The Jackal

The terrorist known as carlos the jackal is captured terrorist illich ramirez sanchez long known as carlos the jackal is captured in khartoum sudan by french intelligence agents.

The jackal. As such the fbi and mvd decide to turn to the one. Read 11 reviews from the world s largest community for readers. Former basque separatist isabella zanconia whose whereabouts are unknown. Ilich ramírez sánchez spanish.

The jackal is known only by name and reputation but no one in authority knows who he is what he looks like or if he even really exists. The jackal is a 1997 american political action thriller film directed by michael caton jones and starring bruce willis richard gere and sidney poitier the film involves the hunt for a paid assassin. Carlos el chacal is a native venezuelan convicted of terrorist crimes and currently serving a life sentence in france for the 1975 murder of an informant for the french government and two french counter intelligence agents. When an elusive contract killer named the jackal is hired to kill an american politician the fbi seeks the help.

Intense and compelling the jackal is an impressive crime thriller full of intrigue. It is a remake of the 1973 british french film the day of the jackal which starred edward fox the film earned mostly negative reviews from critics but was successful at the box office. As a desperate act they hire the jackal the code name for a hired killer who agrees to kill french president de gaulle for half a million dollars. They learn of only one person alive who they know has had ties to the jackal.

Carlos the jackal byname of ilich ramírez sánchez born october 12 1949 caracas venezuela venezuelan militant who orchestrated some of the highest profile terrorist attacks of the 1970s and 80s. The remaining survivors of the aborted french foreign legion have made repeated attempts to kill degaulle.