At 63 years old, Jackie Chan is not the indestructible action star he once was. So it looks like the next stage of his career might see him going more Liam Neeson, with roles that play off his onscreen presence, but don’t require any demanding stunt work, which makes “The Foreigner” such an intriguing offering.
Co-starring Pierce Brosnan, directed by Martin Campbell (“Casino Royale“), and based on the book “The Chinaman” by Stephen Leather, the film follows an immigrant living in London who seeks vengeance after his daughter is killed in an IRA bombing. The hunt takes the grieving man to the door of a politician once connected with the IRA, and that’s when the sparks begin to fly.
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“It was important for me to do a role that was more serious, with a lot of emotion,” Chan told USA Today. “To prepare, I imagined what it would be like to be the father dealing with that situation.”
“The Foreigner” opens on October 13th.
