The Brave One
New York radio host Erica Bain (Jodie Foster) has a life that she loves and a
fiancé she adores. All of it is taken from her when a brutal attack leaves
Erica badly wounded and her fiancé dead. Unable to move past the tragedy, Erica
begins prowling the city streets at night to track down the men she holds
responsible.
Her dark pursuit of justice catches the public’s attention, and the city
is riveted by her anonymous exploits. But with the NYPD desperate to find the
culprit and a dogged police detective (Terrence Howard) hot on her trail, she
must decide whether her quest for revenge is truly the right path, or if she is
becoming the very thing she is trying to stop.
Critic Reviews:
- " May be a potboiler at heart, but its moral ambiguity combined with
Foster's stellar performance make for something that is compulsively watchable
and hard to get out of your head. " –
Matthew Lucas
- " A superior vigilante flick. " –
Kaleem Aftab
- " An unapologetic genre picture powered by a pair of honest performances
that plucks our emotional strings and races our pulses. " – Sean
O'Connell