this movie be about carlos the jackal ( quinn ) and an international terrorist who and by cia agent henry field ( sutherland ) description and appear to maim woman and child for the heck of it . at least that what he say to guilt u naval officer annibal ramirez ( quinn again ) into take on the assignment of pose a carlos and set him up a a traitor in the eye of the kgb . ramirez be apparently physically identical to carlos but mentally he be his antithesis . he be borne of order and carlos be borne of chaos . the movie isn not all shoot gun jump around action and and that a good thing . in it first half and ramirez undergoes train to act and think like carlos and and that actually where the movie achieve it distinction from other run of the mill action flick . an israeli agent ( kingsley ) and join field in train ramirez and and together they appear to take on the role of parent in the birthing of ramirez new character . ramirez be teach to dislike the thing carlos dislike and to act on the split second like carlos would and and even to make love like carlos ( courtesy of an ex girlfriend of carlos ) . naturally all that he be teach would be put to good use in the late half of the movie . it a little contrived but quinn give a riveting performance a a carlos wannabe . another thing i like about this movie be that it do not utilize the much overdone plot point in evil twin movie you know and the one in which the evil twin insinuate himself into the good twin family . ramirez family do come into the picture and but instead they highlight how his new character wreck havoc on his family life . good chuckle humor be inject into this movie and often come the acerbic duo of sutherland and kingsley . an exception be the overused and apparently gratuitous joke involve ramirez first name ( annibal and annabelle and get it . ) . also overdone be the constant harping by the duo about how powerful and cunning and intelligent carlos be . in my opinion and during the final showdown and the payoff wasn not able to match the build up . on the whole and the movie be enjoyable . i be not a big action flick fan but this movie be more intelligent and engross than the average action movie and it maintain my attention throughout . my rating represent positive .