The Jackal
The Jackal is a 1997 American action thriller film directed by Michael Caton-Jones. It is a loose take on the 1973 film The Day of the Jackal, which was based on the 1971 novel of the same name by Frederick Forsyth. The film stars Bruce Willis, Richard Gere, and Sidney Poitier in his final theatrically released film role.
Plot
A joint operation between the FBI and the MVD in Moscow leads to the killing of the younger brother of Azerbaijani mafia boss Terek Murad. In retaliation, 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. The interrogation, coupled with recovered documents, leads the FBI and MVD to suspect that FBI Director Donald Brown is the intended target.
Cast
- Bruce Willis
- Daniel Dae Kim
- David Hayman
- Diane Venora
- J. K. Simmons
- Jack Black
- Jarmo Mäkinen
- Jim Clark
- John Cunningham
- Jonathan Aris
- Larry King
- Leslie Phillips
- Mathilda May
- Michael Caton-Jones
- Murphy Guyer
- Pete Sullivan
- Ravil Isyanov
- Richard Gere
- Richard Lineback
- Robin Tunney
- Serge Houde
- Sidney Poitier
- Sophie Okonedo
- Stephen Spinella
- Tess Harper
- William Forsythe