Review by GEORGE R WARBURTON
Very well done. One of Jackie Chan's better movies. He suits the serious roles far better than those comedies they kept putting him in (where they try so hard to be funny they're not).
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Review by unofficial reviewer
Film produced by Chan who is also the main character.
Some of the more recent Jackie Chan were bad, but this one is quite good. He may be older and slower, but it is still genuine Chan action.
This time, Chan is an ex-special force whose daughter gets killed in a bombing in London by a new branch of the IRA. Of course, he goes after the bad guys but finding who they are is murky and not obvious, as there are lots of connections that twist and turn as the film progresses. It is those twists and turns that make the film very watchable, including a very good performance by Pierce Brosnan (ex James Bond).
Summary & Details
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| Title Statement | The foreigner: L'étranger / [DVD] = produced by Jackie Chan, Wayne Marc Godfrey, Arthur Sarkissian [and five others] ; screenplay by David Marconi ; directed by Martin Campbell. |
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| Alternative Title(s) | Étranger |
| Additional Contributors | Campbell, Martin |
| Leung, Katie,1987- | |
| Cheng, Long,1954- | |
| Jones, Rufus,1975- | |
| Leather, Stephen | |
| Publication | [St-Laurent, Québec]: VVS Films,[2018][St-Laurent, Québec]: Distributed in Canada by Videoville Showtime, Inc.©2018 |
| Extent of Item | 1 videodisc (113 min.) |
| ISBN | (v.r.) |
| Standard Number (UPC, etc.) | 888235026770 |
| Other Number | 3343143 |
| General Notes | DVD. Disc label title. Originally released as a motion picture in 2017. Based on the novel The Chinaman by Stephen Leather. Widescreen version. |
| Performance Credits | Katie Leung, Jackie Chan, Rufus Jones, Mark Tandy, John Cronin. |
| Audience & Ratings | CHV rating: 14A. |
| Languages | English subtitles. |
| System Details | DVD, Dolby 5.1 surround. |
| Terms of Use | For home use only. |
| Summary | "A humble businessman with a buried past seeks justice when his daughter is killed in an act of terrorism. A cat-and-mouse conflict ensues with a government official, whose past may hold clues to the killers' identities"--www.imdb.com. |
| Subjects & Genres | |
| By Topic | Revenge--Fiction |
| Bombings--Fiction | |
| Children--Fiction--Death | |
| Wives--Fiction--Death | |
| By Genre | Thrillers (Motion pictures) |
| Feature films | |
| Films for the hearing impaired | |
