The Feature:
What a career Steven Segal has had. He went from relative unknown to big budget action star in a relatively short amount of time. It's unfortunate that "The Foreigner" will serve as one of the final nails in his coffin, so to speak. This is a huge mess, with a run-of-the mill action storyline, and stereotypical villains… just like every Steven Segal movie since "Under Seige."

Knowing all of this, where do I start? Well, let's start off with Agent Jonathan Cold (Steven Segal). Ignore his witty last name for a moment, and let's focus on his character. He's overweight, bloated, and mumbles all of his words. He also misses his father, who was recently killed. So of course, he's a natural to deliver an important package to an important industrialist. Because the bounty of the movie takes place in Europe (alternating between places like Poland, Germany, France, and other countries), we are introduced to many characters that speak perfect English with foreign accents. I know I'm getting overly sarcastic here, but honestly, this movie fully deserves it.

For instance, let's take a look at one of the villains in "The Foreigner." He sneaks into someone's house, kills a maid who has a tray of au devoirs, and says, "Bon appetite." Later, he is breaking into a car, until the owner tries to stop him. What does he do? He kills the man, takes his car, and says, "Bon Voyage."

What follows in the movie is a series of nonsensical events in which people are killed and things blow up indiscriminately, all over this package that Agent Cold has to deliver. Agent Cold pairs up with the industrialist's wife to determine why he is so interested in the contents of said package. In order for a movie like this to work, you have to actually care about the characters and villains, their motives, and have an inkling of a suspicion that there is even a remote chance that bad guys might win. Unfortunately, this is B-movie-by-numbers.

Avoid this pile of garbage, unless you can't get enough of bad action movies.

Video:
Columbia Tri-Star presents "The Foreigner" in Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1. The print is dull, as blacks look a little grayish, and flesh tones are a little off. Fortunately, there is not much in ways of artifacting, or grain; so I guess that's a plus.

Audio:
The audio is presented in Dolby Digital 5.1. Everything sounds very nice as you can feel the gunshots resonate throughout your speakers. This movie does not have much in ways of a soundtrack, so it relies heavily on gunshots, explosions, and meaningless dialogue.

Menus:
A static DVD menu featuring Steven Segal includes: "Play Movie", "Subtitles", "Scene Selections", and "Trailers."

Extras:
If you consider trailers to be an extra, there are a few here. One for "The Foreigner", "Half Past Dead", "I Spy", "The One", and "xXx."

Final Thoughts:
You don't want this movie. It's bad. Really bad. But hey, if you plan on having a "Drunken Movie Night" with your close friends, and need something bad to watch so you can collectively mock it, then this may be worth a rental. Otherwise, save yourself some money here, and treat yourself to something nice. C'mon, you deserve it.