If you like action thriller adventure I will recommend this to you, but its a little hard to follow. Steve Seagal is a total bad ass but its hard to hear him cause he never talks loud in it also he only makes that one face the whole time. The action was cool butt I fell asleep close to the end so i don't really know how it ended also it was hard to tell what was going on like important parts seemed like they were missing. I still watched it cause i really like steve seagal and like to watch all his movies by him but i wouldn't recommend it unless you really like his movies. this one is good, but its not one of his best ones.

After "Half past dead" comes a movie that was a nail to Seagal's coffin. Goodbye movie career. "The Foreigner" is a straight-to-video Steven Seagal film. It was originally intended to be released as a theatrical feature. God knows why , since it looks even more low budget than "Half past dead" and is even worse. At least "Half past dead" was laughable in some places and had some kind of plot (ripped off "The Rock", but still a plot).This one is incomprehensible . Seagal is a mysterious guy hired by mysterious guy to deliver mysterious package to another mysterious guy . Mysterious guys appear and try to stop him . Lots of mysteries , eh ? This is only thing I can say about the plot . I agree with the reviewer who wrote that the movie makers filmed the action scenes first then decided to put it together as a movie. The plot is nonsense. What is the deal with the title ? It's interesting for me that this movie was made in Poland and there are some known Polish actors in it (Przemyslaw Saleta , Miroslaw Zbrojewicz). It doesn't change the fact that the movie sucks . Seagal has done many terrible DTV films over the years and this is undoubtedly one of the worst.The film has an ultra-cheap look to it. Steven Seagal is not in good shape anymore. The fight are so obviously edited that it makes head hurt. Shootouts are done in bad slow motion. The atmosphere feels absolutely miserable. There is one scene with exploding package that is so stupid , so bad I will never forget it.ARGHHHHH ! Why I'm wasting my time with writing about this piece of s*** ?! I give it 1/10 , because I can't give 0. Enough said.

Maybe I'm just a sucker for Seagal movies but this is one of my favorites. Ronin was an obvious antecedent, both movies sharing the same mysterious Package and totally amoral world-view resulting in a virtually plot less series of action scenes reminiscent of the the blockbuster action movies of the 90s on.Foreigner does add the Damsel in distress angle and folds it in well in order to provide a positive denouement and there are the usual rivalry and betrayal themes common to the genre, which are also played out well and, frankly, every time I've watched it, it's drawn me in and kept me interested.From what I read in reviews in general and most of these here, about Foreigner, Seagal movies appear to be either an acquired or simply a personal taste so I'm not going argue with those who have written the majority of these reviews.Point of posting this review: there are actually people who enjoy these movies.

The most puzzling thing for me is trying to work out exactly who the makers of this film were aiming at. In all of Seagals's early films, seen I'm sure by everyone with an interest in the genre, one was treated to reasonably competent acting, a script which, for all its fantasy, was at least partly logical and convincing, and athletic, fast-moving action which kept the attention fixed. By now, in 'The Foreigner', all remnants of his athleticism gone, Seagal trudges through an admittedly meaningless story with a bored and indifferent manner: perhaps this must happen to any special agent who knows he has a charmed life and unbeatable fighting skills. This, however, is only part of what what ultimately drags these films, and Seagal's presence, down. In 'Above the Law','Under Siege', 'Under Siege 2', etc., although we knew he would win through, there was just that slight degree of uncertainty about the outcome which kept you on the edge of your seat during the action sequences. The opponents appeared evil and seriously menacing, since care and attention had been given to their character build-up, however slight, but this certainly added a raw immediacy and tension to the inevitable confrontation. Allowing opponents to be transient cardboard cut-outs, as in 'The Foreigner', destroys their credibility, and renders the confrontations, which should be gripping high-points, almost casual and unimportant, hence removing interest, excitement, and entertainment value. What upset me most about the film was seeing such a vastly-experienced and talented actor as Gary Raymond playing the part of Jared Olyphant.