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The Jackal is a film starring Bruce Willis, Richard Gere, and Sidney Poitier as a hitman hired to kill the First Lady of the United States. The film is a loose adaptation of The Day of the Jackal, based on a novel by Frederick Forsyth.
1 Video. 66 Photos. Political Thriller Action Crime Drama Thriller. An imprisoned I.R.A. fighter is freed to help stop a brutal, seemingly "faceless" assassin from completing his next job. Director. Michael Caton-Jones. Writers. Kenneth Ross. Chuck Pfarrer. Stars. Bruce Willis. Richard Gere. Sidney Poitier. See production info at IMDbPro. STREAMING
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- Action, Crime, Drama
- Michael Caton-Jones
- 1997-11-14
Watch the official trailer of The Jackal, a 1997 action thriller starring Bruce Willis, Richard Gere and Sidney Poitier. The Jackal is a hired assassin who targets a powerful Russian mobster and his FBI enemies.
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During an FBI raid on a Moscow nightclub, the brother of Russian gangster Terek Murad (David Hayman) is killed. Murad wants revenge and hires anonymous hit man the Jackal (Bruce Willis) to kill...
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- Michael Caton-Jones
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- Bruce Willis
Nov 14, 1997 · Roger Ebert pans the action thriller starring Bruce Willis as a hitman and Richard Gere as an IRA terrorist. He criticizes the absurd plot, the unrealistic scenes and the tasteless targeting of Hillary Clinton.
Nov 14, 1997 · 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.
A movie about an FBI-MVD joint mission to stop a mysterious assassin from killing the FBI Director. They enlist the help of a former IRA sniper who claims to know the Jackal, but his loyalty is questionable.