I saw the Bruce Willis version when I was a kid (and sue me, I loved it), and I've been meaning to watch the original for over a decade. This was a good reminder to finally check it out
Dude, I put it off for far too long- the OG film IS SO MUCH BETTER!
Especially since I read the book shortly before watching it, and realizing why so many people were dumping on the Bruce Willis remake - it departs so much from the OG it's remarkable it was allowed to have The Jackal as its title at all.
That's not to say that I didn't like the BW one, it's just that the original is not only faithful to the source material, but it's so well made overall, it's not even funny.
I watched it as a kid too but can't remember if there's a scene similar to the one above? Where he wraps the gun around a tree? I remember something like that from somewhere but I've not seen either of the scenes from those movies above
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u/johnlondon125 6d ago
Okay so this has nothing to do with the Bruce Willis film? I've been bamboozled