Poor Annibal Ramirez (Adrian Quinn): His face is his misfortune. The Cuban-American naval officer looks exactly like world-famous terrorist Carlos, aka The Jackal, and obsessed CIA bigwig Jack Shaw (Donald Sutherland) is determined to make Ramirez
part of his complex and dangerous plan to forever put Carlos out of the business of murdering and maiming civilians for the highest bidder. With the help of Mossad muckety-muck Amos (Ben Kingsley), Shaw trains Ramirez to walk, talk and think like the Jackal, all so he can stage a series of events
that will make Carlos's KGB allies think he's scheming to defect to the West and kill him themselves. It will come as no surpri...
Released:
1997
Rated:
R
Length:
115 mins