The Foreigner (2017 film)
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The Foreigner is a 2017 action thriller film[2] directed by Martin Campbell from a screenplay by David Marconi, based on the 1992 novel The Chinaman by Stephen Leather. A British-Chinese-American co-production, starring Jackie Chan, Pierce Brosnan, Michael McElhatton, Liu Tao, Charlie Murphy, Orla Brady, and Katie Leung. The film follows a London-based Chinese Nùng restauranteur and ex-soldier who seeks vengeance for the death of his youngest daughter.
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Directed by | Martin Campbell |
Screenplay by | David Marconi |
Based on | The Chinaman by Stephen Leather |
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Cinematography | David Tattersall |
Edited by | Angela M. Catanzaro |
Music by | Cliff Martinez |
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Running time | 114 minutes[1] |
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Language | English |
Budget | $35 million[2] |
Box office | $145.4 million[2] |
The Foreigner was released in China on 30 September 2017 by Wuzhou Film Distribution, in the United States on 13 October 2017 by STX Entertainment, and in the United Kingdom on 15 December 2017 on Netflix. It received generally favourable reviews from critics with praise for its action sequences, musical score, and against type performances of Chan and Brosnan, but criticized its formulaic plot.[3] The film grossed $145 million at the worldwide box office and was one of 2018's top ten most-watched Netflix original films in the UK.