The Brave One
Jodie Foster and her fiance are out walking their dog. The dog gets grabbed by some punks who then beat the living shit right out of both of them, which kills said fiance but Jodie survives.
Jodie is a bit agoraphobic after that incident and goes out to buy a gun. A few more wrongs happen, such as punks on the subway, husband killing his convenience store wife, bad guy who gets away with too much stuff, but, luckily, our hero is there with her gun. She kills them all.
Our cop, Terence Howard, finally notices that she was at the scene and does a little investigating. Jodie has become pretty friendly with our cop. They like each other.
So when Jodie gets attacked again and can’t get to her trusty gun, who do you think is there to help her out?
It was a good movie. I would have liked even more anger but overall I thought Jodie was believable. I find her a good actress.
Rent it, even though you now know the whole storyline. Jodie Foster turns Charles Bronson. Delicious. And she’s much better looking than Charles Bronson too.
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Actually, Minna, now that you say that, I think the Stranger in You was probably a better title for this movie since she became a totally different person (a killing person) and unrecognizable to herself, or I guess unknowing that she had that in her. As for The Brave One, I don’t know that I felt she was brave for going and killing all those people.
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is the new 30. I want the world to close their mouths when they’re eating or chewing gum. If they don’t, I want to elbow them in the face.
You know, I could’ve sworn I’ve seen this movie but I couldn’t remember a single thing about it. I also wondered because it’s not exactly the type of movie I’d go see voluntarily. I checked out IMDB and then I finally remembered why I had such a vivid (albeit incomplete) memory of it: when it came out in Finland I couldn’t stop being amazed, annoyed, and baffled about it’s “translated name” — Stranger in You. I mean, who picks out a name in the original language and it’s not even the same name as the original! What’s wrong with “The Brave One”? Does “Stranger in You” have anything to do with the movie?