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By Oliver B (258) on 12 Aug 2007

Fairly faithful to the novel. Tense without trying too hard to be so…

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By Harry T (192) on 08 Aug 2007

Go see it - somehow - it's on TV enough…

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By Maren H (51) on 07 Aug 2007

Wow, Bourne may be cool but this movie knows pacing. It moves back and forth and can be a tad confusing but it's absolutely worth it…

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By Franziska B (1) on 05 Aug 2007

A brilliant story, and superb acting from Edward Fox as the cold assassin…

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By Andrew F (1,053) on 30 Jul 2007

This is what thrillers should be like. Fox, a very underrated actor, is phenomenal…

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By Timmy R (44) on 26 Jul 2007

It was surprisingly cool and calm, where I was given the idea of another glamorous action flick in the era…

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By Ken S (1,985) on 17 Jul 2007

A precision-made film portraying the cat-and-mouse chase for a political assassin…

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By Scott K (649) on 13 Jul 2007

Very well made action thriller at first I thought it was boring but after a few times thought was it one of the best thrillers of its time…

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By Stuart R (216) on 09 Jul 2007

Tense and faithful adaptation of Forsyth novel. Fox gives a brilliant performance, as does Lonsdale as the cop on his trail…

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By Daniel B (1,494) on 04 Jul 2007

Brilliant book, utterly brilliant film. By far the best assassin film out there, even after all this time. Still a classic…

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By Tom B (1,265) on 25 Jun 2007

One of the most griping assassination attempt stories i've seen. well scripted, well filmed, and just great quality all around…

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By Alan B (249) on 24 Jun 2007

This is a masterful movie - a pity many will confuse this with the rotgut movie The Jackal, the book is brilliant in moving things incrementally…

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By John-Mark G (65) on 23 Jun 2007

Brilliant novel by Forsyth - the film is a shallow representation…

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By Peter J (310) on 20 Jun 2007

Very stylish thriller. Fox is icy-cool. Well-worth 143mins of your time…

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By Nathan L (332) on 20 Jun 2007

Skip the remake with Bruce Willis and Richard Gere and see the origional. It's a gem…

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By Adam B (2,189) on 16 Jun 2007

The original is always better that the remake. Why remake this classic…

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By Luke R (793) on 14 Jun 2007

A marvelously good spy thriller. Mysterious, suspenseful, and surprising. Perhaps better made and acted than any other film of its genre…

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By Philip S (830) on 14 Jun 2007

Not as entertinaing as it could have been…

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By Paul B (2,474) on 14 Jun 2007

The movie is two and a half hours long, but it feels like it's over in fifteen minutes…

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By Subhro R (80) on 10 Jun 2007

The book's better, as with all films. Frederick Forsyth's books are superbly realistic…

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