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 Film Review - Day of the Jackal, The

In 1973 this story was only looking back 10 years, and in 1973 this was a fast-paced gripping film. But 25 years later The Day of the Jackal is slow and smart, but has a very poor ending.

The film, based on the novel by Frederick Forsyth, takes place in the early 1960s. A group of disgruntled soldiers have decided to assassinate President Charles De Gaulle. So the bad guys hire a hit man (Edward Fox). He contracts out the job of building a special gun with exploding bullets. Then the writer had a brain fart.

So the killer, and true professional in his business, decides to screw some woman he meets in a hotel. Then he decides to follow her home, screw her again and then kill her. He leaves a huge trail behind him. Sorry, not buying it.

OK, so there is one good character, Inspector Thomas (Tony Britton) who is very good. The end, weeeeellll, it doesn't make sense. I can't buy it either.

Dust Bag Full

Film Facts

    Cast
  • Edward Fox
  • Terence Alexander
  • Michel Auclair
  • Alan Badel
  • Tony Britton
  • Denis Carey
  • Adrien Cayla-Legrand
  • Cyril Cusack
  • Maurice Denham
  • Vernon Dobtcheff
  • Jacques Francois
  • Olga Georges-Picot
  • Raymond Gerome
  • Barrie Ingham
  • Derek Jacobi
  • Michel Lonsdale
  • Jean Martin
  • Ronald Pickup
  • Eric Porter
  • Anton Rodgers
  • Delphine Seyrig
  • Donald Sinden
  • Jean Sorel
  • David Swift
  • Timothy West
  • Bernard Archard
  • Jacques Alric
  • Colette Berge
  • Edmond Bernard
  • Gerard Buhr
  • Philippe Leotard
  • Maurice Teynac
  • Van Doude
  • Nicolas Vogel
  • Edward Hardwicke

Directed by Fred Zinnemann

Released in 1973

MPAA Rating: PG

Reviewed by Mongo