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28/09/2017 Action, Thriller, Crime 1h 54m
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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.

  1. Martin Campbell

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Pierce Brosnan

    Liam Hennessy

  2. Jackie Chan

    Quan Ngoc Minh

  3. Rory Fleck-Byrne

    Sean Morrison

  4. Ray Fearon

    Commander Richard Bromley

  5. Charlie Murphy

    Maggie / Sara McKay

  6. Orla Brady

    Mary Hennessy

  7. Michael McElhatton

    Jim Kavanagh

  8. Lia Williams

    Katherine Davies

  9. Dermot Crowley

    Hugh McGrath

  10. View more

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Reviews

A review by Gimly
Written by Gimly on 2017-12-29
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 ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$35,000,000.00

Revenue
$145,374,099.00

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