The Jackal (1997)

11/14/1997 (US) • 2h 4m

Action, Thriller, Adventure, Crime

How do you stop an assassin who has no identity?

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.

Top Billed Cast

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


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$60,000,000.00

Revenue

$159,300,000.00

Keywords

showdown

hitman

politics

bratva (russian mafia)

cold war

fbi

montreal, canada

revenge

terrorism

ira (irish republican army)

pretending to be gay

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