A joint operation between the FBI and the MVD leads to the death of the younger brother of an Azerbaijani mobster. In retaliation, the mobster contacts and hires a professionally trained, internationally-operating hitman, whose actual name is never revealed, operating in the codename of the "Jackal" to kill an unidentified important American target. The Jackal demands $70 million for the assignment, to which the mobster agrees. Meanwhile, the MVD capture one of the mafia's henchmen. During the interrogation, the henchman reveals the name "Jackal". This, coupled with documents recovered from his briefcase, leads the FBI and MVD to assume the target for the retaliatory hit is FBI Director Donald Brown.
