The Jackal
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- Synopsis
- In Moscow, after FBI deputy director Carter Preston (Sidney Poitier) and scarred Russian intelligence officer Valentina Koslova (Diane Venora) bring down a key figure in the Russian Mafia, they are threatened by the criminal's powerful brother who ......
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- Starring
- Bruce Willis, Richard Gere, Sidney Poitier, Diane Venora, Tess Harper
- Director(s)
- Michael Caton-Jones
- Distributor(s)
- Universal
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 123 min.
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Variety | Todd McCarthyAdd Critic to Favorites
With its strong premise, a couple of fine performances and highly polished tooling, The Jackal scores as an involving high-tech thriller that occasionally hits peaks of pulsating excitement.Read the full review
San Francisco Chronicle | Ruthe SteinAdd Critic to Favorites
Amusing performances -- especially from Willis, who takes on a new personality with each new hairstyle -- can't disguise the fact that the film is basically a pastiche of recent movies.Read the full review
Washington Post | Desson ThomsonAdd Critic to Favorites
To enjoy it, however, you have to do the mental equivalent of squinting your eyes, so the credibility is only fuzzily ridiculous.Read the full review
