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.
I do love my revenge film, and The Foreigner gives me my fix. Jackie Chan is fantastic as the old Quan who is jout for revenge for the death of his daughter. He still has it, and it suits him to play the old grizzly army veteran who just wants answers. I hop e to see more from Chan is such a serious role. The action secenes are well made, and especially the first action scene with Jackie Chan is awesome shoot and edited. --- Som jeg har nævnt før så elsker jeg hævnfilm, især dem fra subgenren ”don’t fuck with him/her” The Foreigner giver mig mit fix. Jackie Chan fungerer virkelig godt som den ældre Quan, som vil hævne sin datters død. Han kan stadig sparke røv på overbevisende måde. Det klæder ham at spille den gamle seje soldaterveteran, der bare gerne vil have nogle svar. Actionsceneren er vellavet, og især den første actionskevens med Jackie Chan er virkelig fedt skudt og klippet. Det er ikke står filmkunst, men det er god underholdning, der gør lige præcis h