The Day of the Jackal Reviews

Since I kept hearing some pretty good things about this flick, I was quite eager to check it out. Eventually, I wasn’t disappointed, in fact, I was really blown away by the whole thing. Indeed, what a suspense ! I think it is quite shame that this flick seems to be pretty much forgotten nowadays since it is actually, in my opinion, easily one of the best movies I have seen in this genre. Indeed, this movie was just so raw, so realistic, I really enjoyed how the whole thing almost looked like a documentary and it was seriously spellbinding to behold. What I most dislike in modern thrillers, is that they are always so over-the-top, even a great classic like ‘The Silence of the Lambs’. But this one stay grounded until the very end, it is really focused and just completely captivating from the beginning until the very end. When you look at the damned thing, it is pretty obvious that it would provide some great material for a modern remake and they did indeed try to remake it. The end-result would be ‘The Jackal’, a rather abysmal action starring Richard Gere and Bruce Willis. Seriously, when you watch this remake, you wonder how they managed to turn something so brilliant into something so tedious. Anyway, coming back to our main feature, I thought it was a great flick and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you are tired of all those lame modern thrillers like me.