Review of The Jackal (1997) by Drlowdon — 30 Dec 2019

Essentially a modern day (Well, 1997 anyway) remake of The Day of the Jackal the movie revolves around a joint operation between the FBI and the MVD as they the hunt for a paid assassin. The Jackal is a curious movie in that it in manages to be both absurd yet still feel flat for the majority of it’s running time.

A good chunk of the movie is spent watching The Jackal (Willis) go to what seem like extremely convoluted lengths to complete his mission whilst the various members of law enforcement, plus Richard Gere and his terrible Irish accent, sit around and then suddenly come up with a revelation of what his plan may be.

Once they do catch up to him the action lacks any real tension or seemingly any consequences (everyone just carries on as normal seconds after seeing a man leap in front of a subway car!) and one particular scene involving Gere and two subway cars is just laughable.

I’ll give this movie props for not being as dull as a few other movies I've watched recently but overall this is pretty damn poor...