Jacknife (1989) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1989 · 102 mins · English

#11,257 16

Directed by

David Hugh Jones

Starring

Robert De Niro, Josh Pais, Ed Harris, Madison Arnold, Gabrielle Carteris, Charles S. Dutton

After serving together in Vietnam, two surviving friends return home, where one lives with his sister. Tension erupts when the sister begins a romantic relationship with the other veteran, a man who embodies the painful memories of the battle they all endured, leaving the first soldier consumed by jealousy and trauma.