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The Foreigner

China

R
2017-09-28(CN)
▪
Action,
Thriller,
Crime
▪ 1h-53m

70^%

User
Score

Never push a good man too far.

Overview

Quan is a humble London businessman whose long-buried past erupts in a revenge-fueled vendetta when the only person left for him to love – his teenage daughter – dies in an Irish Republican Army car bombing. His relentless search to find the terrorists leads to a cat-and-mouse conflict with a British government official whose own past may hold the clues to the identities of the elusive killers.

Brahim AchabbakheStunts
David MarconiScreenplay
Martin CampbellDirector
Han GuanhuaFight Choreographer
Glen P. GriffinProsthetic Designer
John A. AmicarellaPost Production Supervisor

Top Billed Cast

Pierce Brosnan

Liam Hennessy

Jackie Chan

Quan Ngoc Minh

Rory Fleck-Byrne

Sean Morrison

Ray Fearon

Commander Richard Bromley

Charlie Murphy

Maggie / Sara McKay

Orla Brady

Mary Hennessy

Michael McElhatton

Jim Kavanagh

Lia Williams

Katherine Davies

Dermot Crowley

Hugh McGrath

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A review by Gimly

5.0

Written by Gimly on 2021-06-23

Jackie Chan just keeps fuckin' bringing it doesn't he? The serious tone of _The Foreigner_ fits him well, but the role he plays seems oddly shoehorned in. I understand that the movie is in actual fact based on a novel called _The Chinaman_, which I assume unfolds more or less as the film does. But the Troubles-theme...

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