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The Brave One
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Plot of
The Brave One
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 A
woman tries to cope with her brutal attack by seeking revenge on her
attackers. |
Review of
The Brave One
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It seems to me that Jodie Foster has been playing pretty much the same
role throughout the last ten years or so. Usually either a woman with
something to prove or a woman trying to protect her children. Either
way there hasn't been much variation, but it doesn't hurt The Brave One
much. As Erica Bain, a NYC radio show host whose fiancée is brutally
beaten to death, she takes matters into her own hands to exact revenge.
Two things keep this movie from being a standard take on the revenge
flick, Terrence Howard and an ending that completely throws you for a
loop. First, Howard plays Detective Mercer, a straight by the books
detective who befriends Bain and is working on catching the vigilante,
unknowingly helping her to carry out her nightly vigilante outings by
providing information. This man is going to be a huge star, after Crash
and Hustle and Flow helped to get him in the mainstream, this year's
The Hunting Party and The
Brave One should help to cement him into the minds of the public. His
portrayal of Mercer as a caring cop who still believes in the letter of
the law is so believable that the twist really comes out of left field
and hits you upside the head like a bag of rocks. The movie ended with
applause from the packed theater. What does that tell you?
What hurts The Brave One is the aforementioned standard Jodie Foster
character, a score that becomes extremely melodramatic at times and some
camera tricks that make you feel like you are on the Pirate ride at your
local fair. Still, The Brave One gets my approval as a decent thriller
that I could see actually happening. Not many could go through what
Erica Bain does without becoming bitter. What got me was I realized that
it was almost dumb luck that leads her down the road to vigilantism, I
can see in my mind's eye the other path. The woman who lives in fear for
the rest of her life. Kudos to Erica Bain for not curling up in a corner
somewhere.
Sometimes the end of a movie makes it worth seeing, The Brave One is one
of those films.
Till Death Wish 6: Kersey VS. Bain,
keep reading
Mitch E
mitchemerson@hotmail.com
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The Cast
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Director
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Writers
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Jodie Foster |
Erica |
Neil Jordan |
Roderick Taylor, Bruce A. Taylor |
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Terrence Howard |
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Nicky Katt |
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Naveen Andrews |
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Mary Steenburgen |
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Rating
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Length
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Distributors
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Release Date
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R |
119 mins |
Warner Brothers |
September 14, 2007 |
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Brave One Contest
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1) Only one submission per
person.
2)
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3)
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movie poster
4) If you are under
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5) The contest shall
end at 5 P.M. on September 22nd, 2007.
6) If
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This review was written by Ian Ripley. Copyright
2006, All Rights Reserved. |
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