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'The Foreigner' (2017)

Genre: Action, Drama, and Thriller
Director: Martin Campbell
Writer: David Marconi (Screenplay) and Stephen Leather (Author of “The Chinaman”)
Editor: Angela M. Catanzaro
Cinematography: David Tattersall
Rated:R

Based on “The Chinaman” by Stephen Leather, Quan seeks vengeance as a politically motivated terrorism destroys his peaceful life. Quan relentlessly searches for the people responsible as the British Police and an Irish Politician pushes pressure in searching for the rogue terrorists.

         Jackie Chan plays Quan in this action-thriller film, ‘The Foreigner’. He brings his fighting style and strategy to the film along with punching me with the feels. Jackie Chan’s powerful performance and emotion moved me to tears. Even though it’s a serious film, there are some small action comedy that Jackie Chan brings to the screen. Pierce Brosnan joins the cast as Liam Hennessy, an Irish Politician whose caught in the crossfire of his career and past.
         ‘The Foreigner’ is the director, Martin Campbell, first film in six years. His last film before ‘The Foreigner’ was ‘Green Lantern’ (2011). He also directed films as ‘Casino Royale’, ‘GoldenEye’, and ‘The Mask of Zorro’. The Cinematographer, David Tattersall, also worked on the live action ‘Death Note’ (2017) and the prequels of the Star Wars trilogy. He even worked on the live action of Speed Racer. The cinematography’s style of ‘The Foreigner’ was different compared to the other Tattersall’s works in my opinion. The Editor, Angela M. Catanzaro, has a background in TV series. ‘The Foreigner’ being one of the few films she worked on. The only thing about the editing that sort of felt weird was the transitions to Quan’s flashbacks. Another thing, the soundtrack from the film and the trailer played different genres, but the soundtrack still worked well with the atmosphere of the film. 
         I enjoyed the various characters and how some of the characters intertwined through the film.  Adapted from the book, “The Chinaman” (1992), the characters would refer to Quan by the title. The film shows how the fight between the British and the Irish, and how it affects a family of a Chinese Born-British citizen leading to him to take charge in stopping the madness with his own power. I would watch this film again~

=========================Spoilers Maybe==============================
The film portrays the lesson on how you are responsible for your actions. Liam Hennessy had a goal, but his actions to reach his goal falls apart and gets out of hand. He tries to correct it, but faces pressure from Quan and the British Police to find the people responsible for the recent bombing. Even though Liam has good intentions in searching for the people who killed innocent people, his decisions catch up with him and leads to his downfall.


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