The Foreigner (2003)

This story is about a freelance agent who is the courier of a package from France to Germany. He soon finds that many people want to get their hands on it.

Director:

Michael Oblowitz

Writer:

Darren O. Campbell

Stars:

Steven Seagal, Max Ryan, Harry Van Gorkum

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Steven Seagal	...	Jonathan Cold
Max Ryan	...	Dunoir
Harry Van Gorkum	...	Jerome Van Aken
Jeffrey Pierce	...	Sean Cold
Anna-Louise Plowman	...	Meredith Van Aken
Sherman Augustus	...	Mr. Mimms
Gary Raymond	...	Jared Olyphant
Philip Dunbar	...	Alexander Marquee
Izabela Okrasa	...	Clarissa Van Aken
Grzegorz Kowalczyk	...	Rolls Royce Driver
Dianna Camacho	...	Hotel Clerk Imke
Deobia Oparei	...	The Stranger
Grzegorz Emanuel	...	Jonathan Look Alike
Przemyslaw Saleta	...	Security Guard
Jan Jurewicz	...	Man with Porsche

Storyline

Jonathon Cold is a freelance agent hired by a mysterious man to deliver a package from France to Germany. The contents of the package remain undisclosed, even between employer and employee, but whatever it contains seems to be attracting a swarm of political corruption, backstabbing bad guys and murder. However, Cold knows he must stay one step ahead of the evil powers at work, whoever they are, no matter what the cost, as it increasingly becomes a game of step on or be stepped on.

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Plot Keywords:

package | assassin | van | cia | courier | 

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Taglines:

If they think they can stop him, they're dead wrong.

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Genres:

Action | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence and language

Details

Country:

USA Poland

Language:

English Danish German Polish

Release Date:

20 June 2003 (South Korea)

Also Known As:

Az idegen

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany

Box Office

Budget:

$16,700,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Franchise Pictures, Foreigner Productions Inc.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In one of the last scenes when Meredith is attacked by the Danes you can clearly hear one of them say: "Bind kællingen!" Which is actually Danish and means "Tie the bitch up!"

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Goofs

German ZIP codes have five digits, not four as seen on the note.

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Quotes

Dunoir: It was the least I could do after you killed me twice.
Jonathon Cold: Sorry about that, but you know what they say, three's a charm.

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Connections

References First Blood (1982)

User Reviews

OK.....what happened here?

When you watch a Seagal movie, you expect good action. You expect fighting, not just a lot of shooting like in this flick. And: you expect a rather simple story. OK, I can live with a more complex story even though it's a Seagal movie. But this one, this is, I don't know what to say. It's very, very confusing indeed. At the end of the movie, I had major problems figuring out what had happened. And I know I'm not the only one. The story lacks so much information and is so full of plot holes that it's nearly impossible to keep track of what's happening in the movie. There are many people in the movie, people change sides all the time, and it switches locations too often. Terrible. I just don't understand why it looks like Seagal is making a sort of sequel to this one.