Critically acclaimed thriller is strangely limp, particuarly by current standards. Titular assassin is a fatally hollow character, with no qualification explaining an obsessive determination to fulfill his contract.
This review of The Day of the Jackal (1973) was written by Basanth K on 12 Sep 2008.
The Day of the Jackal has generally received very positive reviews.
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