christian duguay direct this tidy little espionage thriller early in his career . it play on tv pretty regularly and albeit with some terrific scene of violence and sex unfortunately trim . i finally get around to see the theatrical version on a $ 3 tape from the local video store . naval officer aidan quinn be recruit to impersonate the notorious carlos the jackal and and get a little too catch up in the role . donald sutherland ben kingsley play quinn superior and with sutherland a true zealot and kingsley a the more level head one . the first half of this fun flick show quinn be train and indoctrinate . the second half have him out in the field and make love to the jackal woman and shoot it out with sundry enemy . the idea be to make the jackal look like a turncoat to the russian and and let them take care of the world most notorious assassin . thing do not exactly play out a plan . at time and i almost expect the cast to break out laugh at some of the corny dialogue and but they all play it very straight . in the end and this be one terrific little thriller that deserve your attention . the jackal former mistress teach the highly proper and very married quinn to rough her up and lick blood from her face and and then go down on her and alone be worth the price of admission .