It is a superb film for Jackie Chan, who really needs to flex his dramatic muscles more often.

Full Review | Original Score: 7/10 | Sep 26, 2022

Jackie Chan puts in his finest performance to date in this bracing political thriller that gave him the chance to prove both his acting and karate chops.

Full Review | Jun 11, 2021

Not a memorable movie but it is a welcome return to the action genre for Chan and Brosnan after too long a time away.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 1, 2021

"The Foreigner" doesn't blow the doors off the revenge-action model, but it does become one of the best recent old-guy-is-a-secret-badass movies.

Full Review | Original Score: B | Jul 1, 2020

There are a few twists and turns, double crosses and misdirections, but really it's a simple story of political intrigue blended with military-style action, and a higher emotional content than either of those genres normally feature.

Full Review | May 19, 2020

The Foreigner is based on the 1992 novel, The Chinaman, and despite hackneyed attempts at updating the tale to the modern day, it feels very much like a piece of entertainment from 1992.

Full Review | Mar 24, 2020

The film is pretty formulaic and Bond like, but it's fun to see Jackie Chan in action again. Can he do serious drama? That's affirmative.

Full Review | Oct 1, 2019

Jackie Chan manages to offer a glimpse at his former glory in The Foreigner while unleashing an intricately performed fury that no one knew he was capable of.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 2, 2019

Jackie Chan is much more emotionally engaged than we are used to see. [Full Review in Spanish]

Full Review | Aug 2, 2019

Chan often feels like a visitor in his own film, and the script attempts some plot pirouettes that don't always flow gracefully. Yet overall, The Foreigner proves to be a respectable example of a thinking person's action flick.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 21, 2019

Chan shows more pathos and subtlety than any role before, quietly commanding attention and giving so much with so little.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 17, 2019

Chan commands the screen without saying a word, but the film gets lost in its dreary grays and sterile personality.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 4, 2019

Action thriller with great twists and turns! The film is similar to others of the genre, but still effective.

Full Review | Original Score: B | May 8, 2019

[It] is a splendid, polished action thriller with brain and heart, and a marvelous pairing of two actors, Chan and Brosnan.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 26, 2019

I feel confident saying that this was the most underrated movie of 2017 - if not only for Chan's dynamic performance. The tagline says it all: Never push a good man too far.

Full Review | Original Score: 7/10 | Mar 1, 2019

While there are a few sequences that offer some Chan-driven action highlights, The Foreigner spends more time on warmed-over political intrigue than you might have expected - much to its ultimate detriment.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 11, 2019

The Foreigner is really two half-baked films rather than one complete feature.

Full Review | Original Score: C+ | Jan 19, 2019

Enjoyable enough, but The Foreigner carries a distinctly Beijing sheen at the expense of Vietnamese erasure.

Full Review | Original Score: C- | Nov 16, 2018

I was hoping to see Chan given some fantastic dramatic material to work with, but he is basically a side plot, playing second fiddle to an uninteresting Brosnan.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/10 | Nov 8, 2018

Thankfully, an older and bruised Chan's lamenting and grappling Quan brings a poignant sense of emotional and edgy urgency to this tale of loss and tactical intimidation.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Nov 8, 2018