Quote Originally Posted by southernsoftie
Day of the Jackal on ITV4. Brilliant.
Just finished watching the last hour I V+d last night. Don't make 'em like that any more: well crafted, suspenseful, intelligent...(obviously the source material helps).

Nowadays it'll be all loud bangs, explosions, car chases, improbable 'extreme' sports moves, and an American attached to the French Police who saves the day. No doubt from an assassin who looks generically Middle Eastern.