The Jackal

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Chris F @thechrisfigaro 5d The 1973 version handles the same story so much better. The Jackal in that one felt intelligent, patient, and genuinely dangerous. This version turns him into an idiot who constantly undermines his own plan. See more Jagdpanzer T @RT44446946 Jul 28 Ignore the mixed negative comments. The *real* problem with this film is immediately obvious to any intelligent person. The problem is the we spend almost the entire first act and much of the second watching the Jackal (Bruce Willis) doing interesting things while executing his plan, and as viewers it's almost impossible to not become invested in seeing this plan come to fruition. Do you see the issue here? The entire point of the movie and the mission of the protagonist (Richard Gere) is to *stop* that from happening. In other words the plot is in essence completely self-sabotaging. Most audience members will be rooting for the villain and as such are being set up for disappointment. I mean... they even named the film after him. You can also ignore the people saying that Sidney Poitier is the only good actor here. They're just virtue-signaling, and in reality the entire cast did a fine job with what they had to work with. Despite everything it's still a serviceable thriller. See more M D @RT82513945 Jun 18 Sidney Poitier is a great actor. The rest were pretty flat. And Richard Gere's accent was the absolute worst. The story was okay. See more bill f @BrokerBill Jan 5 A solid thriller with great performances from Willis and Gere. Sidney Poitier is pretty wooden but Bruce Willis is superb while David Hayman as arch baddie Terek impresses. Amusing cameo from Jack Black. Some excellent set pieces and use of precision hardware make for an engrossing and highly entertaining movie. Ignore the smug critics and get out the popcorn. It’s great! See more R C @Ap90033 Dec 20 A morbidly obese diversity hire hunting down a professional killer. Gee that's refreshing and brave. Slow pace and unrealistic are the low points of the show. It's really sad because the movie was pretty good... . See more Rodney W @Northgate0 Nov 14 Should win accolades for the film with the most number of disjointed and mindless action sequences in a genre film. With its vague plot roaming through half boiled performances there is nothing left but insolence to the original ‘70s slow burn film that was much more convincing with its historical context of a lone mercenary working for terrorist elements. See more Read all reviews

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