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.
Practical Effects
That remote-controlled minigun mount is genuinely unhinged engineering.
Acting
Willis commits so hard to being unrecognizable you almost respect it.
Direction
Caton-Jones keeps tension despite every ludicrous plot swerve.
Director
Michael Caton-Jones
Bruce Willis
The Jackal
Richard Gere
Declan Mulqueen
Sidney Poitier
Carter Preston
Diane Venora
Major Valentina Koslova
J.K. Simmons
FBI Agent T. I. Witherspoon
Mathilda May
Isabella Zanconia
John Cunningham
FBI Director Donald Brown
Jack Black
Ian Lamont
Stephen Spinella
Douglas
Tess Harper
The First Lady
David Hayman
Terek Murad
Ravil Isyanov
Ghazzi Murad
Maggie Castle
Maggie
Richard Lineback
FBI Agent McMurphy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Willis's gay-bar disguise was so convincing that extras didn't recognize him during filming. He allegedly stayed in character for hours.
This is a loose remake of 1973's 'The Day of the Jackal,' which infuriated purists by ditching the original's quiet precision for explosions and Bruce Willis in drag. The 'pretending to be gay' keyword exists because of this film specifically.
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