The Jackal

Name: The Jackal
Director: Michael Caton-Jones
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Released: 1997
Rating: 3.5

Michael Caton-Jones • 124 min • 1997

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“How do you stop an assassin who has no identity?”

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Synopsis

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.