What's the Difference between The Chinaman the Book and The Foreigner the Movie?
| In the Book |
In the Movie |
Nguyen Ngoc Minh
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Quan Ngoc Minh
Portrayed by: Jackie Chan
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Nguyen Kieu Trinh (daughter)
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Fan
Portrayed by: Katie Leung
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Liam Hennessy
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Liam Hennessy
Portrayed by: Pierce Brosnan
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Chief Inspector Richard Bromley
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Commander Richard Bromley
Portrayed by: Ray Fearon
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Maggie
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Maggie/Sara Mackay
Portrayed by: Charlie Murphy
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Ian Wood
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Ian Wood
Portrayed by: Rufus Jones
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Mary Hennessy
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Mary Hennessy
Portrayed by: Orla Brady
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Pham (male)
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Lam (female)
Portrayed by: Liu Tao
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Sean Morrison
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Sean Morrison
Portrayed by: Rory Fleck Byrne
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This Character does not appear.
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Katherine Davies
Portrayed by: Lia Williams
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Hugh McGrath
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Hugh McGrath
Portrayed by: Dermot Crowley
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The Foreigner Book vs Movie
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In the Movie |
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The airliner Ian Wood is on descends for an emergency landing when informed about the bomb. As a flight attendant asks Ian Wood for his carry-on bag, the bomb explodes. The plane crashes and kills everyone on board.
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Security finds Ian Wood at the airport. They take the laptop from Wood and throw it onto an empty jetway where it explodes without injuring anyone.
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This does not happen in the book. |
Hennessy orders Morrison to kill his wife Mary for betraying him. Mossison goes to her London apartment and kills her with a pistol shot to the face.
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Kathrine Davies is not in the film. Hennessy is not part of the government, just a lawyer and member of the IRA.
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Hennessy is told by Katherine Davies that she knows about all of his activities with the IRA bombers. The British government will pardon several IRA member including his brother, but they own him now. |
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This does not happen in the book as Nguyen Ngoc Minh died when the SAS killed the bombers in their apartment.
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Quan Ngoc Minh tracks down Hennessy in London. Quan forces Hennessy to post a photo of himself kissing Maggie to the internet to expose his connection to the IRA bombers and his terrorist activities.
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Bromley attends a classified briefing in which details of the plane bombing are discussed and the members talked about planned government reprisals, including a "shoot to kill" operation against 25 IRA members to eliminate the IRA as an effective threat in the country. Hennessy and Morrison are on the list of people to be killed.
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This does not happen in the film. |