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Movie Review: "The Foreigner" Is A Waste of Stars Talent And Your Time

THE FOREIGNER  Starring Jackie Chan, Pierce Brosnan,  Charlie Murphy,  Orla Brady,  Rory Fleck Byrne and  Katie Leung Based on the novel  The Chinaman  by Stephen Leather Screenplay by David Marconi Directed by Martin Campbell Reviewed by Patrick and Paul Gibbs   Out Of Four A thriller can be many things. But one thing it is not is 2 hours of people whining and griping at each other punctuated by what adds up to about 14 minutes of  fighting and explosions. And sadly, that's about all that The Foreigner has to offer as a film. Based on the novel The Chinaman by Stephen Leather,  the film ostensibly is about Ngoc Minh Quan  (Jackie Chan) a Vietnamese retired Navy SEAL who is now a small business owner living in England, whose world is shattered when a bombing by a group calling themselves "The Authentic IRA" kills his daughter Fan (Katie Leung, best known as Cho Chang, Harry Potter's first girl...