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The Jackal received a 24% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 33 reviews, with an average rating of 4.6/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "The Jackal is a relatively simple chase thriller incapable of adding thrills or excitement as the plot chugs along." [13] Metacritic gave the film a score of 36 out of 100 based on 20 reviews. [14]
The Day of the Jackal is a 1973 political thriller film directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Edward Fox and Michael Lonsdale.Based on the 1971 novel by Frederick Forsyth, the film is about a professional assassin known only as the "Jackal" who is hired to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle in the summer of 1963.
The Day of the Jackal is a British spy thriller television series, based on the Frederick Forsyth novel and 1973 film of the same name. It stars Eddie Redmayne and Lashana Lynch . It is written and created by Ronan Bennett , produced by Christopher Hall and directed by Brian Kirk , Anthony Philipson, Paul Wilmshurst and Anu Menon .
The Day of the Jackal has nearly arrived: The high-octane assassin thriller starring Eddie Redmayne and Lashana Lynch has landed a new premiere date of Thursday, Nov. 14, TVLine has learned.
Redmayne's dad is also a big fan of the original movie, which added some extra pressure on the actor's shoulders, as he said on Late Night with Seth Meyers that his dad warned him, "Don't f--- it up."
The series follows the Jackal across Europe as he attempts to pull off his most high-profile hit yet — all while evading British intelligence — hence, the many disguises. Marcell Piti/Carnival ...
As the story opens, the Jackal plans to continue working as an assassin until he has enough money to retire. The money paid him for assassinating two German engineers, thus delaying the development of Gamal Abdel Nasser's Al Zarifa rocket, had been enough to keep him in luxury for several years, but the offer of US$500,000 (about 5 million in 2024 dollars) from the OAS to kill de Gaulle gives ...
An assassin hunting for one last kill, a determined law enforcement agent racing to stop him: We’ve seen the elements that make up Peacock’s The Day of the Jackal many times before on screen ...