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In the movie Bruce Willis sprays the bumper of his minivan with a poison that kills his pursuer upon touch. Does anyone know what that substance is? Bjardis 02:31, 25 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know what it is but it seems to resemble the effects of VX gas from "The Rock". — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ft763 (talk • contribs) 01:25, 17 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The Day of the Jackal?

I expected to arrive at the page about the classic "The day of the jackal". Shouldn't "Jackal" redirect to such a page? 62.142.46.22 18:04, 28 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I really support that move, but I am not bold enough. 81.93.102.3 18:13, 20 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I disagree, if you're looking for that, look for "The day of the jackal", "Jackal" on its own should redirect either here or to the animal 58.6.92.252 14:24, 15 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Was anyone else rooting for Willis' character to kill Gere's? I found Willis' character far more likable. 121.209.113.165 (talk) 17:25, 23 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Parking permit

We see the Jackal smash a car window and steal a tag off the rear vision mirror. If this is the parking permit then doesn't he stay with his victim to get the house as in the other versions? MartinSFSA (talk) 10:16, 25 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The IRA man-

Where did he come from? He isnt in the book... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.61.159.26 (talk) 01:48, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The first paragraph of the article concludes with this sentance:

While its title is similar to the 1973 film The Day of the Jackal, it shares only the main story point of an anonymous assassin and some general plot elements.

Ta da. MartinSFSA (talk) 08:23, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I imagine the concept behind the IRA man is borrowed from the many Jack Higgins novels that feature such characters. 89.241.99.174 (talk) 01:15, 5 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Article title

Shouldn't this be moved to The Jackal? There is no need for the disambiguation. – ukexpat (talk) 18:51, 10 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Witherspoon and the Ian laMont

Fromt the article :

" As the Jackal realises he is being tracked by Witherspoon with the assistance of Zanconia, he infiltrates Zanconia's house. "

So Witherspoon is tracking the jackal without informing his colleagues: the FBI agents , russian partners and the IRA hitman. When the FBI director finds out about the FBI access code he curses witherspoon ; so one can conclude witherspoon was also doing his inside job during the entire operation for unspecified purposes.

goshtasp 92.42.52.23 (talk) 06:57, 1 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

¿HMG or Autocannon?

“The FBI discovers Lamont's body and, with the help of Mulqueen, deduce that the Jackal intends to utilise a long-range heavy machine gun for the assassination.” It’s been a LONG time since I seen this movie, so I don’t remember the scene where they found the body at all; I know Jackal uses an autocannon for his mission, but ¿how did that scene play out? Forgive my faulty memory, I just want to be sure accurate information is disseminated. A. J. REDDSON — Preceding undated comment added 20:58, 15 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Garage scene

When the gangsters try to hijack the Jackal's weapon, he drives into a hotel garage and sprays something on his car. Later one of the thugs tries to open the car door, and is killed by whatever substance it was.

This almost reminds me of The Rock (1996), wherein we see two separate instances of a character being exposed to VX gas. Anyway, does anybody know exactly what he sprayed on the car? Ft763 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ft763 (talk • contribs) 01:31, 6 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]