The Foreigner

Somber.

This was the tone of the movie from start to finish. This for a Jackie Chan movie was quite a change especially when I saw that he was co-starring with Pierce Brosnan.

Over the years, Jackie has set the tone with most of his movies being action comedies and more so when he stumbled into Hollywood with Rush Hour. Rush Hour had him co-starring with Chris Tucker. Tucker was the quick mouth while Chan was the quick feet and hands. It was a hit. The same magic was repeated with Owen Wilson in Shanghai Noon. As a result I was expecting more of the same only this time with Brosnan which was an odd choice come to think about it, as Brosnan is not really known as a “funny” man.

This was a dark action, is there such a term? The movie started with Chan losing his daughter in a terrorist attack and from that moment, Chan was hell bent on catching the perpetrators. I saw a different Chan and if I ever had doubts that Chan could act, those doubts were well and buried with this movie.

Chan was unrelenting, persistent and ruthless. The pacing and action was well thought out and every scene was believable and exciting.

Chan was the Chinaman.....The Foreigner...