The Foreigner (2017 film)

Ngoc Minh Quan, a former Vietnam War special operations forces soldier, runs a Chinese restaurant called Happy Peacock in London with his business partner Lam. When his teenage daughter Fan is killed in a clothing store bombing, he seeks revenge. The bombing is claimed by a group calling itself the "Authentic IRA". Failing to get the names of the bombers from Scotland Yard, Quan next focuses on the Northern Ireland deputy First Minister Liam Hennessy, who speaks publicly about his status as a former IRA leader while condemning the bombing. Quan eventually leaves for Belfast and seeks out Hennessy, who claims to have no knowledge of the bombing or its perpetrators. Quan does not believe him, and sets off a homemade bomb in Hennessy's building as a warning unless he gets the bombers' names.

Hennessy tries to identify the bombers with help from his contacts, but the rogue members catch on and outwit him. Quan observes Hennessy seeing his mistress, Maggie, and photographs them. Quan then brings the fight to Hennessy, hiding in the woods outside his Belfast farmhouse and attacking it with more explosives. As Hennessy's men attempt to track him in the woods, Quan uses traps to disable them but is shot in the shoulder and flees. After Quan ambushes Hennessy in his house, the latter sends his nephew Sean Morrison, a former Royal Irish Regiment soldier, after Quan in hopes that his tracking skills can be used to stop him. Later Hugh McGrath, one of Liam's old IRA commanders during The Troubles arrives and asks Liam why his weapon dumps are being searched. Liam tells Hugh that the explosives used in the bombing came from one of his dumps. When questioned about the missing explosives, McGrath denies knowing anything and claims that everything was in order. McGrath, then tells Liam that he believes the bombings should continue rather than stop and tries to persuade Liam to think the same. Liam refuses, stating that his violent days are over. Angry, McGrath then berates Liam, claiming that politics has made him soft. Hugh then leaves, but not before Liam threatens him saying if the bombers aren't caught, then he's going after him next.

After a second bombing on a double-decker bus, Hennessy negotiates with British politician Katherine Davies and promises the capture of the bombers in exchange for the pardoning of several of his former IRA comrades. Meanwhile, Hennessy receives intel on the bombers and relays the information to Sean and police. After a knife fight in the woods, Quan captures Sean, who names the bombers and their location before Quan lets him go. Later, the police find out that Hugh McGrath is the one who's helping the Authentic IRA and notifies Hennessy on their discovery. He then interrogates McGrath who gives him a list that contains the identities of the bombers with Maggie's name among them whose real name is Sarah Mackay. Liam then discovers that the true mastermind is his own wife, Mary, who remains spiteful toward the British for the death of her younger brother and hates Hennessy for allowing his killers to be sent to prison rather than having them killed. In retaliation for his betrayal and for involving his wife and mistress, Hennessy shoots McGrath in the head, killing him. He also learns that Sean has been leaking information to Mary, while having an incestuous affair with her. When Sean returns, Hennessy admonishes his nephew, and orders him to kill Mary and then to depart to America and never return to Ireland.

As police prepare to raid the bombers' hideout, Quan enters the flat disguised as a handyman and kills everyone but Maggie. Quan leaves just before the police raid the apartment and find a severely wounded Maggie. They torture her into disclosing the location of their next bomb, which has been planted in a laptop computer belonging to a man whom Maggie seduced, to be detonated on a plane. With only seconds to spare, British police find and throw the laptop into an empty jet bridge, where it detonates without casualties. With the threat resolved, Maggie is executed to prevent any "loose ends". Hennessy gets a call from Davies, who was scheduled to be on the targeted flight. She tells him that she has learned of his involvement but that he will retain his position as deputy First Minister, though under her thumb. Sean later executes Mary, eliminating the entire cell as a result.

Quan confronts Hennessy with the picture of Hennessy kissing Maggie, which is enough to throw public suspicion on Hennessy and his role in the bombings. He forces Hennessy to post the picture on the internet and then returns home, reuniting with his friend Lam. Scotland Yard realizes Quan's role in the events and has him put under surveillance, but decides not to take any further action as thanks for his assistance.

On 5 June 2015 it was announced that Jackie Chan would star in the action thriller film The Foreigner, for STX Entertainment, and based on Stephen Leather's novel The Chinaman.[5] Nick Cassavetes initially signed to direct the film, which was adapted from Leather's novel by David Marconi, while Wayne Marc Godfrey was one of the producers.[6] The film is partially set in Walworth, London.[5] On 15 July 2015, Deadline reported that Martin Campbell was instead in talks to direct the film, while Relativity Media would finance.[6] Pierce Brosnan joined the cast alongside Chan in November. Brosnan previously starred in the 1995 film GoldenEye directed by Martin Campbell.[7] Co-stars Liu Tao and Chan attended the Shanghai Film Festival on 11 June 2016 to promote the film.[8]

Principal photography commenced in January 2016. The filming in London of a scene involving the explosion of a bus on Lambeth Bridge caused some alarm, as people were not aware that it was a stunt.[9] Scenes were shot at the Walters & Cohen designed Regent High School in Camden and on Churton Street in Pimlico on 18 February 2016.

Cliff Martinez composed the score.

The Fyzz Facility produced, and is distributing, The Foreigner, in association with Sparkle Roll Media and Huayi Brothers, while STXfilms distributes it theatrically across the United States of America.

It was released on 30 September 2017 in China and 13 October 2017 in the United States. In the Philippines, the film was distributed by Viva International Pictures on 18 October 2017.[10] In the United Kingdom it was released on December 2017 on Netflix. A DVD and Blu-ray released in the United States on 9 January 2018 and 23 January in Canada and the rest of the world.

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