He is conceived as sort of an upgraded James Bond here, being more ruthless, with drier sense of humor and taking advantage of both sexes (not only females) to his cause. The fact that the role eventually went to Bruce Willis, together with adventuristic nature of Jackal's business, made me root for the bad guy as I never did before. The cast reversal is also a bit of misfortune as Gere was initially supposed to be the Jackal. The plot is indeed stupid (for an in-depth analysis I recommend reading hilarious Roger Ebert's review). I would have avoided Bond movies, period movies, parodies and what not. On the second point - if silliness (better yet stupidity) of the plot was the criteria by which to avoid the movie, I would probably have seen only about a dozen movies in my lifetime. You may think I'm holding onto a straw here by nitpicking but I'm an odd person that values the benefits of modern productions. In fact it even has advantages over its classic predecessor, such as better editing, better cinematography and even better acting. On the first point - why is even so necessary to compare remakes to originals if they can stand perfectly on their own? This one can. My response would be: 1) the original wasn't so great either (go ahead and jump at me) 2) anybody who thinks only an idiot would enjoy silly movies is an idiot himself. Room 2106, Building 2- 1st Floor, on the corner of NE 2nd Avenue and 4th Street in Miami.I had a bit of fun reading through user comments on Jackal, and there are two perpetuating issues in about 90 percent of them: 1) this "version" of "Jackal" has nothing on the original (because the original was "oh so great") 2) only idiots enjoyed this version (because its plot is silly). You will not agree with Carlos’ tactics or politics, but nonetheless, you will find his story to be astonishing.įinally, I will be appearing at the Miami Book Fair this coming Sunday, Nov. More to come, including ultimately, release of the audio, because hearing Carlos’ intonation is much more powerful than simply reading his words. By the way, when the interview concluded on the third day, he asked me to join his legal team. We also discussed my novel, The Sword of David, that you all have already heard much about, and to my great surprise, he agreed with me on my Middle East peace strategy. Naturally, the father declined, and the family decided to move back to Venezuela. One day, the schoolmaster learned that Carlos and his two brothers were named Vladimir, Illich (Carlos) and Lenin and told Carlos’ father to change his son’s names. Carlos even enrolled in school in Miami because he already spoke English, which he learned while spending time in Jamaica. to stage a coup de tat against their home country. At that time, his Communist father was recruiting Venezuelan military officers living in exile in the U.S. Never before reported, Carlos said that when he was about ten, his family moved from Venezuela to a Cuban neighborhood in Miami for about six months. If the Soviets supported us, we could do anything.” Carlos replied: “We never did anything against the United States. All kinds of things, you know?”Įarly on I asked Carlos if he ever acted against the United States. I hope our conversation will be productive because a lot of bullshit has been written about me. As you know, I’m a writer, journalist and lawyer from America.”Ĭarlos: “Yeah, nice to talk to you. I know that I’m speaking with Illich Ramirez Sanchez, commonly known as Carlos.
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Carlos was a combination of blunt, crass, adamant, pensive, calculated and sometimes temperamental, but provided surprising revelations about his “professional revolutionary” upbringing, training and violent activities that led to his being known as “the most dangerous man in the world.” He is fluent in eight languages and clearly very smart, claiming to have a 140 IQ, which would not surprise me.įrom the opening introduction on Day 1, Carlos was full of surprises:Ĭhuck: “Good afternoon.
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