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The Brave One Reviews
It will keep you on the edge of your seat. The Brave One has lots of action, drama, and suspense.
Although I sympathized with her character it still felt like her vigalante methods were not a good way to heal. Usually Foster chooses roles that are a bit different. See it for the performances, but I didn't see anything new here about street justice. I'm assuming because her character faces a devasting loss and stripped of her confidence she chose to this movie. The problem is not with Foster though who is always good. Howard also is good as the cop who gets frustrated when the bad guys get away with murder. The message seemed to be that it's a good way to right the wrongs.
A frustrating waste of time. oh my god, I love Jodie Foster and yet felt like she was asleep throughout this movie.
It will make you afraid to step foot in NYC, with it's portrayal of random street and subway violence. Violent and pointless. Also, Nicky Katt, one of my fave actors, has just a bit role.
That person is dead and gone, always replaced by a new person having no "illusions" or ideals about safety, truth or justice. The story makes a convincing case for the idea that extreme trauma almost always prevents one from returning to that innocent "person", or possessing that tranquil state of mind he or she believed they were in prior to being a victim of violence. Nevertheless, this story was a chilling and exciting roller coaster of a film and I recommend it for all fans of action movies as well as wonderful Jodie Foster. The question is how to proceed from that point on. The idea that revenge and violence is inescapable is troubling, but I don't believe it to be necessarily true as Jodie Foster's character emphatically did. The Brave One was an excellent film which deserves a five star rating. Besides the very excellent action story featuring an abundance of action and violence, this story has a lot to say about never being able to return to who you were prior to being made the victim of a violent crime.
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