The Jackal (1997)

124 min · Secret Agent, Thriller, action film, crime film, drama film, spy film, thriller film

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Directors

Michael Caton-Jones

Cast

Bruce Willis, Richard Gere, Sidney Poitier, Diane Venora, Mathilda May, J.K. Simmons, Richard Lineback, John Cunningham, Jack Black, Tess Harper, Leslie Phillips, Stephen Spinella, Sophie Okonedo, David Hayman, Steve Bassett, Yuri Stepanov, Walt MacPherson, Ravil Isyanov, Maggie Castle, Daniel Dae Kim, Michael Caton-Jones, Peter Sullivan, Richard Cubison, Jim Grimshaw, Murphy Guyer, Serge Houde, James McCauley, Terry Loughlin, John Harrington Bland, Jonathan Aris, Larry King, Dan Ziskie, Bill Collins, Allen Altman, Jarmo Mäkinen

The story

A joint operation between the FBI and the MVD in Moscow leads to the demise of the younger brother of Azerbaijani mafia kingpin Terek Murad. Intending to retaliate, Murad hires an ex-KGB asset, an international hitman operating under the codename "The Jackal", to assassinate an unidentified prominent American for $70 million. Two weeks later, the MVD capture and interrogate one of Murad's henchmen, Viktor Politovsky, and discover the assassination plot.

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Genres

Secret Agent, Thriller, action film, crime film, drama film, spy film, thriller film

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