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Jackal (The)
- Director: Michael Caton-Jones
- Writer: Kenneth Ross; Chuck Pfarrer
- Producer: Michael Caton-Jones; Terence A. Clegg
CGiii Comment
The opening credits are impressive - sadly, that's it for the compliments.
This is so far removed from the original that it is totally incomprehensible as to why they just didn't call it something else entirely.
If it's in your nature, forget the original and enter a world of escapism and, you may just enjoy - just a little bit.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Russian mobster Terek Murad has declared open season on the Russian militia and the United States FBI over the shooting of his brother in a Moscow nightclub. He hires "The Jackal" -- an elusive, nasty assassin -- to kill FBI Director Donald Brown. Present at the shooting of Murad's brother were FBI Deputy Director Carter Preston and Major Valentina Koslova of the Russian militia. Nearly no one has ever seen The Jackal, save for Declan Mulqueen, an imprisoned IRA sniper. Upon learning that the Director Brown is a target, Preston and Koslova enlist the services of the reluctant Mulqueen to track down the Jackal before he can assassinate Brown.
Cast & Characters
Bruce Willis as The Jackal;
Richard Gere as Declan Mulqueen;
Sidney Poitier as FBI Deputy Director Carter Preston;
Diane Venora as Major Valentina Koslova;
Mathilda May as Isabella Zanconia;
J.K. Simmons as FBI Agent T. I. Witherspoon;
Richard Lineback as FBI Agent McMurphy;
John Cunningham as FBI Director Donald Brown;
Jack Black as Ian Lamont;
Tess Harper as The First Lady;
Leslie Phillips as Woolburton;
Stephen Spinella as Douglas;
Sophie Okonedo as Jamaican Girl;
David Hayman as Terek Murad;
Steve Bassett as George Decker