《The Day of the Jackal》based on the novel of the same name by Frederick Forsyth and the 1973 film adaptation of the same name.
“Jackal” (Eddie Redmayne) is an unparalleled, elusive and lone killer.Bianca (Lashana Lynch) is a tenacious MI6 agent who relentlessly hunts down “Jackal” around the world.
The top killer Jackal deliberately wounded Elia Feste, the son of Germany's far-right chancellor candidate Manfred Feste, as a decoy, and sniped Manfred at a record distance.MI6 firearms expert Bianca discovered that the Jackal was using a sniper rifle with a collapsible barrel, and deduced that it was made by Northern Ireland firearms manufacturer Norman Stock.After the Manfred assassination, an anonymous person placed a new order of $10 million. Jackal met with her liaison Zina Jansson and learned that the target of the new order was Ule Dag, a closely guarded technology tycoon.Charles, so he counter-offered $100 million.After Jackal returned to his wife Nulia, he learned that the employer responsible for assassinating Manfred had defaulted on the bill.Bianca arrests Alison's activist daughter Emma, who unexpectedly suffers a cardiac arrest in custody.
Bianca covers up Emma's death from cardiac arrest, forcing Alison to find Norman.Jackal spends quality time with Nuria and son Carlito at home in Spain under the alias Charles, and at the same time, Jackal prepares to leave early when he receives a clue about Feste's assassination.The sneaky whereabouts of the jackal made Nuria mistakenly think that he was having an affair.After arriving in Munich, Jackal met with Zina again and confirmed that the new employer, Timothy Winthorpe, had agreed to Jackal's conditions.But in exchange, the assassination operation must be completed within a month.After further investigation.The Jackal discovers that Elia Feste is the deadbeat employer.Bianca speculated that the killer was a British man who had served in the army and was sent to Belarus to arrest Norman, but the operation went wrong and Norman killed two of Bianca's colleagues before escaping.
After Operation Belarus, Bianca used a suitcase recovered from Norman's location to prove that he had built a collapsible sniper rifle that could pass customs.As MI6's Carver begins to investigate the source of the Belarusian leaks, everyone on Bianca's team comes under suspicion.In Germany, Jackal called Nuria. Faced with questioning, Jackal tried to prove that he had not had an affair, but Nuria still had doubts.With the help of her mother and brother, Nuria searched the office of Charles (Jackal)'s home.and discovered a secret room.The Jackal sneaks into Manfred's funeral, kidnaps Elia Feste and shoots her to death.Based on clues, Bianca discovered the killer's codename: Jackal.The Jackal who left Germany saw Nuria and her family breaking into their secret room through remote monitoring.
On his way back to France from Munich, Cai Lang was involved in a minor car accident and was forced to kill a driver and a policeman to escape.MI6 discovered that Jackal had taken on a new order, but they did not know the identity of the target.Upon further investigation, Bianca discovered that the only British veteran capable of sniping at this distance, Alexander Dugan, had died in an explosion in Afghanistan in 2013.The Jackal convinces Nouria to join him in Paris, falsely claiming to be a troubleshooting expert engaged in corporate espionage.Jackal arrives in Tallinn to begin preparatory work for a new project, and nearly falls to death while scouting the venue for Ulle Dag Charles' software launch.Back in the hotel room, Jackal discovers that Xena has found him.
Jackal is forced to include Xena in his plans.In Spain, Nuria becomes increasingly suspicious of Charles (the Jackal)'s story.Jackal contacts Norman to create weapons for the new list's assassination mission.Since Norman was injured while escaping from Bianca, Jackal had to travel to Budapest to help him assemble the gun.Norman admits that he was able to escape with the help of someone from MI6.Bianca learns that Norman is in Budapest and discovers that the Jackal's target is Ule Dag Charles.Bianca and Vincent rush to Budapest.Jackal sees them approaching Norman's studio and warns him, but Norman is captured.The Jackal was forced to give his old friend Norman a hit to cover his tracks. He hid in a barn to escape Bianca's pursuit, but was knocked unconscious by a farmer.
The Jackal is captured by the farmer Attila. After the negotiation fails, he kills Attila and his brother Gabor, and then takes the farmer Laszlo hostage and escapes.Bianca's team learned of the deaths and began investigating.Jackal called Nuria and admitted that he might not be able to return home.Nuria expressed her willingness to come to Budapest to help him.Ule Dag Charles was preparing for the software launch, and faced the board's objections, he ignored them.When the Jackal returns to Budapest, the whole country is hunting him.The Jackal lets Laszlo go and threatens him to keep it secret.After Nuria arrived in Budapest, she helped Jackal pass through customs disguised as an old man in a wheelchair.Jackal sat right behind Bianca on the plane to Tallinn.After arriving in Tallinn, Jackal seduces Rasmus, a staff member he met earlier at the venue.
Jackal asks Xena for help in dealing with Bianca and Vincent.Xina sent people to attack them outside the British Embassy, but Bianca and Vincent killed the attackers and broke through.Nuria's brother Alvaro took 40,000 euros and a gun from the Jackal's treasury for trading, both of which were seen by the Jackal using surveillance cameras.Posing as an architect, Jackal continued to deceive Rasmus into gaining access to the venue, and arrived before Ule Dag Charles's security team locked down the building two days in advance, using the building schematics given by Rasmus to find the hiding place..Jackal moved into his original sniping position.However, just seconds before he was about to shoot, another assassin tried to shoot Ule Dag Charles, ruining Jackal's plan and Jackal had to flee immediately.
After the assassination attempt failed, Bianca returned to researching the bombing of Alexander Dugan.Bryant lobbied Jeremy Whitlock to declassify Dugan's Army files.Nuria saw a picture of a jackal on a news broadcast and realized her husband was a killer.The Jackal's past is Alexander Dugan, who was originally a sniper in a small team responsible for capturing and eliminating al-Qaeda leaders in Afghanistan.Alexander and his observer Gary conducted a free assassination in Cyprus.In an operation to arrest senior al-Qaeda leaders, Alexander's squad massacred innocent people at a wedding party and concealed it.Disgusted by their indiscriminate killing of innocent people, Alexander killed the squad with a car bomb, leaving only Gary, who faked his own death.
The Jackal returns to Croatia to observe the security of the residence on the island of Ulle Dag Charles.Jackal admitted to Nuria that he was a killer and promised to quit after assassinating Ulle Dag Charles.Alvaro forced the Jackal to have a business meeting with the local gang leader Jimmy, in an attempt to benefit from it, but the Jackal shot Jimmy from a distance, eliminating all threats.Bianca sees a report about Jimmy's death, which piques her curiosity.The Jackal traveled to Croatia and targeted Ulle Dag Charles on a boat while he was taking a morning swim.Jackal kills his security personnel first and then kills the target with the last bullet before the time limit set by his employer, completing the mission.