“The
Jackal” is a crime drama, screenplay by Kenneth Ross loosely based on the novel
by Frederick Forsyth and Directed by Michael Caton-Jones.
The
action starts in Moscow, where the FBI and their Russian counterparts, the MVD,
are working on a joint mission to apprehend Russian mobster Ghazzi Murad (Ravil
Isyanov) for murder, but he is killed in the process.
In
retaliation Ghazzi's brother, Terek (David Hayman) hires an assassin by the
code name Jackal (Bruce Willis) to carry out a hit on a high profile American
target.
Initial
intelligence points to that target being Donald Brown (John Cunningham), the
Director of the FBI.
The
Jackal is known only by name and reputation, no one in authority knows who he
is or what he looks like, some are not sure he even exists, FBI Deputy Director
Preston (Sidney Poitier) learns of only one person alive who they know has had
ties to the Jackal: former Basque separatist Isabella Zanconia (Mathilda May) ,
but her whereabouts are unknown, so Preston, MVD officer Valentina Koslova
(Diane Venora) turn to the only person who might lead them to her, former IRA
gunman Declan Mulqueen (Richard Gere), but first they need to get him out of
Federal Prison.
It’s
a great intelligent thriller rather than an all action thrill fest, Willis
portrays the perfect cold-blooded assassin, if I have one criticism it would be
Richard Gere’s dodgy Irish accent, but it’s still a great thriller.
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