Its a good movie to watch. Th disguises by Bruce Willis are really good and keeps you in the seat. the gun too is amazing to work in action for the kind of people that like all smoke and no target.

But those who think much might never recommend this movie. Tactics never seem realistic.

1. Jackal(Bruce Willis) is hired for the work. Then there is no news of the client. Whether he is dead or alive no one knows or cares, not even the Jackal.

2. Is it really possible to buy that sort of a gun on "the internet". Don't think so.

3. The Jackal is suppose to be best at his work. Surely he seems like a rookie He can't even do silent kill.

4. The way Richard Gere deduces things is far fetched. How in the world can he know Jackal is going after the first lady from that.

5. Jackal lacks effort. The guy cant even get a second car, instead of the one everyone knows about.

Lot more questions...

"The Day of the Jackal" was quite interesting, but the remake is basically another movie in which they release a criminal from jail so that he can catch the new bad guy. And I don't know why they couldn't just cast a real Irish person in Richard Gere's role. Granted, Richard Gere's a good actor (and as far as I've heard, a good guy), but he's not exactly one for accents. I would expect to see Bruce Willis in this kind of movie, but Sidney Poitier? That said, the movie's not a total waste. Jack Black plays the guy who "helps" Bruce Willis with the weapon. In those few minutes, he puts on a performance almost as crazy as his most famous ones. If nothing else, that would be the reason to see "The Jackal".

FBI Deputy Director Carter Preston (Sidney Poitier) is working with Major Valentina Koslova of the Russian MVD to take on the Russian mob. In a raid, they kill the brother of mob boss Terek Murad (David Hayman). He hires the Jackal (Bruce Willis) to assassinate a target in revenge for $70 Million. The joint task force is desperate to identify the mysterious Jackal. Basque separatist Isabella Zanconia (Mathilda May) may have seen the Jackal and they use former IRA shooter Declan Mulqueen (Richard Gere) to help track her down. When they tell him the target is FBI Director Donald Brown, he tells them that he actually met the Jackal.

Everything about this movie screams 70s. The pacing is slow like a 70s movie. There are unnecessary side trips. It's a terrorist plot ripped out of a 70s novel. The premise itself is ridiculous. For that amount of money, the Russian mob could hire dozens of killers. Like almost everything in this movie, it feels a little old and outdated. Director Michael Caton-Jones tries his best but this just doesn't have a chance. It's interesting to see Bruce Willis play the calculating assassin but there isn't much else that interest me in this movie.