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Name: The Jackal
Director: Michael Caton-Jones
Genre: action, crime, thriller
Released: 1997
Duration: 2 h 4 min
Rating: 6.4

The Jackal has an iRankMovies score of 47.7/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

The Jackal (1997)

How do you stop an assassin who has no identity?

Release:1997

Runtime:2h 4m

Country:United States

Director:Michael Caton-Jones

Language:English

Genre

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Keywords

ShowdownHitman PoliticsBratva Russian MafiaCold WarFbiMontreal Canadarevenge

iRank48

The Jackal rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb6.4/10· 131K votes

Rotten Tomatoes24%

Metacritic36%

TMDb6.393/10· 2K votes

With 24% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.4/10 on IMDb and 36/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been modest.

About The Jackal

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.

Cast of The Jackal

Bruce Willis
as The Jackal
Richard Gere
as Declan Mulqueen
Sidney Poitier
as Carter Preston
Diane Venora
as Major Valentina Koslova
J.K. Simmons
as FBI Agent T. I. Witherspoon
Mathilda May
as Isabella Zanconia
John Cunningham
as FBI Director Donald Brown
Jack Black
as Ian Lamont
Stephen Spinella
as Douglas
Tess Harper
as The First Lady
David Hayman
as Terek Murad
Ravil Isyanov
as Ghazzi Murad

The Jackal facts

Budget: $60M
Box office: $159.3M

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

•Hitman thriller delivers cold-war intrigue with international crime scope
•FBI versus criminal chase maintains momentum across Montreal settings
•IRA and Russian mafia factions create compelling geopolitical conflict dimensions