The Foreigner - Churton Street, London

I recently visited England with my family. We spent most of our time on the south coast, but we also wanted to visit London again. And of course I took advantage of the opportunity and photographed a few filming locations. James Bond films would be the obvious choice, but to stay somewhat true to the name of my blog, let's start with a Jackie Chan location. With Martin Campbell (GoldenEye, Casino Royale) in the director's chair and Pierce Brosnan as an actor, The Foreigner also contains a considerable touch of 007.

The terrorist attack that cost Jackie's film daughter her life was shot on Churton Street. This is where the stranger's campaign of revenge begins. 

The Foreigner - Lambeth Palace Road, London

A tense-looking young woman leaves the red double-decker bus and is greeted by her grim-looking accomplice. Then the camera pans to the bridge, where the bus is about to drive over. Something is wrong here.

The Foreigner - Lambeth Bridge, London

Boom the bus blows up. If you type "chan foreigner lambeth bridge" into Google, you will find lots of news articles about the explosion, which was filmed on a Sunday morning and apparently caused a stir. 

The World Is Not Enough - SIS Building, London

As you can easily see from the screenshot, this is the headquarters of the MI6. In the film as well as in reality. In December 1994, the MI6 was officially renamed SIS (Secret Intelligence Service), hence the name of the building. 

Tomorrow Never Dies - Steinstrasse, Hamburg

The Atlantic Hotel sign is a fake. The parking deck isn‘t part of the hotel. The building behind the sign is the central station.

 

 

    

Tomorrow Never Dies - Mönckebergstrasse, Hamburg

Bond navigating the remote controlled BMW 750il from the roof down into an AVIS shop. The filming location Mönckebergstrasse is one of the main shopping streets in Hamburg.

Tomorrow Never Dies - Hamburg International Airport

Bond and Q have a meeting at Terminal 2. The airport was opened in 1911, making it the oldest airport in the world which is still in operation.

 

 

Tomorrow Never Dies - Hotel Atlantic, Hamburg

Agent 007 climbing the facade of Hotel Atlantic in Hamburg. The five star superior hotel is located in the district of St. Georg, between the lake Außenalster and the city's central station.