The Foreigner
Never push a good man too far.
2017 · 1h 54m · R
Action, Crime, Thriller
Directed by
Martin Campbell
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The Foreigner
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Martin Campbell Director
- Pierce Brosnan as Liam Hennessy
- Jackie Chan as Quan Ngoc Minh
- Rory Fleck-Byrne as Sean Morrison
- Ray Fearon as Commander Richard Bromley
- Charlie Murphy as Maggie / Sara McKay
- Orla Brady as Mary Hennessy
- Michael McElhatton as Jim Kavanagh
- Lia Williams as Katherine Davies
- Dermot Crowley as Hugh McGrath
- Stephen Hogan as Christy Murphy
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