The Foreigner ( 2017 film ) - wikipedia The Foreigner ( 2017 film ) Not to be confused with The Foreigner ( 2003 film ). The Foreigner Theatrical release poster Directed by Martin Campbell Produced by Jackie Chan Wayne Marc Godfrey D. Scott Lumpkin Jamie Marshall Arthur M. Sarkissian Screenplay by David Marconi Based on The Chinaman by Stephen Leather Starring Jackie Chan Pierce Brosnan Music by Cliff Martinez Cinematography David Tattersall Edited by Angela M. Catanzaro Production company The Fyzz Facility Sparkle Roll Media Huayi Brothers Pictures Wanda Pictures Distributed by STXfilms Release date 24 September 2017 ( 2017 - 09 - 24 ) ( Beijing ) 30 September 2017 ( 2017 - 09 - 30 ) ( China ) 13 October 2017 ( 2017 - 10 - 13 ) ( United States ) Running time 114 minutes Country China United Kingdom Language English Budget $35 million Box office $131 million The Foreigner is a 2017 action thriller film directed by Martin Campbell and written by David Marconi, based on the 1992 novel The Chinaman by Stephen Leather. The British - Chinese co-production stars Jackie Chan, Pierce Brosnan, Michael McElhatton, Liu Tao, Charlie Murphy, Orla Brady and Katie Leung, and follows a businessman who seeks revenge for the death of his daughter. The Foreigner was released in China on 30 September 2017 and in the United States on 13 October 2017, and has grossed $131 million worldwide. It received mixed reviews, with critics praising the against the type performances of Chan and Brosnan, while calling the film itself cliché. Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 Release 4.1 Box office 4.2 Critical response 5 References 6 External links Plot Ngoc Minh Quan is a retired Vietnam War special forces operator who now runs a Chinese restaurant in London. When his teenage daughter Fan is killed in a department store bombing claimed by a group calling themselves the `` Authentic IRA '', a distraught Quan seeks revenge. He first attempts to bribe Scotland Yard officer Richard Bromley for the names of the bombers, but Bromley declines stating he ca n't take it, and say he does n't have much information on them yet. Quan next focuses on Irish deputy minister Liam Hennessy, who has spoken publicly about his status as a former leader of the Provisional IRA and who has condemned the bombing. Keyi Lam, who is Quan 's co-worker and personal friend, attempts to console Quan and convince him to move on from the bombing, but is unsuccessful as he eventually leaves for Belfast to interrogate Hennessy. Hennessy claims to have no prior knowledge of the bombing or its perpetrators, but Quan does not believe him. His queries escalate until he becomes fixated on Hennessy, setting off a homemade bomb in his office and threatening more unless he gets the bombers ' names. The truth is that Hennessy, while having ordered the bombings to come with warnings with no casualties as a political ploy to solidify the radical factions, does not actually know who the bombers are, as they are rogue members of the IRA. He is in fact outraged that no warnings were given and civilians were killed. Hennessy has a plan to identify the bombers by changing the code words they use after any bombings that were carried out, but that soon fails as the rogue members were notified beforehand. Meanwhile he sends numerous mercenaries and personal enforcers after Quan, who manages to escape or defeat all of them. He also observes Hennessy meeting with his mistress, Maggie, and takes a picture of them kissing to use as leverage against him. Quan then brings the fight to Hennessy, hiding in the woods outside his Belfast farmhouse and attacking it with more homemade bombs. As Hennessy 's men attempt to track him in the woods, Quan uses traps to pick a group of three off one by one and attempts to interrogate one of them, but he is shot in the shoulder by a fourth mercenary and is forced to escape. Hennessy decides to send Sean Morrison, his nephew who was part of the Royal Irish Regiment, after Quan in hopes that his tracking skills can be used to stop him for good. As Quan heats up a knife to cauterize the gunshot wound, he faints and has brief flashbacks of his escape to Singapore where he and his family are attacked by Thai pirates. He and his wife look on hopelessly as his two daughters are taken away, to be raped and murdered by the pirates. As he tried to fight off the pirates, he was eventually sent overboard along with his his wife ( who later died giving birth to Fan ). After a second bombing on a double - decker bus, Hennessy negotiates with his boss, British politician Katherine Davies, and promises the capture of the bombers in exchange for the pardoning of some of his former IRA comrades. Meanwhile, Bromley manages to identify the bombers ' names and relays them to Hennessy, who then relays the information to Sean. After Sean 's battle with Quan, he is captured and reveals the name of one of the bombers who killed his daughter : Patrick O'Reilly, who was also behind the bombing that killed Sean 's family. Hennessy, meanwhile, interrogates his head enforcer McGrath, discovering that the true mastermind is Mary, Hennessy 's wife, who also hired Maggie ; she has never let go of her anger at the British for the death of her brother and resents Hennessy 's working for them. Hennessy executes McGrath for his betrayal and for involving his wife and mistress. Hennessy then orders Sean to execute Mary -- with whom Sean is having an affair -- before returning to America. While police are in position to raid the bombers ' hideout, Quan manages to enter first under the cover of fixing a gas leak, forcing the police to remain on standby, and single - handedly kills all but Maggie. Quan leaves just before the police raid the apartment and find a severely wounded Maggie, whose real name is Sara McKay. They torture her into revealing the location of their next bomb, which has been planted in a laptop to be detonated on a plane heading to a security conference. British police manage to find and throw the laptop into an empty jet bridge, where it detonates without casualties. With the threat resolved, Bromley orders the operation have `` no traces '' and Maggie is thus executed by the police. Hennessy gets a call from Davies, who tells him that he will retain his position as a politician but will be under her thumb. Quan confronts Hennessy and shows him a picture he took of Hennessy kissing Maggie, which is enough to throw suspicion on Hennessy and his role in the bombings. Quan forces him to post the picture to the internet, telling him that he should be ashamed of himself and the whole world will know that he is a terrorist. Meanwhile, Bromley realizes Quan 's role in the events and has him put under surveillance, but decides not to take any further action as an implied `` thank you '' for apprehending the bombers. The film ends with Quan returning to his restaurant, and Lam embracing him as he puts the past behind him. Cast Jackie Chan as Ngoc Minh Quan, a former Vietnam War special forces operator turned London restaurateur, who looks for revenge after his daughter is killed in a bombing Pierce Brosnan as Liam Hennessy, a former IRA member turned Irish government official Michael McElhatton as Jim Kavanagh, Liam 's right hand man Liu Tao as Keyi Lam Charlie Murphy as Maggie / Sara McKay, Liam 's mistress Orla Brady as Mary Hennessy, Liam 's wife Katie Leung as Fan Ray Fearon as Commander Richard Bromley, British head of counter terrorism command Rory Fleck - Byrne as Sean Morrison, ex-Royal Irish Ranger / UK Special Forces and Liam 's nephew. Lia Williams as Katherine Davies, British minister and politician, Liam 's superior Manolo Cardona as Pedro Lopez Simon Kunz as Matthew Rice Pippa Bennett - Warner as Marissa Levitt Roberta Taylor as Mrs. Taylor Dermot Crowley as Hugh McGrath, one of the villains and the leader of a rogue IRA group Rufus Jones as Ian Wood Niall McNamee as Patrick O'Reilly Production On 5 June 2015 it was announced that Jackie Chan would star in the action thriller film The Foreigner, for STX Entertainment, and based on Stephen Leather 's novel The Chinaman. Nick Cassavetes initially signed to direct the film, which was adapted from Leather 's novel by David Marconi, while Wayne Marc Godfrey was one of the producers. The film is partially set in London 's Chinatown. On 15 July 2015, Deadline reported that Martin Campbell was instead in talks to direct the film, while Relativity Media would finance. Pierce Brosnan joined the cast alongside Chan in November. Co-stars Liu Tao and Chan attended the Shanghai Film Festival on 11 June, 2016 to promote the film. Principal photography commenced in January 2016. The filming in London of a scene involving the explosion of a bus on Lambeth Bridge caused widespread alarm, as people were not aware that it was a stunt. Scenes were shot in Regent High School, Camden and Charrington Street on 18 February 2016. This marked the first time in which Brosnan starred in a film directed by Martin Campbell since the 1995 film GoldenEye. Cliff Martinez composed the score. Release The Fyzz Facility produced, and is distributing, the film, in association with Sparkle Roll Media and Huayi Brothers, while STXfilms distributes it theatrically across the United States. It was released on 30 September 2017 in China and 13 October 2017 in the United States. Box office As of 5 November 2017, The Foreigner has grossed $31.9 million in the United States and Canada, and $99.1 million in other countries for a worldwide total of $131 million, against a production budget of $35 million. In the United States and Canada, the film opened alongside Happy Death Day, Marshall and Professor Marston and the Wonder Women, and was expected to gross $10 -- 14 million from 2,515 theaters in its opening weekend. It made $4.8 million on its first day, including $775,000 from Thursday night previews. It went on to open to $13.1 million, finishing third at the box office behind Happy Death Day and Blade Runner 2049. Critical response On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 60 % based on 80 reviews, with an average rating of 5.9 / 10. The site 's critical consensus reads, `` The Foreigner adheres strictly to action thriller formula, but benefits from committed -- and out of character -- performances from its talented veteran stars. '' On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 55 out of 100, based on 23 critics, indicating `` mixed or average reviews ''. Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of `` A − '' on an A+ to F scale. Peter Travers of Rolling Stone gave the film three out of four stars and praised Chan 's performance, saying : `` It 's the most dramatic role Chan has ever tackled, and he plays it with coiled intensity and raw emotional power. '' Clarence Tsui of The Hollywood Reporter also praised Chan, writing, `` It 's good to see Chan swapping his happy - go - lucky persona for two hours for some gravitas as a tragic rogue with a marked past. '' References Jump up ^ `` The Foreigner ''. AMC Theatres. Retrieved September 19, 2017. 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Question: when is the foreigner coming out in uk
Answer: 13 October 2017