THE FOREIGNER (2003)

MORGAN'S RATING

Steven Seagal is Jonathan Cold, a professional secret agent for fire who's as cunning as he is deadly. Enter his treacherous world as you might not come out alive. Political corruption, murder and a bounty of backstabbing bad guys swarm around a mysterious package that Cold is hired to deliver from France to Germany. Some very dangerous people will stop at nothing to make sure that Cold doesn't get the package to its rightful recipient, but they'll soon find out that getting his his way is a hazardous decision. Amid exotic locales and loads of explosive excitement, The Foreigner is a heart-pounding thriller from the king of action that'll keep you on the edge of your seat.

Steven Seagal (Jonathan Cold), Harry Van Gerkum (Jerome Van Aken), Jeffrey Pierce (Sean Cold), Anna-Louise Plowman (Meredeith Van Aken), Max Ryan (Dunior), Sherman Augustus (Mr. Mimms), Philip Dunbar (Alexander Morquest), Izabela Okrasa (Van Aken's Daughter), Grzegorz Kowalczyk (Rolls Royce Driver), Dianna Camacho (Hotel Clerk Imke), Dhobi Oparei (The Stranger), Grzegorz Emanuel (Jonathan Look Alike), Przemyslaw Saleta (Security Guard), Jan Jurewicz (Man with Porsche), Viktoriya Smirnova (Claret), John Edmondson (Young Man at Railway Station), Grzegorz Gerszt-Mostowicz (Assailant), Lech Dyblik (Brian), Mariusz Zalejski (Man at French Farm), Marek Sledziewski (Man at French Farm), Tommy Tomaszewski (First Suit), Janusz Blaszczyk (Second Unit), Wenanty Nosul (Police Steward), Katie Fisher (CIA Agent).

IF THEY THINK THEY CAN STOP HIM. THEY'RE DEAD WRONG.

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

DIRECTOR: Michael Oblowitz (Out for a Kill). WRITER: Darren Campbell. PRODUCERS: Kamal Aboukhater, Elie Samaha, Steven Seagal and Andrew Stevens. CO-PRODUCERS: Phil Goldfine and Tracee Miller.  EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Jacek Samojlowicz and Kazimierz Kowalski. LINE PRODUCERS: Alison Semenza and William B. Steakley. ORIGINAL MUSIC: David Wurst and Eric Wurst. DISTRIBUTOR: TriStar Pictures.

QUOTES

[about to shoot Jonathan Cold] Mimms: Sweet dreams Bruce Lee.

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

Jonathan Cold: I think the only thing that is unexpected is that I am still alive.

Merideth: Do you have a family? Jonathan: Yeah, I have a brother. Merideth: Older or younger? Jonathan: Wiser.

FACTS

RELEASE DATE: January 28th, 2003 (USA) (VIDEO PREMIERE) BUDGET: $20 million (USA) PRODUCTION DATES: February 2002 -- April 2002 - The opening scene with the soldiers is an actual "change of duty" at the "Grave of an Unnamed Soldier" in Warsaw, Poland - a symbolic tribute to all those killed in the Second World War. - Originally intended as a theatrical release in March 2003, however Sony Screen Gems decided to rush this direct-to-video following the disappointing box office of Half Past Dead (2002). This will be Seagal's third direct-to-video film, following The Patriot (1998) and Ticker (2001).

CRITICAL COMMENTS

"Being old, fat, and so exhaused by life that he sounds tired and bored just reading his poorly written dialogue, Seagal's fight scenes will not manage to excite. Oh wait, that's what happens in every single Steven Seagal movie ever." -- David Cornelius, Amazing Colossal Website

"The Foreigner has got to be the most ambitiously bad movie Steven Seagal has ever made. It was to do so much, but accomplishes nothing, thanks to a ton of characters and more plot than it knows what to do with." -- Lee Chase IV, CultureDose.com

"This is a good sign that Seagal may well just want to hang it up. Sitting through The Foreigner is a punishment I wish on no one. Not even my enemies." -- Kevin Clemons, digitallyOBSESSED.com

"A calamitous little piece without an insinuation of plot. One of the worst things Seagal has done in ages." -- Clint Morris, Moviehole