Jodie Foster

Terrence Howard

Nicky Katt

Naveen Andrews

Mary Steenburgen

Ene Oloja

Luis Da Silva, Jr.

Blaze Foster

Rafael Sardina

Zoë Kravitz

Gordon MacDonald

John Magaro

Jane Adams

Victor Colicchio

Jermel Howard

Dennis L.A. White

Laila Liliana Garro

James Biberi

Brian Delate

Lenny Venito

Carmen Ejogo

Dana Eskelson

Angel Sing

Yolande Bavan

Ivo Velon

Tina Sloan

Jamie Tirelli

Larry Fessenden

An Nguyen

Brian Tarantina

Michael Anthony Williams

Jesus Ruiz

Hope Adams

Joseph Melendez

Ted Neustadt

Brett Berg

Jeffrey Manko

Mick Cunningham

Lisa Joyce

Tom Greer

David Naizir

Bob McClure

Tashya Valdevit

Lai-Si Fernandez

Moisés Acevedo

Dennis Leonard Johnson

Jack Caruso

Jim Taylor McNickle

Rosanne Lucarelli

Leif Riddell

DeShaun Stallworth

Michael J. Burg

Creighton James

Clayton Dean Smith

Barbara Gayle

Anna Margaret Hollyman

Lily Mercer

Musto Pelinkovicci

Dean Meminger

Cheryl Wills

David Boston

Dominick Cicco

Vanessa DeMira

Ev Depaolis

Rick Derby

Joe Remy Dolinsky

Doug Ferony

Renee Fishman

Roy William Gardner

Chuck Gerena

Bianca Giancoli

Kalon Jackson

Tina King

Tia Latrell

Isaac Orlando

Loukas Papas

Adam S. Phillips

Alfredo Romeo Suarez

Donna Ross

Kenny Shapiro

Alia Tarraf

Tony Lawson

Susan Downey

Laura Rosenthal

Bruce A. Taylor

Neil Jordan

Cynthia Mort

Philippe Rousselot

Catherine Marie Thomas

Roderick Taylor

Joel Silver

Herb Gains

Bruce Berman

Aaron Auch

Dana Goldberg

David Gambino

Philip Stockton

Kelly Gleason

Lydia Marks

Robert Guerra

Kristi Zea

Steven Ritzi

Allan Zaleski

Robert Topol

Marion Kolsby

Glenn Allen

Neal Norton

Claire Kirk

Frances Fiore

Tom Fleischman

Abbot Genser

Sara Flamm

Ghilaine Bouadana

Eric J. Robertson

Richard Friedlander

Edward Pisoni

Cara Borrelli

Dave Weinman

Mary Cybulski

Darrell K. Keister

Rico Omega Alston

Michael Connell

Joseph A. Alfieri Jr.

Jeff Brink

John Scott Cook

Robert T. Striem

Jill Merritt

Chick Bernhard

Peter Epstein

Bobby Beckles

Bob Colletti

Douglas Crosby

Dave Pope

Mike Rufino

Chrissy Weathersby Ball

Roy Farfel

Joe Renz

Jeremy Fry

David S. Lomax

Jared Burke

Wayne Cerullo

Darren Cerullo

Vince Cupone

Jill Stokesberry

Chris Barnes

Stephen A. Pope

Chad Knorr

Blaise Corrigan

Henry Kingi Jr.

Jeffrey Lee Gibson

Hans Raith

Gine Lui

Dario Marianelli

John Cenatiempo

Jill Brown

Peter Bulavinetz

Keith Bunting

Eric Dean

Rachel Leek

John G. Velez

Bill Daimant

Derek Murphy

Brian Mannain

Joseph 'Joby' DeLuca

Darrin Smith

Michael Saccio

Denis Zack

Bear Davies

Edward J. Johnson

Julio Daniel Rodriguez

William MacGhee

Kyra Panchenko

Marjorie Durand

Laura Downing

Jerry DeCarlo

James Klotsas

Suzy Mazzarese-Allison

Kalina Ivanov

Crime

Drama

Thriller

The Brave One

Village Roadshow Pictures

Silver Pictures

Warner Bros. Pictures

United States of America

There is no going back, to that other person, that other place. This thing, this stranger, she is all you are now.

Erica Bain (Jodie Foster) survives a vicious subway attack that saw her intended husband killed. Unsatisfied with the police efforts to catch the killers, and submerged by grief, she decides to take matters into her own hands and clear the streets of criminal vermin...

Well there's no getting away from it, this is basically a feminist version of Death Wish. Director Neil Jordan pitches the always great Foster right into the moral quagmire of vigilante justice. This is a smart and provocative vigilante thriller at the core, yet the preposterous machinations on show render it somewhat annoying - none more so than with the finale which is just ridiculous.

Erica takes up a gun, it becomes her comfort blanket, and as she battles with self loathing of what she is doing, she amazingly starts ridding the streets of scumbags. We are also asked to swallow that she becomes very tight to the lead detective investigating the vigilante crimes, played by Terence Howard (superb).

Unfortunately, Jordan seems to run out of guts to follow through in creating something worth saying. Instead pitching Erica in increasingly daft situations, with dialogue to match, for a film with a lady lead kicking butt, the whole thing actually lacks balls. The lead actors ensure it's no stinker, and who doesn't feel a punch the air moment in them as scumbag criminals gets what's due? But really it's an above average vigilante film at best. 6/10

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The Brave One - Official® Trailer 2 [HD]

The Brave One - Official® Trailer 1 [HD]