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The Brave One is a 2007 vigilante action-thriller film directed by Neil Jordan and written by Roderick Taylor, Bruce A. Taylor and Cynthia Mort. The film stars Jodie Foster as Erica Bain, a New York City radio host whose fiancé is beaten to death by criminals. Terrified for her safety, she buys a pistol and undergoes a personality transformation, becoming a vigilante. Detective Sean Mercer investigates the vigilante…
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Hollywood in the first decade of 21st Century was already drenched into "political correctness". Yet, in those times, the film makers would occasionally indulge themselves with experiments that represented a significant deviation from the left-wing ideology. One such experiment brought together Joel Silver, the legendary producer of 1980s and 1990s "macho" action films, with none other than the Neil Jordan, esteemed…More
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Image Writer Roderick Taylor and director Neil Jordan crafted a deeply affecting thriller examining violent vengeance and society's tenuous hold over primal instincts with The Brave One. Jodie Foster gives a towering performance as radio host Erica Bain, her gentle nature shattered after a brutal assault leaves her soul seeking retribution through vigilantism on the gritty New York streets. Terrence Howard br…More
I missed it, so there is a good chance you may have been subject to the same thing. This film isn't exactly unique because there are plenty of revenge films out there but I would say that there where the lead does as good a job capturing the emotion as Jodie Foster does. src This theme has been done so many times that it is difficult to make it unique and in that regard the theme actually is NOT unique but the way i…More