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Last modified: Dec. 8, 2017

The Foreigner

Release Date: Friday, October 13, 2017 Theaters

An action-thriller about a restaurant owner (Chan) who goes on a revenge mission after his wife and daughter are killed by a bomb.

Director: Martin Campbell

Starring: Jackie Chan Pierce Brosnan Katie Leung Charlie Murphy

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  • 3.8 / 5
88% 12%

An action-thriller about a restaurant owner (Chan) who goes on a revenge mission after his wife and daughter are killed by a bomb.

Plot

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Plot
A restaurant owner in London's Chinatown is forced to push his moral and physical boundaries to track down the group of rogue Irish terrorists responsible for the death of his beloved daughter after the justice system fails him.
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The film's director Martin Campbell last directed Memory and The Protégé. The film's writer David Marconi last wrote Live Free or Die Hard and The Dark Side of the Moon.

Screenwriter
Producer
Robert Simonds
Studio
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STXfilms

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Key Facts

  • Based on the novel "The Chinaman" by Stephen Leather.

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Changed the movie production status to Pre-Production. Production is scheduled to begin in October 2015.

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Parent Rating
R Restricted for Violence, language, and some sexual material
Runtime
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Tagline
How far would you go to avenge the one you love?
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Language
English

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The Foreigner was released in nationwide movie theaters on Friday, October 13, 2017. There were 15 other movies released on the same date, including Marshall, Happy Death Day and Blood Money.

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