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Summary: BLASPHEMY!
Review: An insult to anyone who has a brain! How dare they! Filmlovers should hire Edward Fox a.k.a. Charles Calthrop a.k.a. "The (one and only) Jackal" to dispose off the herd of imbeciles who thought(?) out this "remake"!I WANT MY MONEY BACK!
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Summary: Good action, reasonable plot.
Review: I do not realy understand the problem people have with this movie. In fact I found it more interesting than the original 'Day of the Jackal' The pace is faster, there is more action and the storie has been less drawn out. Being shorter the Jackal keeps the attention in a way the original failed to do. So it is not Shakespeare, but then again, it does not pretend to be. With the use of good actors; Willis, Gere, Poitier this movie rises above the usual action level. The plot is not anything to shout about, but it is not bad and the characters are well developed, even if Richard Gere's Irish accent tends to slip. A good movie, as long as you don't expect more than entertainment.
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Summary: The Jackal - DVD
Review: I thought that the Jackal was a good movie. There is plenty of action and Willis is smart. I don't know where the other people who reviewed this were coming from. If you like action then you will like this movie
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Summary: An out and out embarassment.
Review: Picture this if you can. Somewhere in the LA area, a junior (I mean junior) studio exec stumbles into a local video store to get a copy of Bad Lieutenant . The resident video geek puts him on to Fred Zinneman's masterful 'The Day of the Jackal' instead and faster than Lemmy can sing 'No Class', a remake is in the works. Forget that the political climate in 1973 was far different than today, and that the essence of the tension in the original all emanated from that. Forget that 'The Day of the Jackal' is just too good a movie on its own to be embarrassed with any sort of remake. It's inappropriate, offensive. But we're smart guys, too smart to be easily diffused by anything that resembles judgement. Let's load up a bunch of high tech stuff to diffuse the scintillating psychological drama of the original. Let's throw in a couple of overpaid male leads (into what was essentially a character piece before) including one who the public would absolutely NEVER believe could handle a gun. Add Sidney Poitier for racial balance, Diane Venora for gender balance, and before you know it, you're on to the next. Do yourself a favor and see Fred Zinneman's 'The Day of the Jackal" --enjoy a fine film, and leave The Jackal to the Hollywood jokers.
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Summary: Stupid is as Stupid does!
Review: To say this picture is stupid is to over rate it! I don't understand why such stars would lend their names to a script that must have been written by a committee of dum dums.
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Summary: No oscar nominations? What a surprise.
Review: An entertaining movie with a no brainer plot. Bruce Willis actually portrayed his character well but I couldn't get by the terrible Irish accent by Richard Gerbil whoops I mean Richard Gere. I would reccommend the movie to be rented but not bought, unless you're like me and you just like the site of your collection getting bigger. In that case, buy the Dolby Digital version and save some dough. There really isn't a whole lot to take advantage of the DTS capabilities here.
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Summary: what a pity!
Review: 2 mythic actors fot 1 huge shit
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Summary: Forget this, get "The Assignment"
Review: This was released the same year as "The Assignment". Shame, because it probably stole some of that movie's thunder due to the "names" in this [although the cast of the Assignment isn't exactly shabby]. Simply put, this is mildly entertaining in the action genre, 'The Assignment' is top notch. Don't disappoint yourself, rent 'The Assignment' instead.... Question [mail to: jmdyson@hotmail.com please! ] When is 'The Assignment going to be released on DVD?
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Summary: Very poor remake of a classic
Review: I missed "The Jackal" when it was released, but the promo's all said it was a modern remake of the classic "Day of the Jackal". Forget it! Not only is this a bad remake, it's so boring I trashed it halfway thru and never want to see it again. Put your time and money into the original "Day of the Jackal" and see what a great movie-maker like Fred Zinneman and company can do with a story like this.
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Summary: Well-made, but brought down by a weak script.
Review: "The Jackal" is stylish, entertaining, jam-packed with great action, but it's brought down by a weak screenplay. This film lacks the intelligence of it's inspiration: "The Day Of The Jackal" and the lore of international intrigue. There are too many loose ends and stuff you know is not plausible. Bruce Willis is great as The Jackal, but he doesn't have a strong base here. I was entertained by the film, but I was left unsatisfied by some slow moments and situations that could have been taken out. The soundtrack is very well-done though. "The Jackal" is an entertaining and at times stylish and thrilling, but it lacks a bigger brain.
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