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List Price: $9.99Amazon.com's Price: $5.99 You Save: $4.00 (40%)Prices subject to change.
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780783226880
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0783226888
Label: Universal Studios
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Publisher: Universal Studios
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 28, 1998
Running Time: 125 minutes
Sales Rank: 4679
Studio: Universal Studios
Theatrical Release Date: November 14, 1997
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
The best way to enjoy this 1997 thriller is to forget the much better film that inspired it (1973's The Day of the Jackal) and get whatever kicks you can from this heavy-metal remake. It's not bad as hokey thrillers go, but all of the original film's suspenseful finesse has been traded in (not traded up) for bigger, bolder action and nonsensical plotting. It's as if Hollywood had forgotten to create excitement without resorting to overblown action and heavy hardware, but there's ample compensation in the casting of Bruce Willis and Richard Gere. Willis is the elusive assassin known only as the Jackal, whose latest target (he uses a cannon-sized gun that's anything but inconspicuous) may be the first lady of the United States. Gere plays a former IRA terrorist who is recruited by the deputy head of the FBI (Sidney Poitier) to trace the Jackal's maneuvers, and Diane Venora offers some gutsy support as a Russian-born agent who assists Gere on his mission. The movie has fun turning Willis into a master of disguise, and Gere adds much-needed gravity to counter the plot's escalating absurdity, but this is the kind of film that falls apart if you think about it too much. Still, that doesn't stop the Collector's Edition DVD from offering an impressive array of bonus features, including a director's commentary, a 'making of The Jackal' documentary, deleted scenes, an alternative ending, cast interviews, and more. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - We need to go back to that international cooperation against crime
One of the films of the mid-1990s when America had gotten out of its anti-Russian paranoia after the fall of the Berlin Wall. The Russians and the Americans are working together against international terror-mongers. A real cocktail. The Russian mafia, slightly Georgian and Caucasian in those days (for the Americans, see Red Heat), the Basque separatist gone underground, the IRA getting little by little out of the closet and back on the political turf, and then the free-lance American adventurers ... Read More
Rating: - I love this movie!
I think this is a really great movie. I like it because it was nice to see Bruce Willis play a "bad" guy for a change instead of the down on his luck alcoholic loser (think Die Hard - which I also love). Besides, in one of his "disguises" he has a mustache and a decent hair cut which I think makes him look really really good. Richard Gere has a believable accent and is decent. Sidney Poitier is not used as much as he could/should be but he has a strong performance as well. I think the action, ... Read More
Rating:  - Oops! This Is NOT About The Real Terrorist--Carlos The Jackal--But Is An All-Star Casted Fictional Drama
I mistakingly purchased "The Jackal" because, based on the title, I thought it was going to be about the actual terrorist--yes, folks terrorism existed before 9/11--Carlos the Jackal (aka, Ilich Ramírez Sánchez) who baffled law enforcement agencies around the world from 1970 until August 14, 1994, when he was handed over to French agents of the DST by his doctors and flown to Paris. Carlos the Jackal's ability to avoid capture was allegedly due to cosmetic surgeries and elaborate costumes. So, ... Read More
Rating: - Great Actors, Superior Plot but Falls Short in Delivery
Director Michael Caton-Jones has created a good dramatic and suspense filled film with outstanding actors and a riveting, masterful plot. Bruce Willis plays the lead role as the "Jackal" a cold and calculating assassin. Sidney Poitier is superbly cast as the FBI Deputy Director. Richard Gere plays Declan Mulqueen, an IRA. terrorist, imprisoned in the USA. Diane Venora is cast as the Russian Interpol agent, Valentina Kostova. Scenes were filmed in many locations in Europe, primarily Helsinki, Finland ... Read More
Rating:  - A Rather Intense Thriller
Bruce Willis as a bad guy? Yuppers! Bruce drops his, "Die Hard" hero hat and becomes a totally cold-hearted hitman known as, "The Jackal". Bruce is a really creepy, cunning assassin that few people have ever seen and live to tell about it. Richard Gere, playing an former IRA terrorist who is now in prison, is one of those rare people who can recognize the Jackal. He cuts a deal with the FBI to help find the Jackal before he kills an important, unknown ( so far ) target. Jack Black also stars as a techno ... Read More
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