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The Foreigner
2017 114 min China, India, United Kingdom, United States of America, Switzerland R 18+
★6.9
Action, Thriller, Crime
Director: Martin Campbell
🎭 Based on
«The Chinaman»
byStephen Leather
Trailers
Description
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.
Budget:
$35M
US Gross:
$34.39M
Worldwide:
$145.37M
Starring
Katie Leung
Actor
Jackie Chan
Actor
Rufus Jones
Actor
Awards
1 nomination total
Key opinion
The Foreigner is generally regarded as a solid, grounded thriller that benefits from strong performances by Jackie Chan and Pierce Brosnan. While it succeeds as a tense political drama, opinions diverge on the narrative's cohesion, with some viewers finding the blend of revenge tropes and Irish political intrigue uneven or underdeveloped.
| Acting | Jackie Chan delivers a career-best, compelling dramatic performance that successfully shifts his persona away from comedy. | |
| Acting | Pierce Brosnan provides an effective and nuanced turn as a conflicted, duplicitous political figure. | |
| Direction | Director Martin Campbell maintains a tense, brutal, and realistic atmosphere suitable for a grounded thriller. | |
| Originality | The action sequences are praised for being tight, brutal, and realistic, though fans expecting classic, stunt-heavy Jackie Chan choreography may be disappointed. | |
| Screenplay | The narrative balance is divisive; some appreciate the complex political intrigue, while others feel the screenplay is underdeveloped or struggles to bridge the revenge plot with the political subplot. |