How do you stop an assassin who has no identity?
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.
ActionCrimeThrillershowdownhitmanpoliticsbratva (russian mafia)cold warfbimontreal, canadarevengeterrorismira (irish republican army)political thrillerpretending to be gay
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Character
Classical in form, earnest, resolved and cool.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- resolvedopen-ended
- cooloverwhelming
- gravecomic
Who loves it, who doesn't
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Cast
- Bruce WillisThe Jackal
- Richard GereDeclan Mulqueen
- Sidney PoitierCarter Preston
- Diane VenoraMajor Valentina Koslova
- J.K. SimmonsFBI Agent T. I. Witherspoon
- Mathilda MayIsabella Zanconia
- John CunninghamFBI Director Donald Brown
- Jack BlackIan Lamont
- Stephen SpinellaDouglas
- Tess HarperThe First Lady
Crew
- Michael Caton-JonesDirector
- Chuck PfarrerScreenplay
- Karl Walter LindenlaubDirector of Photography
- Carter BurwellOriginal Music Composer
- Jim ClarkEditor
- Sean DanielProducer
- James JacksProducer
- Michael Caton-JonesProducer
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