Article: WILLIS A CHILLING BAD GUY IN 'THE JACKAL'.(LIVING)(Movie review)(Review)

Article: SPOT THE BAD GUY; THE JACKAL (18).(Features)
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  January 9, 1998 ;     700+ words ...Action fans with fond memories of 70s thriller The Day Of The Jackal are in for a surprise with this remake. The title may have been shortened, but everything else is bigger, including the guns ...

Article: THE UPDATED `JACKAL' SHOWS A HUMAN SIDE
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  November 9, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... departure from the original "Jackal," written by Kenneth Ross ... terrorist brutally wounded by The Jackal. "It was important to me to ... important not to have a purely bad guy, or a purely good one ... bringing the character of The Jackal to life, Caton-Jones said ...

Article: `Jackal' looks like what it is: a remake of a dated '73 ...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  November 14, 1997 ;     692 words ... ... film requires stars, story and a bad guy. "The Jackal" has all three but still lacks ... s 1973 film "The Day of the Jackal" credits that screenplay but omits ... 18- to 24-year-olds "The Jackal" is a generational anomaly aimed ...

Article: 'The Jackal' has another day
Jerusalem Post;  January 23, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... help in their search for the Jackal, Sidney Poitier as a thoughtful ... desire to catch the so- called Jackal, whom they know has been hired ... that has little to do with the bad guy himself, but wells up from ... addition to the fact that The Jackal lacks the mythic, organizing ...

Article: DYE of the Jackal; Bruce becomes the man of a thousand ...
Sunday Mirror (London, England);  October 19, 1997 ;     640 words ... ... disguises he adopts in the movie The Jackal left HIM dazed and confused ... bag for me ... playing the bad guy. "But it was a challenging ... thumbs-up for his role as The Jackal, which is loosely based on the 1973 film The Day of the Jackal, which starred Edward Fox ...

Article: Use some imagination for `Jackal' scenes here
Chicago Sun-Times;  October 20, 1997 ;     549 words ... ... reality when it comes to movies made here. That's certainly the case with "The Jackal," filmed here and opening next month. To make the story line work - bad guy Bruce Willis is smuggling a super-weapon from Canada to the U.S. by boat ...

Article: `JACKAL' MISFIRES
Sun Publications (IL);  November 14, 1997 ;     700+ words ...THE JACKAL ** stars Director: Michael Caton-Jones ... Running time: 1 hour, 50 minutes The Jackal must have looked good on paper. It takes ... character study with action. Somehow, The Jackal falls flat. It just doesn't develop ...