Summary
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.
Cast
Pierce Brosnan
Liam Hennessy
Jackie Chan
Quan Ngoc Minh
Rory Fleck-Byrne
Sean Morrison
Ray Fearon
Commander Richard Bromley
Charlie Murphy
Maggie / Sara McKay
Orla Brady
Mary Hennessy
Michael McElhatton
Jim Kavanagh
Lia Williams
Katherine Davies
Dermot Crowley
Hugh McGrath
Stephen Hogan
Christy Murphy
Liu Tao
Lam
Katie Leung
Fan
Simon Kunz
Matthew Rice
Pippa Bennett-Warner
Marissa Levett
Roberta Taylor
Mrs. Taylor
Rufus Jones
Ian Wood
Niall McNamee
Patrick O'Reilly
Jorge Leon Martinez
Forensic Officer (uncredited)
Dilyana Bouklieva
Paramedic (uncredited)
Mark Tandy
Simpson
Paul Terry
I.R.A. Guard (uncredited)
Dino Fazzani
Firefighter (uncredited)
Lee Nicholas Harris
Police officer (uncredited)
Branwell Donaghey
Ginge
Dolly Jagdeo
Teacher (uncredited)
Glenn Webster
Police Officer / SO19 (uncredited)
James O'Donnell
Sniper 3 (uncredited)
Sean Campion
Byard Cary
Ilan Goodman
Landesman
Ryan Early
Scotland Yard Receptionist
David Annen
Prime Minister
Simon Lenagan
Electrician
Caolan Byrne
McCormick
Ekran Mustafa
Pub Punter (uncredited)
Mike Ray
Businessman (uncredited)
Michael Billington
MI5 Tech
Rohan Mehra
News Reporter (uncredited)
Adrian McGaw
Jacko (uncredited)
Glen Stanway
Hennessy Guard (uncredited)
Pete Meads
Traffic Walden (uncredited)
Gerald Tomkinson
Airport Passenger (uncredited)
Chris Groundsell
Bridge Passerby (uncredited)
Billy Totham
Footballer (uncredited)
Jane Thorne
Mrs. McAllister
Shaun Lucas
Dog Walker (uncredited)
Bron James
Journalist (uncredited)
Edward Scott-Clarke
Prime Minister's Aide (uncredited)
Dan Twine
News Reporting Camera Operator (uncredited)
Matt Rentell
Police Officer (uncredited)
Tim Baros
Passerby (uncredited)
Mark Windham
Pub Punter (uncredited)
Emma Jerrold
Woman at Airport Bar
Alexander Cooper
Airport passenger (uncredited)
Pamela Betsy Cooper
Business Women (uncredited)
John Cronin
Denis Fisher
Donna Bernard
Channel A News Anchor
Aaron Monaghan
Pat Nugent
David Pearse
Billy McMahon
Scott Sparrow
Daniel Barrie
Seán Gleeson
Billy Mahre
Thusitha Jayasundera
Mira
Jonathan Cullen
Security Expert
Grainne Keenan
Beth
Stuart Graham
Inspector Donal Greig
Julian Druker
Channel B News Reporter
Robin Oakley
Channel B News Reporter
Aden Gillett
Ross
Charlie Bewley
Joker
Bill Buckhurst
Airport Police Officer
Neal Beagley
Hardened IRA (uncredited)
Roberto Gomez Martin
TV News Cameraman (uncredited)
Kevin Hudson
Hennessy Guard (uncredited)
Hugh Irvine
Belfast Business Man (uncredited)
Yangmeizi Wang
Quan's Wife
Yuchen Xie
Quan's Daughter
Liang Hao
Quan's Daughter
Lasco Atkins
Soundman (uncredited)
Lee Paul Atkinson
Shop Blast Victim Right Arm Amputee (uncredited)
Mark Battershill
Police Officer (uncredited)
Roy Beck
IRA Hit Man (uncredited)
David J Biscoe
Police Sargent (uncredited)
David Cromarty
Hennessy Guard (uncredited)
Tom Dab
Passerby (uncredited)
Begoña Fernández Martín
Airport Passenger (uncredited)
Melissa Galloway
Student (uncredited)
Caroline Glass
Journalist (uncredited)
Doug Grant
IRA Commander (uncredited)
Philip Harvey
Detective (uncredited)
Kornelia Horvath
Passerby (uncredited)
Jaey Howe
IRA Gang Leader (uncredited)
Marian Lorencik
Takeaway Passerby (uncredited)
Hamza Malik
Pedestrian (uncredited)
Garry Marriott
Paramedic (uncredited)
Paul A Munday
Construction Worker (uncredited)
Shina Shihoko Nagai
Journalist (uncredited)
Ella Parsons
Hockey Player (uncredited)
Lewis Roe
Journalist (uncredited)
Mark Ryder
IRA Henchman (uncredited)
Maurice Sardison
Business Traveler (uncredited)
Mark Shrimpton
MI5 Technician (uncredited)
Charlotte Worwood
Burn Victim (uncredited)
Roseline Yale
Passenger (uncredited)
Joe Watts
Lout (uncredited)
Crew
Director
Martin Campbell
Novel
Stephen Leather
Screenplay
David Marconi
Reviews
Ruuz
December 29, 2017
5
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 it's not the case, that is how it feels, and while the Action/Revenge Thriller element is the best part of the movie, its failure to mesh with the piece at large does bring it all down a bit.
Still a worthwhile watch if you're a fan of the Chan.
_Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole._
