The Jackel is a remake of the original film, The Day of the Jackal (1973). First of all i want to say that I haven't seen The Day of the Jackel, so I can't compare them.
Bruce Willis was a perfect choice for the Jackal and Sidney Poitier...
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The Jackel is a remake of the original film, The Day of the Jackal (1973). First of all i want to say that I haven't seen The Day of the Jackel, so I can't compare them.
Bruce Willis was a perfect choice for the Jackal and Sidney Poitier was as always amazing and really helped the atmosphere of the movie with his role. Diane Venora was very good as a fierce Russian national police major (who happens to be female) working with Interpol. Richard Gear played the role of an IRA terrorist, he did it with a pretty good Irish accent, but still I think there were much better actors to play that role.
The movie itself was quite entertaining, especially in the beginning, but at the end you know almost exactly how the movie will end.
One of the things that really bothered me was that the IRA-terrorist knew to much of the Jackel, almost everything.

Conclusion: The plot lacks but the film is entertaining, and worth a look.