The Foreigner (2017)

R09/28/2017Action, Thriller, Crime1h 53m

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.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Pierce Brosnan

    Liam Hennessy

  2. Cast 1

    Jackie Chan

    Quan Ngoc Minh

  3. Cast 1

    Rory Fleck-Byrne

    Sean Morrison

  4. Cast 1

    Ray Fearon

    Commander Richard Bromley

  5. Cast 1

    Charlie Murphy

    Maggie / Sara McKay

  6. Cast 1

    Orla Brady

    Mary Hennessy

  7. Cast 1

    Michael McElhatton

    Jim Kavanagh

  8. Cast 1

    Lia Williams

    Katherine Davies

  9. Cast 1

    Dermot Crowley

    Hugh McGrath

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-themed Political Drama makes up most of the runtime in _The Foreigner_, and the Action/Revenge Thriller element seems almost like at some point in pre-production the crew went "Holy shit, did you know we can put Jackie Chan in this? Quickly! Write him a role!". Although I'm sure that ...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget$35,000,000.00

Revenue $145,374,099.00

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