“The Brave One” –
Jodie Foster, Terrence Howard, Nicky Katt, Naveen Andrews
I struggled with this as I know Foster is capable of so much more depth. This felt like the tip of her iceberg. Her fiancé is killed and she is beaten to comatose by thugs in Central Park one night. When she comes to and starts to grapple with the grief, she suddenly becomes acutely aware of the ever darker side of Manhattan. She is a talk radio host focusing on street life, but no longer separate from it, she becomes a night time vigilante. The confusing part is when the cops seem to back her up. While she is anonymous and taking out bad guys, they turn the other cheek, and we are left wondering if because she is getting the bad guys, while illegal, is it okay?
