The Foreigner (2017)

Release date: 2017-10-13
Country: UK|China|USA
Language: English|Mandarin
Director: Martin Campbell
Production Co: STX Entertainment, Sparkle Roll Media, Wanda Media Co.
Genre: Action, Thriller
Rating: 7.0/10
Length: 1h 53min

Storyline

The story of humble London businessman Quan (Chan), whose long-buried past erupts in a revenge-fueled vendetta when the only person left for him to love - his teenage daughter - is taken from him in a senseless act of politically-motivated terrorism. In his relentless search for the identity of the terrorists, Quan is forced into a cat- and-mouse conflict with a Irish government official (Brosnan), whose own past may hold clues to the identities of the elusive killers.

Plot Keywords

gun, justice, terrorism, cat and mouse, thrown from height, coming out of retirement, northern ireland, london england, handgun, death, affair, restaurant, irish republican army, camera phone, falling from height, pistol whip, offscreen killing, knocked out, disarming someone, hands tied

Short Review

Martin Campbell directed this twisty, bracing political thriller, giving Chan room to display his dramatic ability and letting Brosnan flesh out a vigorous, complex character who's surrounded by frenemies with secrets of their own.