Movie Of The Day : The Jackal

Well hello there, here we are again. This time we have the Jackal starring Bruce Willis. Or as they say in the orient, Bluce Rirris. The reason why I like this movie is because he broke the mold. Not only for himself, but for any self respecting Bruce Willis fan. He proved to us that not only did he not have to star as John McClane in every movie that he made, but that he was capable of some type of depth of character. The huge cast in this movie only ads to its timeless nature. You have ya boy Ritchie Gere starring as Declan Mulqueen, the imprisoned Irish bad ass with the floaty accent. Some how he manages to look like he just walked out of a high end So Cal hair salon after being in jail for like a thousand years.
The you have Sidney " Mr. Knox " Poitier, who was just acting on auto pilot. I guess when you been doing it as long as he has it becomes easy. Then you have Major Valentina Koslova played by our favorite actress with no curves, Diane Venora. AKA Juliette's mom and Al Pacino's weed smoking, pill popping fuck piece. Jack Black has a small role in this, although it's memorable. He hadn't really come into his own yet, and I think that's why his character works well. For those who dont know or forgot about this shit, here is a brief synopsis: Russian mobster Terek Murad has declared open season on the Russian militia and the FBI over the shooting of his brother in a Moscow nightclub. He hires the Jackal, a nasty assassin whom nobody has even seen, to kill the Director of the FBI. With nowhere else to turn (except a woman who used to work with the Basque separatists, who is now in the USA but whose exact whereabouts in unknown to all save Mulqueen), FBI Deputy Director Carter Preston (who was present at the Moscow shooting) and Major Valentina Koslova of the Russian milita (who pulled the trigger in that shooting) enlist the reluctant services of Declan Mulqueen, an imprisoned IRA sniper, to track the Jackal down, for Declan is the only other person who can positively identify the Jackal.
There are so many funny moments in this movie. Many ruthless kills and strange comments. The Jackal is the real treat. I think Declan sums it up best with a brief description. "This man is no clown. He knows all your moves, back to front. Right now, you've got a name; that's all you've got. The Jackal has got a target: you. He's got a timetable. And as to making mistakes, he's spent twenty years in a trade that doesn't forgive error. And he's prevailed. You think he's the one who's up against it? It's the other way around." way to go Declan.
The opening sequence is fucking hilarious. Quality kills and bad ass characters.
There were many movies during the 90's that date themselves. Like The Saint starring Lt. Tom Kazansky, and Face Off and Broken Arrow. The list goes on and on. I personally like this movie because Bruce Willis is fucking trippin. The muthafucka starts tweaking and killing people with no emotion. I wont say who bites the bullet but you find that he does not discriminate. This being said what ever poison that fool used in aerosol form to merk off the henchmen following him into the parking garage, man I got to get me some of that shit. Once again we have a movie that if you are just sitting around couple of drinks in hand, its a good time. You get to see Richard Gere shadow box in his prison cell to show you that he is still as tough as his character Zack Mayo but as pretty as Edward Lewis.
Other cameos are from people like Sophie Okonedo and Ravil Isyanov, who was a fuckin G.
Check it out. You wont be disappointed.