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The Jackal (1997)

The Jackal (1997)

Action Crime Adventure Thriller

How do you stop an assassin who has no identity?

Release Date: 1997, November 14
Directors: Michael Caton-Jones
Countries: United States of America
Production: Universal Pictures, Mutual Film Company, Alphaville Films
Cast: Stephen Spinella, Jack Black, J.K. Simmons, Daniel Dae Kim, Leslie Phillips, Murphy Guyer, Bruce Willis, James McCauley, Richard Cubison, Jonathan Aris, Diane Venora, John Cunningham

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 cold war political thriller terrorism showdown politics fbi hitman bratva (russian mafia) pretending to be gay montreal, canada ira (irish republican army)