The Foreigner
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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.
What critics thought
A mixed-to-moderately-positive genre exercise that critics received as a workmanlike thriller rather than a reinvention of anything. The divide runs roughly along one axis: most agreed Chan's against-type dramatic turn was a genuine surprise, but argued over whether Martin Campbell's efficient, unsentimental direction elevated formulaic material or merely dressed it up. Audience enthusiasm ran noticeably warmer than critical opinion.
“It's the most dramatic role Chan has ever tackled, and he plays it with coiled intensity and raw emotional power.”
Peter Travers·Rolling Stone
“Campbell's unfussy style works well with Chan's choreography. The star's willingness to look at his 63 years makes the falls look like they hurt and creates a sense of jeopardy when Quan finds himself outnumbered.”
John Berra·Screen Daily
“good, lean cut of meat—in other words, a typical Martin Campbell movie, expeditious and cold-blooded in its cross-cut, cloak-and-dagger plotting and violence.”
Ignatiy Vishnevetsky·The A.V. Club
“The Foreigner amounts to an above-average but largely by-the-numbers action movie in which Chan does battle with generic thugs and shadowy political forces.”
Peter Debruge·Variety
Parents guide
- Violence
- moderate
- Sex
- mild
- Profanity
- severe
- Substances
- mild
- Intensity
- moderate
Genres
Action, Crime, Thriller
Cast & Crew
Martin CampbellDirector
Pierce BrosnanLiam Hennessy
Jackie ChanQuan Ngoc Minh
Rory Fleck-ByrneSean Morrison
Ray FearonCommander Richard Bromley
Charlie MurphyMaggie / Sara McKay
Orla BradyMary Hennessy
Michael McElhattonJim Kavanagh
Lia WilliamsKatherine Davies
Dermot CrowleyHugh McGrath
Stephen HoganChristy Murphy
Liu TaoLam
Katie LeungFan
Cliff MartinezComposer
David MarconiWriter
David TattersallCinematographyThe Foreigner
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.
What critics thought
A mixed-to-moderately-positive genre exercise that critics received as a workmanlike thriller rather than a reinvention of anything. The divide runs roughly along one axis: most agreed Chan's against-type dramatic turn was a genuine surprise, but argued over whether Martin Campbell's efficient, unsentimental direction elevated formulaic material or merely dressed it up. Audience enthusiasm ran noticeably warmer than critical opinion.
“It's the most dramatic role Chan has ever tackled, and he plays it with coiled intensity and raw emotional power.”
Peter Travers·Rolling Stone
“Campbell's unfussy style works well with Chan's choreography. The star's willingness to look at his 63 years makes the falls look like they hurt and creates a sense of jeopardy when Quan finds himself outnumbered.”
John Berra·Screen Daily
“good, lean cut of meat—in other words, a typical Martin Campbell movie, expeditious and cold-blooded in its cross-cut, cloak-and-dagger plotting and violence.”
Ignatiy Vishnevetsky·The A.V. Club
“The Foreigner amounts to an above-average but largely by-the-numbers action movie in which Chan does battle with generic thugs and shadowy political forces.”
Peter Debruge·Variety
Parents guide
- Violence
- moderate
- Sex
- mild
- Profanity
- severe
- Substances
- mild
- Intensity
- moderate
Genres
Action, Crime, Thriller
Cast & Crew
Martin CampbellDirectorPierce BrosnanLiam HennessyJackie ChanQuan Ngoc MinhRory Fleck-ByrneSean MorrisonRay FearonCommander Richard BromleyCharlie MurphyMaggie / Sara McKayOrla BradyMary HennessyMichael McElhattonJim KavanaghLia WilliamsKatherine DaviesDermot CrowleyHugh McGrathStephen HoganChristy MurphyLiu TaoLamKatie LeungFanCliff MartinezComposerDavid MarconiWriterDavid TattersallCinematographyStream
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