The Foreigner

"(A) twisty, bracing political thriller..."

"An old-school political thriller that holds its course right until the end."

"The Foreigner is a good, lean cut of meat - in other words, a typical Martin Campbell movie - expeditious and cold-blooded in its cross-cut, cloak-and-dagger plotting and violence."

"It's no franchise-starter, a la Taken, but (it's) a terrific action/drama all the same."

"The Foreigner uses the talents of both Jackie Chan and Pierce Brosnan quite well, turning the well-worn personas of both actors on their heads."

"The intrigue is high and the action is furious..."

"Someone has finally figured out what to do with Jackie Chan in America. This formula is the right one."

"It's like someone closed their eyes, grabbed two random DVDs off of a bargain rack, and edited them into an almost-coherent thriller."

"A movie that cannot seem to reconcile its hard, Rambo-ish violence with a convoluted conspiracy plot..."

"The movie is keenly aware of the West's long tradition of white-on-Asian racism, and "The Foreigner" flips the script on the tradition of Hollywood studio movies in which a white hero kicks foreign butt in some exotic country."

"Mr. Chan is in his early 60s, and he doesn't deliver the action pizazz here that he used to. Nor, frankly, does he summon enough gravitas to be persuasive in the role of a grief-maddened father."

"Campbell's unfussy style works well with Chan's choreography. The star's willingness to look his 63 years makes the falls look like they really hurt and creates a sense of jeopardy when Quan finds himself outnumbered."

"Campbell keeps the action cooking and the suspense on a high burner in this compulsively watchable conspiracy thriller, while The Foreigner proves again is that Chan is the Man – now and forever."

"No ticket-buying constituency is likely to feel well-served by The Foreigner, a chilly marriage of political thriller and latter-day Liam Neeson-style geriatric revenge-o-rama."

"It's good to see Chan swapping his happy-go-lucky persona for two hours for some gravitas as a tragic rogue with a marked past."