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The Foreigner( 2017)

TV-MAActionThriller
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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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Pierce Brosnan

      Liam Hennessy

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      Jackie Chan

      Quan Ngoc Minh

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      Rory Fleck-Byrne

      Sean Morrison

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      Ray Fearon

      Commander Richard Bromley

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      Charlie Murphy

      Maggie / Sara McKay

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      Orla Brady

      Mary Hennessy

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      Michael McElhatton

      Jim Kavanagh

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      Lia Williams

      Katherine Davies

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      Dermot Crowley

      Hugh McGrath

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      Stephen Hogan

      Christy Murphy

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      Liu Tao

      Lam

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      Katie Leung

      Fan

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      Simon Kunz

      Matthew Rice

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      Pippa Bennett-Warner

      Marissa Levett

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      Roberta Taylor

      Mrs. Taylor

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      Rufus Jones

      Ian Wood

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      Niall McNamee

      Patrick O'Reilly

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      Jorge Leon Martinez

      Forensic Officer (uncredited)

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      Dilyana Bouklieva

      Paramedic (uncredited)

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      Mark Tandy

      Simpson

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      Paul Terry

      I.R.A. Guard (uncredited)

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      Dino Fazzani

      Firefighter (uncredited)

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      Lee Nicholas Harris

      Police officer (uncredited)

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      Branwell Donaghey

      Ginge

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      Dolly Jagdeo

      Teacher (uncredited)

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      Glenn Webster

      Police Officer / SO19 (uncredited)

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      James O'Donnell

      Sniper 3 (uncredited)

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      Sean Campion

      Byard Cary

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      Ilan Goodman

      Landesman

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      Ryan Early

      Scotland Yard Receptionist

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      David Annen

      Prime Minister

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      Simon Lenagan

      Electrician

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      Caolan Byrne

      McCormick

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      Ekran Mustafa

      Pub Punter (uncredited)

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      Mike Ray

      Businessman (uncredited)

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      Michael Billington

      MI5 Tech

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      Rohan Mehra

      News Reporter (uncredited)

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      Adrian McGaw

      Jacko (uncredited)

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      Glen Stanway

      Hennessy Guard (uncredited)

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      Pete Meads

      Traffic Walden (uncredited)

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      Gerald Tomkinson

      Airport Passenger (uncredited)

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      Chris Groundsell

      Bridge Passerby (uncredited)

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      Billy Totham

      Footballer (uncredited)

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      Jane Thorne

      Mrs. McAllister

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      Shaun Lucas

      Dog Walker (uncredited)

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      Bron James

      Journalist (uncredited)

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      Edward Scott-Clarke

      Prime Minister's Aide (uncredited)

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      Dan Twine

      News Reporting Camera Operator (uncredited)

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      Matt Rentell

      Police Officer (uncredited)

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      Tim Baros

      Passerby (uncredited)

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      Mark Windham

      Pub Punter (uncredited)

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      Emma Jerrold

      Woman at Airport Bar

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      Alexander Cooper

      Airport passenger (uncredited)

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      Pamela Betsy Cooper

      Business Women (uncredited)

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      John Cronin

      Denis Fisher

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      Donna Bernard

      Channel A News Anchor

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      Aaron Monaghan

      Pat Nugent

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      David Pearse

      Billy McMahon

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      Scott Sparrow

      Daniel Barrie

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      Seán Gleeson

      Billy Mahre

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      Thusitha Jayasundera

      Mira

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      Jonathan Cullen

      Security Expert

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      Grainne Keenan

      Beth

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      Stuart Graham

      Inspector Donal Greig

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      Julian Druker

      Channel B News Reporter

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      Robin Oakley

      Channel B News Reporter

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      Aden Gillett

      Ross

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      Charlie Bewley

      Joker

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      Bill Buckhurst

      Airport Police Officer

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      Neal Beagley

      Hardened IRA (uncredited)

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      Roberto Gomez Martin

      TV News Cameraman (uncredited)

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      Kevin Hudson

      Hennessy Guard (uncredited)

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      Hugh Irvine

      Belfast Business Man (uncredited)

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      Yangmeizi Wang

      Quan's Wife

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      Yuchen Xie

      Quan's Daughter

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      Liang Hao

      Quan's Daughter

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      Lasco Atkins

      Soundman (uncredited)

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      Lee Paul Atkinson

      Shop Blast Victim Right Arm Amputee (uncredited)

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      Mark Battershill

      Police Officer (uncredited)

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      Roy Beck

      IRA Hit Man (uncredited)

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      David J Biscoe

      Police Sargent (uncredited)

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      David Cromarty

      Hennessy Guard (uncredited)

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      Tom Dab

      Passerby (uncredited)

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      Begoña Fernández Martín

      Airport Passenger (uncredited)

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      Melissa Galloway

      Student (uncredited)

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      Caroline Glass

      Journalist (uncredited)

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      Doug Grant

      IRA Commander (uncredited)

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      Philip Harvey

      Detective (uncredited)

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      Kornelia Horvath

      Passerby (uncredited)

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      Jaey Howe

      IRA Gang Leader (uncredited)

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      Marian Lorencik

      Takeaway Passerby (uncredited)

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      Hamza Malik

      Pedestrian (uncredited)

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      Garry Marriott

      Paramedic (uncredited)

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      Paul A Munday

      Construction Worker (uncredited)

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      Shina Shihoko Nagai

      Journalist (uncredited)

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      Ella Parsons

      Hockey Player (uncredited)

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      Lewis Roe

      Journalist (uncredited)

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      Mark Ryder

      IRA Henchman (uncredited)

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      Maurice Sardison

      Business Traveler (uncredited)

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      Mark Shrimpton

      MI5 Technician (uncredited)

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      Charlotte Worwood

      Burn Victim (uncredited)

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      Roseline Yale

      Passenger (uncredited)

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      Joe Watts

      Lout (uncredited)

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    Review 1Discussion

    A review by Gimly

    5
    Written by Gimly on Fri Dec 29 2017
    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 i...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    35000000.00

    Revenue

    145374099.00

    Keywords

    • london, england
    • based on novel or book
    • bomb
    • revenge
    • terrorism
    • ira (irish republican army)
    • ireland
    • death
    • united kingdom