Chinaman 's "British Showdown " The Foreigner is adapted from the 1992 novel "Chinaman The Chinaman" by Stephen Leather.
The daughter of Guan Yuming (Jackie Chan), the owner of a small Chinese restaurant in London, was killed by a bomb by a Northern Irish Republican Army terrorist while shopping for a shop in preparation for a prom. Distraught Guan Yuming is determined to avenge his last relatives.
This is a good time, he died at the head of the former IRA IRA, the current British Deputy Minister in Northern Ireland, Lyme Hannis (Pierce Brosnan). From the beginning, he resorted to the most familiar method, petitioning, and constantly petitioning, waiting in the reception room every day. Although Rhyme was born in the Jiang Yang thieves who killed and killed Jiang Yang, but many years of official gangsters also made him proficient in that office tai chi, and in a few words he hoped to get rid of the Chinese guy.
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However, that old-fashioned and faltering Chinese guy also has a history. Guan Yuming used to be a member of the US special forces in Vietnam. He is proficient in knives, guns and sticks, making bombs, and installing traps are just a piece of cake. Of course he won't take the official language of Lime. He first put a bomb in Lyme’s office and forced him to a villa in the country, and then he continued his efforts, bombing the stables of his villa, and planting a bomb in his car’s fuel tank, making him a startled bird, and then he went to the door himself. Visit, ask Lyme to come up with the list of terrorists.
This is a pain to Rhyme, even though he knows it was done by his previous brothers, he has long been far away from these people, or that they have avoided him to do their own business. He didn't get the list until the British Intelligence Police Agency informed him of the old subordinates involved in the case.
Guan Yuming found the terrorist's den, rushed in single-handedly, wiped out the enemy and avenged his daughter, and helped the police avoid a bigger killing.
Finally, after exposing Leiden's conspiracy, he returned to his small restaurant.
Jackie Chan's movie is impossible without fighting. Although he put on an appearance of arduous action, he was still alive and well after the start of the fight. There are four concentrated fights. At first, he was surrounded by guards sent by Lime when he was a tenant, and he was good at fighting from upstairs to downstairs, from inside to outside, and from the siege. Then in the woods around the villa, Jackie Chan, who was born in jungle warfare, gave him a complete victory. Then came the solo fight with Lyme's nephew, and you can also see his skill. In the end, he rushed into the enemy camp single-handedly. Since he was armed with a gun, he would fight quickly and completely wipe out the enemy and retreat. The advantage of Jackie Chan Kung Fu movies is that they are not only nervous, but also humorous, giving people a relaxed feeling. It's just that now he doesn't have so much energy to bring a sense of humor. However, his kung fu performance is still one of the best, no one can match him. In addition, I think his role as an old man is a bit too much. A 63-year-old person walking, especially a soldier, can cheer up a little bit. In order to highlight his kung fu skills, he may turn himself into a wretched uncle. It is the so-called real person who does not show his face.
The Irish Republican Army, like the Red Army, is a household name. There is news about the Irish Republican Army almost every day. Either it exploded there or members of the Republican Army died on a hunger strike in prison, and their reputation is no less than that of the Islamic State, the Taliban or the base today. Therefore, after seeing the successful negotiations between the Republican Army and the British government, they lay down their arms to participate in the elections and felt that the people of Northern Ireland and the British were finally freed from suffering after countless deaths and injuries. The prototype of Lyme in the movie is Jerry Adams, the leader of Sinn Fein, the political representative of the Republican Army, who later became a member of Parliament. The original book "Chinaman" was published in 1992. It was the climax of the activities of the Irish Republican Army. It was impossible for him to become a deputy minister in his capacity. I guess his role is added in the movie (I haven't read the book). As an Englishman, the author Stephen Lazer should oppose the Irish Republican Army, so the characters in the Republican Army have become desperadoes.
Forty years later, the terrorist organizations that screamed at the situation in those days have all become the past. I hope that soon these new terrorist organizations will also disappear into the past.
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