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The Jackal / 1997

How do you stop an assassin who has no identity?

6.4 / 10 (2,091 votes)
18
124 minutes
DIRECTOR Michael Caton-Jones
WRITERS Chuck Pfarrer
CAST Bruce Willis, Richard Gere, Sidney Poitier, Diane Venora, J.K. Simmons, Mathilda May, John Cunningham, Jack Black, Stephen Spinella, Tess Harper, David Hayman, Ravil Isyanov, Maggie Castle, Richard Lineback, Karen Kirschenbauer
PRODUCTION Universal Pictures, Mutual Film Company, Alphaville Films
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REVIEW & SYNOPSIS

Sinopsis

The Jackal adalah sebuah Action, Crime, Thriller yang dirilis pada tahun 1997. “How do you stop an assassin who has no identity?” Film ini disutradarai oleh Michael Caton-Jones dan dibintangi oleh Bruce Willis, Richard Gere, Sidney Poitier, Diane Venora, J.K. Simmons.

The Jackal menghadirkan cerita yang mendalam tentang perjuangan, konflik, dan resolusi yang memukau. Dengan alur yang terstruktur dengan baik, film ini berhasil membawa penonton dalam pengalaman sinematik yang tak terlupakan.

Dari segi teknis, The Jackal menawarkan sinematografi yang memanjakan mata, tata suara yang imersif, serta akting yang meyakinkan dari para pemerannya.

Secara keseluruhan, The Jackal adalah Action yang layak masuk dalam daftar tontonan Anda. Film ini tidak hanya menghibur tetapi juga memberikan pesan moral yang mendalam.

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Wuchak Avatar
Wuchak 6/10
May 22, 2018

Globetrotting pursuit of a master-of-disguise assassin RELEASED IN 1997 and directed by Michael Caton-Jones, "The Jackal” is an international crime thriller about a joint FBI/MVD mission (led by Sidney Poitier and Diane Venora) that enlists the aid of an imprisoned IRA combatant (Richard Gere) to stop a brutal master-of-disguise assassin known as The Jackal (Bruce Willis) from completing a big hit in Washington DC. This was a loose remake of the film “The Day of the Jackal” (1973), which was based on the 1971 novel by Frederick Forsyth. The first act is too convoluted for my tastes as the story...

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JPV852 6/10
February 21, 2023

This is one I've seen several times over the years and while certainly not great and it is funny hearing Richard Gere with an Irish accent and the numerous hair changes with Bruce Willis, I still find it watchable and somewhat entertaining. That said, how the Jackal was written was a problem because while for most of the movie he's a cold-blooded and calculating character, his actions of going after Isabella was strange to do in the midst of planning an assassination versus going for revenge (which itself didn't make sense) after he completed his mission and got paid, and...

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Niko 7/10
September 17, 2024

The Jackal is the kind of Thriller that does everything by the book. Most of the movie is comprised out of well-known and established tropes, it's got a packed cast and decent action scenes. It may not reinvent the wheel or keep you on your toes, but it does offer some solid 90's entertainment for about two hours.

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