A humble businessman with a buried past seeks justice when his daughter is killed in an act of terrorism. A cat-and-mouse conflict ensues with a government official, whose past may hold clue... Read allA humble businessman with a buried past seeks justice when his daughter is killed in an act of terrorism. A cat-and-mouse conflict ensues with a government official, whose past may hold clues to the killers' identities.A humble businessman with a buried past seeks justice when his daughter is killed in an act of terrorism. A cat-and-mouse conflict ensues with a government official, whose past may hold clues to the killers' identities.
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- 1 nomination
Caolan Byrne
- McCormick
- (as Caolán Byrne)
- Director
- Writers
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- TriviaIn February 2016, two reports were made to the London Metropolitan Police about a "terrorist attack" made on the Lambeth bridge, after many local citizens were not told about a controlled stunt explosion made on a double decker bus for this movie.
- GoofsQuan Ngoc Minh is supposed to be 61 but his special forces file shows his date of birth as being 1941. This would have made him 76, not 61.
This would also have meant that his wife, of the same age, would have been 61 when she conceived Fan.
This is most likely an oversight by the team that composed said file.
- Quotes
Liam Hennessy: [shoots McGrath in the knee] That's me being nice!
- Crazy creditsThe title is shown as a series of Asian-language characters before it changes into its English title.
- Alternate versionsChinese version of film has an extended fight scene and there are a few extra shots in the other fight scenes.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Foreigner: Forces - Behind the Scenes (2017)
- SoundtracksRetrato em Branco e Preto
Written by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Chico Buarque
Performed by Stan Getz
Courtesy of Columbia Records
By arrangement with Sony Music Licensing
Featured review
An absolutely stunning thriller
The film "The Foreigner" is a truly brilliant thriller that holds your breath from the first minute to the last minute. You never know what will happen and have to stare on the screen all the time. The makeup, sound mixing, action choreography, and acting performances are all top-notch. Jackie Chan perhaps gives his career-best performances, both physically and emotionally.
More specifically, there are two disparate story lines in "The Foreigner". The first is an action line, where Quan(Jackie Chan) seeks revenge after the death of his daughter, and the second story line is a political one, in which Hennessy(Pierce Brosnan), a former IRA member, gets involved in a complicated conspiracy. The two story lines progress in parallel in an extremely fast pace, and converge from time to time. The directing is just amazing in the sense that such a complex story can be told in less than two hours. Some action fans might get confused when they find out that only half of the film is about action, but the political story line only adds to the complexity and depth of the film, making it more relevant to real life.
In one word, I would give the film a 9/10 rating.
More specifically, there are two disparate story lines in "The Foreigner". The first is an action line, where Quan(Jackie Chan) seeks revenge after the death of his daughter, and the second story line is a political one, in which Hennessy(Pierce Brosnan), a former IRA member, gets involved in a complicated conspiracy. The two story lines progress in parallel in an extremely fast pace, and converge from time to time. The directing is just amazing in the sense that such a complex story can be told in less than two hours. Some action fans might get confused when they find out that only half of the film is about action, but the political story line only adds to the complexity and depth of the film, making it more relevant to real life.
In one word, I would give the film a 9/10 rating.
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official sites
- Languages
- Also known as
- Kẻ Ngoại Tộc
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $35,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $34,393,507
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $13,113,024
- Oct 15, 2017
- Gross worldwide
- $145,418,070
- Runtime1 hour 53 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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