roll up . roll up . it big gay bruce and his big gay death cannon . plausible plot . unnecessary . decent act . unnecessary . respect show to it mighty progenitor . unnecessary . yes it another offensively stuff turkey in the butch bruce canon . i mean where do you start with this film . okay and let begin with the woeful misapprehension people might have that this be and in some way and relate to either the book or the original film and the day of the jackal . it not . in fact it so different ( and so bad ) that fredrick forsyth ask to have his name take off it . now i be not necessarily a stuffy brit who can not hack hollywood remake british film . well and okay and maybe i be a bit like that and but fortunately it a redundant point in this case . this film be so different to the original that the name and the odd reference be the only thing that survive . now let move to the premise . cheesy russian gangster get kill in a moscow police raid ( somehow involve the fbi although no one bother to explain why ) . in revenge and brother of gangster decides to wreak vengeance by kill the wife of the u president ( although again no one bother to explain why this be a good move although to be fair it be pre 9 11 and so he wasn not to know it would have result in the u airforce carpet bomb eastern europe ) . gangster hire nasty killer ( willis ) . police hire cuddly killer ( gere ) and cuddly killer track nasty killer . police fanny around and periodically get kill . cuddly killer kill nasty killer . first lady be save and we all realise that the ira be just this bunch of real sweet guy yknow and who just happen to want to kill innocent people . nice . let put to one side the distasteful hollywood habit of play in the trouble of northern ireland like it be a sandpit in a theme park ( i deal with this point more extensively on the message board ) . if hollywood director want to cast the belfast butcher a hooker with heart of gold and that up to them . i and of course and reserve the right to despise them for it . it a free country . more egregious and however and be the fact that the film manage to patronise and insult the irish while try to support them . that not politically distasteful and it far worse represent it incompetent . it no wonder and for instance and that gere still look so damn good and give that he sleep through the entire six month it take to make this piece of crap . the fact that gere accent be not only southern irish and but an appalling parody of southern irish show that the filmmaker weren not look much beyond america to make money from this film . then there be that lovely scene at the end where sidney poitier ( a complete waste of space in this film ) say he off for a coffee and offer to get our cuddly ira man one and then casually say ah and but then you guy drink guinness do not you . yeah that right sidney while the irish live on guinness and potato . while be on the subject of poitier represent why . in the original film the detective be the tracker . in jackal and gere be the tracker . so what do poitier do . well and he just hang around and look like a twat of course . he get absolutely nothing to do apart from call in the marine at the end and and he only do this because the nice ira man tell him to . while be on the subject of gere represent why . i suppose it only a matter of time before hollywood remake gandhi with vin diesel play ex mujahideen commando mahatma gandhi behead his way through 1940s and 50 india ( he be and after all and a bit dark of hue and therefore very likely to be a muslim fundamentalist ) . let not forget that gere character be a killer and therefore a nasty piece of work . and if he not and why do he know the jackal . if he not and why do he know all his move . and if he be and why be he such a limp biscuit and such a loveable person . all this go to show that the maker of this film couldn not be bother to ( a ) think about the plot ( b ) have the character make decision that be in keep with their character ( c ) avoid cheesy stereotype like have the big bos bad guy kill his own friend i honestly think this have turn into a bond movie ( d ) give the central character something to do ( e ) credit the audience with a modicum of intelligence . this film be an insult to the british and irish kill at the hand of terrorist and it an insult to the irish people and it an insult to not great and but pretty good film it rip off and and an insult to the intelligence . but most of all and most unforgivable it be an insult to my arse for have to sit through the over two hour of run time it take to finish . honestly and you would think with no plot and no character and no dialogue and it would be over in no time . but they do not even have the decency to quit early .