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The Foreigner
MEANRANK
71/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2158
- IMDb #2192
- Google retired #658
- Rotten Tomatoes #2541
- Metacritic #2596
- Letterboxd #3238
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2995
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2421
- Metacritic Critics #2948
- Metacritic Audience #1902
- Kinopoisk #1575
- AlloCiné #1577
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 55, highest is Google on 92. Critics average 60, everyone else 74.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A humble London businessman and former operative is devastated when his teenage daughter is killed in a senseless terrorist attack. When the authorities fail to make progress, he takes matters into his own hands. His investigation leads him to a powerful government minister he believes has information on the attackers, and he uses his long-dormant skills to unleash a campaign of vengeance to get answers.
Details
- Director
- Martin Campbell
- Writer
- David Marconi
- Based on
- The Chinaman by Stephen Leather
- Studio
- Sparkle Roll Media, STXfilms, Arthur Sarkissian Productions, The Entertainer Production Company
- Released
- 28 September 2017
- Country
- China, India, United Kingdom, United States
- Language
- English, Mandarin
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $35.0M
- Box office
- $145.4M
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Awards
1 nomination total
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