The Foreigner 2017 by AverageMansReviews

The Foreigner 2017 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning: there is flashing effects/colourful effects/domestic terrorism of the RIA/shooting/impaling/strangling/medical

After Authentic RIA; The incoming members new blood of the RIA which they are connected: have blown up OBT Bank, tragically killed in many people including Lam [Liu Tao:] a young woman who had just been dropped by her father [which he is nicely protective over] to pick up her dress for this school event. Quan Ngoc Minh/"The Chinaman" [Jackie Chan:] owner of a Chinese takeaway [full disclosure the name gets mentioned once at some point in this film,] goes seeking answers which eventually means he heads over to Ireland to have a face-to-face with Deputy First Minister Liam Hennessy [Pierce Brosnan:] now politician, but once and still has links to the IRA it is more the case of unofficially these days but still has them. After calmly not getting anywhere with this face-to-face, it is time for Mr. Ngoc Minh to his other set of skills as an ex-Vietnam Special Ops Forces Soldier [once again full disclosure yes this film made reference to the fact that he is US trained, but I went with Vietnam, because this is where he is from and it shows it as well.]

The framework and pacing of this 113 minutes film is fundamentally sound, but a little bit slower for my taste.

Action: straight off the bat yes and I don't mean this disrespectfully but Chan is still doing his own action sequences his advancing years, so for an example you will see him falling off the roof to then swing on this drainpipe of this B&B to then continue this action sequence, so yes the action sequences are of his ridiculous high standards and on top of that we have some make your devices sequences that even the A-Team would be proud of minus any funky background music, unfortunately without giving too much away we don't get to see a vast majority of the tracks being set, if my memory is correct then we get to see one being set up and executed by the usage of a cigarette.

Character developments and the performances: are on both counts good, on reflection Chan is very deserving of his nominee award, he makes his film and without him it would be nothing, as a father figure and an ex-Vietnam Special Ops Forces Soldier he does go through the range of emotions. I mean for the older generations if you like Charles Bronson as Paul Kersey from Death Wish 1974 film, I mean this film right here isn't as dark as Death Wish and it is different, but there are similarities as in a father wanting peace or revenge for their daughter.

This film receives: 6/10, this film is good; it is a solidly good film and it has an award accredited to its name Huading Award Best Actor in a Motion Picture Jackie Chan.