
Erica Bain is a happy radio host from a city she loves and with a fiancé she adores. However, a brutal attack in New York's Central Park changes her life forever, leaving her in a coma for 3 weeks and her fiancé dead. In an attempt to feel safer after the attack, she buys a gun. However New York does not feel the same as it did anymore and Erica has several encounters where she is not afraid to use her new gun. Everyone is talking about a vigilante and Erica is forced to ta... (Full plot summary below)
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Erica Bain is a happy radio host from a city she loves and with a fiancé she adores. However, a brutal attack in New York's Central Park changes her life forever, leaving her in a coma for 3 weeks and her fiancé dead. In an attempt to feel safer after the attack, she buys a gun. However New York does not feel the same as it did anymore and Erica has several encounters where she is not afraid to use her new gun. Everyone is talking about a vigilante and Erica is forced to talk about them too on her radio show...
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| FilmStew.comRichard HorganYou half expect the CSI: New York characters played by Gary Sinise and Mila Karakanedes to show up at the first, second or third crime scenes. |
| PremiereGlenn KennyAn intense New York-set thriller that manages to be both commercial and contemplative, kick-ass and quietly, disturbingly insinuating. |
| ObserverAndrew SarrisThe Brave One has opened the fall movie season with a bang, indeed with a lot of bang, bang, bangs. Don't miss it. |
| Horror.comStaci Layne WilsonBy the time Foster says 'I want my dog back', you might be saying you want your money back. But by then, it will be too late. You'll have been seduced... |
| Detroit Free PressTerry LawsonThe Brave One is as bold a movie as we are likely to see this year, a movie that has more in common with 1970s provocations like Straw Dogs and Taxi Driver. |
| Internet ReviewsSteve RhodesFoster's subtle but gut-wrenching performance gives you a palpable sense of adrenaline and self-loathing at the same time |
| tonymedley.comTony MedleyFoster is remarkably believable. She never seems to be 'acting'. |
| Denver PostLisa KennedyWhat the screenwriters don't achieve in dialogue, director Jordan often delivers visually. He and his cinematographer employ a particularly powerful way to evoke Erica's resurfacing. It resembles a slow blink; it suggest a brain grappling to make sense. |
| E! OnlineDezhda GaubertThoughtful action picture? Meditation on grieving? The Brave One tries to be both but just misses its target, despite the presence of a magnetic Jodie Foster. |
| Seattle TimesMoira MacDonaldA violent action movie with a heart and soul. Watching it is difficult; forgetting it is more so. |