(February 18, 2020 at 5:07 am)OakTree500 Wrote: The Foreigner
Plot:
A terrorist attack by a group from Ireland/Northern Ireland causes the death of a young Chinese girl. Her father, an aged up Jackie Chan, wants to find out who did this and take his vengeance upon them. It turns out that he is a former American Special Forces Trained Vietnam survivor, and uses his skill to hunt down the bombers. Pierce Brosnan also stars as a Northern Irish minister who also is trying to locate the bombers.
Thoughts:
This was awesome. Not your usual Jackie Chan romp, but a more serious film for Chan to show off his actual acting ability . Brosnan also shines in what seems to be his best role in years. Awesome movie and well worth a watch!
I finally got round to that one. It was OK for what it was - a violence/revenge flick, but I wasn't nearly as impressed with it as you were. Maybe it's my background, but I'm uncomfortable with the notion that the answer to terrorism is more terrorism. I quite like Jackie Chan, but I found his character's actions in this film to be nothing short of reprehensible.
That being said, I thought a very good job was done in showing the almost insensate brutality of the IRA as well as that of the British security forces. 5/10
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson