The Jackal (1997)
18
09/01/1998 (GB)
Action, Thriller, Adventure, Crime
2h 4m
- 64% (1964 votes)
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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.
- Michael Caton-JonesDirector
- Chuck PfarrerScreenplay
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$60,000,000
Revenue
$159,300,000
Keywords
- showdown
- hitman
- politics
- bratva (russian mafia)
- cold war
- fbi
- montreal, canada
- revenge
- terrorism
- ira (irish republican army)
- pretending to be gay
Top Billed Cast
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
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