith Jr.

      Washington Cop

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      Dan Ziskie

      CIA Representative #2

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      Gayle Jessup

      Reporter

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      Bill Collins

      Medic

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      David Gene Gibbs

      Pilot

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      James M. Helkey

      Co-Pilot

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      Larry King

      Himself

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      Yuri Stepanov

      Victor Politovsky

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    Review 3Discussion

    A review by Wuchak

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    Written by Wuchak on Tue 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 hit in Washington DC. This was a loose remake of the film “The Day of the Jackal” (1973), which was based on the 1971 novel by Frederick Forsyth. The first act is too convoluted for my tastes as the...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    60000000.00

    Revenue

    159300000.00

    Keywords

    • showdown
    • hitman
    • politics
    • bratva (russian mafia)
    • cold war
    • fbi
    • montreal, canada
    • revenge
    • terrorism
    • ira (irish republican army)
    • pretending to be gay