Is The Jackal actually good?

The Jackal sits in the 25.5% percentile against all 52,376 ranked films, meaning it scores above 25.5% of them.

How does The Jackal compare to similar films?

Within Films · 1990s, The Jackal lands in the 23.4% percentile. The cohort comparison exists because a global rank flatters or punishes a film for its category rather than its quality.

How many reviewers is The Jackal's score based on?

212 calibrated reviewers stand behind The Jackal's score.

1997

global pct

25.5

Film · 1997 · Films · 1990s

The Jackal

Name: The Jackal
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Released: 1997

Scored from 212 calibrated IMDb reviewers. Cohort: Films · 1990s (4,082 peers).

25.5%

Global percentile

vs. all 52,376 ranked titles

23.4%

In-cohort percentile

Films · 1990s · 4,082 titles

8.8%

AI-adjusted percentile

212 calibrated reviewers

Summary

After a Russian mob figure is killed in a joint FBI-Russian operation, a powerful crime boss hires a ruthless, elusive assassin known only as the Jackal to retaliate against a high-profile American target. The FBI's deputy director recruits an imprisoned IRA sniper, the only man who has ever seen the Jackal, to help track him down across the country before he can complete his contract.

Released in 1997, The Jackal is an action, crime and drama film.

The cohort it is ranked inside is 1990s films — 4,082 of them. The calibrated figure is built from 212 of its IMDb reviewers. A broader pool of 218 reviewers with two or more reviews feeds the raw-average track instead.