An Action-thriller, the Foreigner tells the story of humble London restaurant owner Quan ( Jackie Chan), whose long-buried past erupts in a revenge-fueled vendetta when the only person left for him to love, his teenage daughter, is killed in a senseless act of politically-motivated terrorism. As Quan searches for the culprits responsible, he seeks the assistance of Irish Deputy Minister, Liam Hennessy (Pierce Brosnan), an Irish/UK government official whose own troubled IRA past comes back to entangle him.