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Jackal, The (1997)
IMDB rating: 5.90
Plot: Russian mobster Terek Murad has declared open season on the Russian militia and the FBI over the shooting of his brother in a Moscow nightclub. He hires the Jackal, a nasty assassin whom nobody has even seen, to kill the Director of the FBI. With nowhere else to turn (except a woman who used to work with the Basque separatists, who is now in the USA but whose exact whereabouts in unknown to all save Mulqueen), FBI Deputy Director Carter Preston (who was present at the Moscow shooting) and Major Valentina Koslova of the Russian milita (who pulled the trigger in that shooting) enlist the reluctant services of Declan Mulqueen, an imprisoned IRA sniper, to track the Jackal down, for Declan is the only other person who can positively identify the Jackal.
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Directors: Caton-Jones Michael
Actors: Willis Bruce,Black Jack,Lineback Richard,Gere Richard,Poitier Sidney,Spinella Stephen,Hayman David,Cunningham John,Simmons J.K.,Phillips Leslie,Bassett Steve,Action,Adventure,Crime,Thriller,
Did the French government used to,or still does, torture French soldiers who rebel or disobey, like in the?
film ‘The Day of the Jackal’ (1973)
Jack, I wonder why Americans never mention the Dutch, Scandinavians, Belgians or others for surrendering, or the Italians, for that war…maybe Americans have a complex about France
The French army used to consist on the one hand of recruits who had chosen it as a career, and on the other by men doing their compulsory military service. Generally when a soldier broke the rules, he belonged to the second group. Punishment varied according to the seriousness of the offence , but "torture" as such was not one of them. Incarceration, deportation to posts in far away colonies and hard labour were some of the usual penalties for serious offences, but there were some milder punishments such as suspension of leave or withdrawal of certain privileges. Way back there was flogging or deprivation of rations. Deserters who were caught were shot. It is no longer the case. The rules were that of the army, not the "government", the army considering itself a family able to decide on suitable punishments. Soldiers who are accused of major wrong doing nowadays still have have to be tried by a military tribunal, not a civil one.
These days the army consists of recruits who have joined the army of their own free will, and therefore there is far less rebellion or disobedience since it is a career, and soldiers do not want to destroy their career prospects and blot their copy book. Mild offences get suspension of leave or unpleasant tasks to carry out. If they commit a very serious offence by breaking the army code they serve a term of imprisonment and are then discharged. Torture is strictly forbidden.
WISE OWL | Jan 16, 2010
I think all french soldiers are taught how to say "I surrender" in all known languages
well they did surrender at the first sign of trouble in both the world wars
the moral is never send a frog to do a soldiers job
never trust a frog
EDIT- I wouldn’t know about Americans surrendering as I am British, I think the Americans invented the term "friendly fire" because they are so badly trained and trigger happy that they don’t know the difference between the friend and the enemy
Jack | Jan 15, 2010
yes we did,not really torture them but send them to hard labour,in some remote places where it was not very pleasant to live.read the best selling book papillon.or watch the film
no we do not do that anymore,after all we are in the 21st century
jean marc l | Jan 15, 2010
Goody, Racist Jack and his abysmal lack of historical knowledge is back.
To answer your question, the French army used harsh discipline like all the other armies of the time in previous centuries. From mild punishment to being sent to penal colonies in the Colonies where many died of illness and bad treatment, as well as being shot or hanged.This stopped as the rules changed in the 20th century. Physical punishment (flogging, or beatings) was outlawed and the death penalty stopped as it is now illegal in France.
However, you are talking about a film based on an American novel, and about the SAC. The Service d’Action Civique was not the army. It was a group which started as a shadow protection group for De Gaulle beside the French secret services and ended up as something much uglier. I personally believe that in their later years torture would not have been impossible. In their earlier days would they have used the kind of torture that was routine in Guantanamo to get the kind of information Wolenski had in the film (who is the professional killer trying to kill the president)? There is a good possibility for it. However that was not normal or regular treatment of soldiers who mutinied or disobeyed orders.
Cabal | Jan 16, 2010
They used to but they don’t anymore!!
lol1234 | Jan 16, 2010
