The Foreigner
With steven seagal harry van gorkum max ryan jeffrey pierce.
The foreigner. It is no exaggeration to say that this film makes no sense whether one examimes it on the physical metaphysical or spiritual level. The foreigner has earned two obie awards and two outer critics circle awards as best new american play and best off broadway production. It takes all the typical cues from the genre and twists them just enough to feel new giving it it s own voice. The foreigner is a 2017 action thriller film directed by martin campbell and written by david marconi based on the 1992 novel the chinaman by stephen leather the american british chinese co production stars jackie chan pierce brosnan michael mcelhatton liu tao charlie murphy orla brady and katie leung and follows a british nung chinese man who seeks revenge for the death of his daughter.
The foreigner 2017 cast and crew credits including actors actresses directors writers and more. Directed by michael oblowitz. Foreigner s lead singer kelly hansen will join the panel on a brand new episode of mtv s ridiculousness tonight february 27th at 10 9c. With katie leung jackie chan rufus jones mark tandy.
Jackie chan an action star who is struggling to find age appropriate roles in his sixties is barely in the foreigner an adaptation of stephen leather s source novel. Directed by martin campbell. Some of the storytelling prevents us caring about some secondary characters but where they are lacking jackie chan succeeds in a role that could be tiring. In the foreigner he is jonathan cold a government agent of some sort who is supposed to deliver a mystery package of some sort to ill defined criminal types of some sort.
The foreigner is a truly unique revenge flick with a fresh perspective. A humble businessman with a buried past seeks justice when his daughter is killed in an act of terrorism. Powered by justwatch the turgid revenge thriller the foreigner is an all around lousy movie. A cat and mouse conflict ensues with a government official whose past may hold clues to the killers identities.
A freelance agent must transport a package for a mysterious employer leading him into a web of betrayal and deceit.