The Brave One (2007)
Average Rating: 5.5/10
Reviews Counted: 183
Fresh: 78 | Rotten: 105
Magnetic by between Jodie Foster and Terrence Howard can't quite compensate for The Brave One's problematic and unconvincing eye-for-an-eye moral.
Average Rating: 5.4/10
Critic Reviews: 40
Fresh: 14 | Rotten: 26
Magnetic by between Jodie Foster and Terrence Howard can't quite compensate for The Brave One's problematic and unconvincing eye-for-an-eye moral.
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Neil Jordan's The Brave One stars Jodie Foster as a happy woman whose life changes irrevocably after a brutal assault leaves her partner (Naveen Andrews) dead. The woman, feeling that the police investigation will be unable to catch the perpetrators, begins to live in constant fear. This outlook results in the woman eventually dispatching vigilante justice. Terrence Howard co-stars as the officer in charge of the investigation. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi
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Cast
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Jodie Foster
Erica Bain -
Terrence Howard
Detective Sean Mercer -
Nicky Katt
Detective Vitale -
Naveen Andrews
David Kirmani -
Mary Steenburgen
Carol -
Ene Oloja
Josai -
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Blake Foster
Cash -
Rafael Sardina
Reed -
Jane Adams (II)
Nicole -
Gordon MacDonald
Murrow -
Zöe Kravitz
Chloe -
John Magaro
Ethan -
Victor Colicchio
Cutler -
Jermel Howard
Thug on Subway -
Dennis L.A. White
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Julia Garro
Shauna Nelson -
Brian Delate
Detective Pitney -
Lenny Venito
Mortell -
Carmen Ejogo
Jackie -
Dana Eskelson
Sketch Artist -
Angel Sing
Gun Dealer -
Yolande Bavan
David's Mother -
Ivo Velon
James -
Tina Sloan
Stationary Saleswoman -
Jaime Tirelli
Pawn Shop Guy -
Larry Fessenden
Sandy Combs -
Nguyen Anh Hoa
Ida Combs -
Brian Tarantina
Gun Store Clerk -
Michael Anthony Williams
Subway Dad -
Jesús Ruiz
Chief of Detectives -
Hope Adams
Press Conference Report... -
Joseph Melendez
Press Conference Report... -
Ted Neustadt
Press Conference Report... -
Brett Berg
Ethan's Friend -
Dr. Jeffery Manko
Emergency Room Doctor -
Mick Cunningham
Precinct Cop -
Lisa Joyce
CPA Worker -
Tom Greer
Desk Cop -
David Naizir
Guy Outside Subway Stat... -
Robert Michael McClure
Sound Engineer -
Tashya Valdevit
Erica's Nurse -
Lai-Si Fernandez
Shauna's Friend -
Moises Acevedo
Reed's Runner -
Dennis Johnson
Reed's Runner -
Jack Caruso
Subway Detective -
Jim Taylor McNickle
Subway Detective -
Rosanne C. Lucarelli
Subway Reporter -
Leif Riddell
Subway Reporter -
DeShaun Stallworth
Subway Reporter -
Michael J. Burg
Elevator Man -
Creighton James
Elevator Man -
Clayton Dean Smith
Elevator Man -
Barbara Gayle
Elevator Woman -
Anna Margaret Hollyman
Elevator Woman -
Lily Mercer
Elevator Woman -
Musto Pelinkovicci
Russian Cab Driver -
Dean Meminger
NY1 Reporter -
Cheryl Wills
NY1 TV Anchor -
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All Critics (191) | Top Critics (42) | Fresh (78) | Rotten (105) | DVD (21)
The Brave One is not merely the most morally repellent film of the year, but a contender for the stupidest.
Top CriticBeautifully played, the tantalising accretion of mutual understanding between Foster and Howard is one of the film's strengths, yet the plot machinations required to lever it into position would overstretch credibility in the clunkiest action flick.
The fire goes out long before the film ends.
I think The Brave One could have been a better film with a different ending, but it's still a well-crafted, thought-provoking story with outstanding performances.
Foster does her best with a flawed story whose ending rings even less true than the rest of it.
Jodie Foster and thoughtful Irish international director Neil Jordan take us to places we'd probably rather avoid.
The Brave One can at times be a brutal, violent and harrowing portrait of an over burdened system, where thugs rule the streets and the corrupt contaminate the upper echelon of society. It is also an un-original revenge/vigilante story.
Deplorable urban-vengeance melodrama
You know what would be brave? Making an unflinching film about a difficult-to-tackle topic and complex characters, and sticking to your message, damn the torpedoes.
The Brave One is worth seeing for the scenes between Terrence Howard and Jodie Foster.
They're trotting it around at all the festivals trying to distract everyone from how bad it is.
[A] dopey action movie featuring the contributions of people too talented to waste their time on something this risible.
Jordan je, koriste%u0107i svoj nesumnjivi re%u017Eijski talent, snimio film koji je istovremeno i staromodan i moderan
The switch is flipped so quickly by Erica that I didn't root for her vengeance, I felt sorry for her.
The Brave One feels like a superhero movie, charting the familiar story of an unsuspecting everywoman who discovers one day that a gun gives her special powers to right wrongs and uphold justice.
Audience identification with the movie really rests on whether you're turned off by this freestyle, really pissed off judge and jury female assassin, or else in the mood to cut this loose cannon sexy sniper some slack.
If nothing else, enjoy Nicky Katt's hilariously smart-ass one-liners.
The movie never seems entirely plausible. Yet it makes no difference; we still get involved with it.
In this dreary, cockamamie Valentine to New York City haters, concocted by the father/son team of Roderick and Bruce A. Taylor--a good argument for the government sterilization of a certain family's genes--radio personality Erica Bain (Foster) is confront
Just a more superficially sober version of Death Wish.
The profoundly discouraging ending doesn't work.
Una película mediocre, sensacionalista y manipuladora filmada por un buen director.
An unapologetic genre picture powered by a pair of honest performances that plucks our emotional strings and races our pulses.
You will be rooting for her to off more bad guys, rather than understanding that she is disturbed and out of control.
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