The Jackal
How do you stop an assassin who has no identity?
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- Action
- Adventure
- Crime
- Thriller
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.
Keywords
- revenge
- terrorism
- showdown
- hitman
- bratva (russian mafia)
- political thriller
- fbi
- cold war
- pretending to be gay
- canada
- politics
- ira (irish republican army)
- montreal
- montreal, canada
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- November 14, 1997
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English, Russian
- Countries
- Canada, France, Germany, Japan, United Kingdom, United States of America
- Production
- Universal Pictures,Mutual Film Company,Alphaville Films,Marubeni,Tele München Fernseh Produktionsgesellschaft (TMG),TOHO-TOWA,BBC,UGC PH
- Cast
- Bruce Willis,Richard Gere,Sidney Poitier,Diane Venora,J.K. Simmons,Mathilda May,John Cunningham,Jack Black,Stephen Spinella,Tess Harperand 41 more
- Director
- Michael Caton-Jones
- Writer
- Chuck Pfarrer,Kenneth Ross
- Producer
- Sean Daniel,James Jacks,Michael Caton-Jones,Kevin Jarre,Gary Levinsohn,Hal Lieberman,Terence A. Clegg,Mark Gordon
- Cinematography
- Karl Walter Lindenlaub
- Music
- Carter Burwell
- Budget
- $60,000,000
- Revenue
- $159,300,000
- IMDb
- tt0119395