The Foreigner
{4.5/5} “Should anyone find out that we’re talking to the Brits to go after one of our own, rogue or not, there’ll be the devil to pay.”
The Foreigner, released in 2017
When a bomb goes off in London, a group calling themselves the Authentic IRA takes credit. Quan’s daughter was picking up a dress for a dance, and she is dead. Liam, Deputy Minister in Northern Ireland, asks all of his contacts who this group is. There’s been peace between Northern Ireland and England for 19 years and he vows to keep it that way. Quan sees Liam on TV, and decides to go see him.
It’s about people who are trying to move on from bad things that happened in the past, and people who aren’t. It’s about people who will do whatever it takes to make sure that things go right according to their point of view.
Pierce Brosnan and Jackie Chan are always eminently watchable.
Directed by Martin Campbell (Casino Royale).