The Jackal (1997 film)

The Jackal is a 1997 American political action thriller film directed by Michael CatonJones, and starring Bruce Willis, Richard Gere and Sidney Poitier in his final film appearance to date. The film, which is a loose remake of the 1973 film The Day of the Jackal, involves the hunt for a paid assassin.

As the Jackal begins his preparations for the assassinationutilising a series of disguises and stolen IDs in the processthe FBI learns of one person who can identify him. FBI Deputy Director Carter Preston Sidney Poitier and Russian Police Major Valentina Koslova Diane Venora turn to a former Irish Republican Army sniper named Declan Mulqueen Richard Gere, who had a relationship with an ETA militant named Isabella Zancona Mathilda May, who they believe can identify The Jackal. Mulqueen eventually agrees to help in exchange for their best efforts to get him released from prison.It becomes apparent that Mulqueen has a personal motive for hunting the Jackal the assassin wounded Zancona while she was pregnant with Mulqueens child, causing a miscarriage. Zancona provides information that can help identify the Jackal, including the fact that he is American and that he had acquired military training in El Salvador. Meanwhile, the Jackal arrives in Montreal to pick up the weapon he intends to use for the assassination, evading a group of hijackers in the process, and hires gunsmith Ian Lamont Jack Black to design and build a mount for it. Lamont demands more money in exchange for keeping quiet. The Jackal responds by brutally murdering Lamont with the very equipment Lamont built. Soon, the FBI discovers Lamonts body and, with Mulqueens help, deduce that the Jackal intends to utilize a longrange heavy machine gun for the assassination. ........

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