Should you watch The Day of the Jackal?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
The Day of the Jackal
Series · 2024
An unrivalled and highly elusive lone assassin, the Jackal, makes his living carrying out hits for the highest fee. But following his latest kill, he meets his match in a tenacious British intelligence officer who starts to track down the Jackal in a thrilling cat-and-mouse chase across Europe, leaving destruction in its wake.
The sides of The Day of the Jackal
- A hired killer who builds his own rifle
- An intelligence officer who will not let him go
- A chase across Europe
The Day of the Jackal is good for you if…
- you like a hunter and her target circling each other across Europe, each knowing the other is close.
- you like method, patience and preparation.
- you can root for the man pulling the trigger.
The Day of the Jackal is bad for you if…
- you can't watch cold, close range killings.
- you want something calm to unwind with.
About: obsession · identity · the price of the job
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