Quan is a humble London businessman whose long-buried past erupts in a revenge-fueled vendetta when the only person left for him to love – his teenage daughter – dies in an Irish Republican Army car bombing. His relentless search to find the terrorists leads to a cat-and-mouse conflict with a British government official whose own past may hold the clues to the identities of the elusive killers.
Acting
Chan's haunted, restrained rage — finally using his face more than his fists.
Direction
Campbell makes Northern Ireland politics genuinely suspenseful.
Director
Martin Campbell
Pierce Brosnan
Liam Hennessy
Jackie Chan
Quan Ngoc Minh
Rory Fleck-Byrne
Sean Morrison
Ray Fearon
Commander Richard Bromley
Charlie Murphy
Maggie / Sara McKay
Orla Brady
Mary Hennessy
Michael McElhatton
Jim Kavanagh
Lia Williams
Katherine Davies
Dermot Crowley
Hugh McGrath
Stephen Hogan
Christy Murphy
Liu Tao
Lam
Katie Leung
Fan
Simon Kunz
Matthew Rice
Pippa Bennett-Warner
Marissa Levett
Roberta Taylor
Mrs. Taylor
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Chan performed most of his own stunts at age 63, including that fire extinguisher beatdown.
Based on Stephen Leather's 'The Chinaman' — the title was changed because obviously.
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