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The Day of the Jackal (1973)

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The Day of the Jackal (1973)

Overview

An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated gendarme on the assassin’s trail.


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Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low

Viewer Rating
8.1

Overview

An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated gendarme on the assassin’s trail.


Starring Cast


Where to watch

Apple TV logoApple TV
Google Play logoGoogle Play
Fandango
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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Leans Traditional

Primary

The film is a procedural thriller focused on the mechanics of an assassination plot and the efforts to prevent it. It maintains a neutral stance by meticulously detailing the professionalism of both the assassin and the state's security forces, without endorsing or critiquing the underlying political ideologies that instigated the conflict.

The film features a cast that aligns with traditional European demographics of its setting and time, without intentional diversity initiatives. Its narrative focuses on a political thriller plot, and does not engage with or critique traditional identities or DEI themes.

Secondary

The film 'The Day of the Jackal' is a political thriller that focuses exclusively on the meticulous planning of an assassination and the efforts to prevent it. The narrative does not include any LGBTQ+ characters, themes, or related plot points, resulting in no portrayal of queer identity within its scope.

The film "The Day of the Jackal" is a political thriller focused on an assassination plot. It does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes, resulting in no portrayal to evaluate within the narrative.

The film primarily focuses on the male assassin, the Jackal, and the male police officers pursuing him. Female characters present in the film do not participate in any physical combat scenes against male opponents or any opponents at all.

The 1973 film "The Day of the Jackal" is a direct adaptation of Frederick Forsyth's novel. All major characters, including the Jackal and Commissioner Lebel, maintain the same gender as established in the source material. There are no instances of a character's gender being altered from the novel to the film.

The film adapts a novel featuring primarily British and French characters. All significant characters are portrayed by actors whose race aligns with their descriptions in the source material and historical context, without any changes to established racial identities.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

8.1

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
7.8
The Movie Database logo
7.5

Critic Ratings

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9.1
Metacritic logo
8.0

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