The Jackal

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1997-11-14

Languages:

English, Russian

Countries:

USA, UK, France, Germany, Japan

Runtime:

124 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (83141 Reviews)

Director:

Michael Caton-Jones

Genres:

Action Adventure Crime

Cast:

Bruce Willis Richard Gere Sidney Poitier Diane Venora

Writer:

Kenneth Ross (earlier screenplay Day of the Jackal)

Chuck Pfarrer (screen story)

Chuck Pfarrer (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Russian mobster Terek Murad has declared open season on the Russian militia and the United States FBI over the shooting of his brother in a Moscow nightclub. He hires "The Jackal" -- an elusive, nasty assassin -- to kill FBI Director Donald Brown. Present at the shooting of Murad's brother were FBI Deputy Director Carter Preston and Major Valentina Koslova of the Russian militia. Nearly no one has ever seen The Jackal, save for Declan Mulqueen, an imprisoned IRA sniper. Upon learning that the Director Brown is a target, Preston and Koslova enlist the services of the reluctant Mulqueen to track down the Jackal before he can assassinate Brown.

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