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The Foreigner is a 2017 action thriller film directed by Martin Campbell from a screenplay by David Marconi, based on the 1992 novel The Chinaman by Stephen Leather. A British-Chinese-American co-production, starring Jackie Chan, Pierce Brosnan, Michael McElhatton, Liu Tao, Charlie Murphy, Orla Brady, and Katie Leung. The film follows a London-based Chinese Nùng restauranteur and ex-soldier who seeks vengeance for the death of his youngest daughter. The Foreigner was released in China on 30 September 2017 by Wuzhou Film Distribution, in the United States on 13 October 2017 by STX Entertainment, and in the United Kingdom on 15 December 2017 on Netflix. It received generally favourable reviews from critics with praise for its action sequences, musical score, and against type performances of Chan and Brosnan, but criticized its formulaic plot. The film grossed $145 million at the worldwide box office and was one of 2018's top ten most-watched Netflix original films in the UK. Plot Ngoc Minh Quan, a 61 year-old widower and Vietnam vet, runs a Chinese restaurant in London. His only daughter, Fan, is killed in a terrorist bombing in Knightsbridge, and an IRA splinter group dubbing itself the "Authentic IRA" claims responsibility. Quan visits the Scotland Yard daily for information. When Commander Bromley tells him he is hindering the investigation, Quan travels to Belfast, leaving the restaurant in the hands of his friend and partner Lam. Quan contacts deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland and Sinn Féin political advisor Liam Hennessy, a former Provisional IRA leader who claims to have renounced violence. Quan demands the names of the bombers, but Hennessy denies any knowledge, so Quan sets off a homemade bomb in Hennessy's building and leaves a fake explosive on Hennessy's car as a warning. Hennessy tells his right-hand man, Jim Kavanagh, and the rest of his bodyguards to locate Quan, take him out of the city, and “discourage” him from returning. He also orders IRA weapons dumps be searched for missing Semtex. Hennessy's henchmen find Quan at the guesthouse he’s staying in, but he fights them off and escapes. Later, Quan photographs Hennessy kissing his mistress, Maggie Dunn, in a restaurant. Quan then follows Hennessy to his farmhouse, attacking it with more bombs. As Hennessy's men scour the surrounding woods for him, Quan maims three of them with traps. When he tries to interrogate one of the injured, Quan is shot in the shoulder by Kavanagh and flees. Hennessy enlists his nephew Sean Morrison from New York, a former Royal Irish Regiment soldier and skilled tracker, to stop Quan. Morrison negotiates with Bromley that each IRA cell will change their code words; Bromley agrees on the condition that the police will take them down, not Morrison and his uncle. While cauterizing his wound, Quan remembers escaping from Vietnam by boat, the vessel being attacked by Thai pirates, his first two daughters being abducted, and being shot along with his wife and falling into the ocean. Hennessy receives documents from the British detailing Quan’s military record and the kidnapping and presumed rape and murder of said daughters. Hennessy's old IRA commander Hugh McGrath shows up and confronts him about searching his dumps. Liam tells Hugh that four of them are missing ten kilos of Semtex. McGrath claims everything was in order. He tries to convince Hennessy to support more attacks. Hennessy reveals that he ordered the bombing of financial targets but also for civlians to remain unharmed. McGrath accuses Hennessy of caring more his position within the U.K government than the IRA’s cause. Hennessy warns McGrath to contact and call off the bombers or he will kill them both. A double-decker bus is blown up, but no code word is given, creating distrust between Hennessy and Bromley. British cabinet minister Katherine Davies tells Hennessy that royal pardons that he sought for 40 IRA fugitives will only be considered if he hands over the bombers, otherwise British paratroopers will re-occupy Northern Ireland within two days. Hennessy learns that Morrison unintentionally leaked information during an adulterous dalliance with his wife, Mary. Meanwhile, Bromley notifies Hennessy that they’ve found the bomber’s identity and, after following McGrath’s car using satellite imagery, threatens to raid his farm unless the latter questions the former. Hennessy tortures McGrath into telling him where and who the terrorists are, which include Maggie, whose real name is Sara McKay. She was meant to serve as blackmail should he reject further violence. Hennessy learns that Mary masterminded the attacks because her brother was murdered by a UVF death squad and hates both the British and her husband for allowing his killers to be jailed instead of assassinated. Hennessy executes McGrath and shares the information with Morrison. Morrison eventually finds Quan’s forest hideout. Quan managed to subdue him, and Sean gives him the names of the killers and their location. After being released and returning to the farm, his uncle reprimands him for his actions. Hennessy tells Sean to bury McGrath and that after one last task, Morrison must return to New York. Quan enters the bombers' London flat disguised as a gas man. He kills all of them except for Sara, who was wounded in the scuffle. Quan escapes before the SO15 and MI5 storm the complex. They torture Sara into disclosing the location of their next bomb, which is planted in a reporter's laptop to be detonated on a plane carrying British dignitaries to a conference. Airport police locate Ian Wood and throw the laptop into an air bridge, which explodes without any casualties. Mckay is executed to tie up loose ends. Davies, who was scheduled to be on the targeted flight, calls Hennessy to tell him she knows of his involvement, but having helped prevent the attack, he can remain as deputy First Minister, albeit under her control. She confirms that 5 pardons have been issued, including for Hennessy’s cousin, and instructs him to take the next morning flight back to London for debriefing. Meanwhile, Morrison kills Mary with a silenced pistol. Quan confronts Hennessy at his hotel with a picture of him kissing Maggie. He forces Liam to post the photo on the Internet, publicizing his links to the Authentic IRA and ensuring the end of his political career. After telling Hennessy that the whole world will know of his crimes, Quan returns to the restaurant and reunites with Lam. Realizing Quan's role, Bromley decides not to take further action against Quan and keeps him under surveillance for the time being. Cast Production 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. 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. The fi.... Discover the Christy Murphy popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Christy Murphy books.