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Radio host Erica Bain (Jodie Foster) is working and living a wonderful life in New York City without a care in the world. One night she and her fiancé, David (Naveen Andrews), are brutally attacked by three thugs in the park. David is killed and Erica is beaten within an inch of her life. Erica is traumatized to a point where she can not sleep and will not leave her apartment. To cope and work past this tragic event, Erica becomes someone else. She buys a gun and begins to roam the streets at night looking to take her revenge on the men who were responsible for killing her one true love. One late night, Erica is in the back of a convenience store about to purchase a soft drink when a man comes in and kills the woman clerk. She is a witness, and he comes after her. Erica protects herself and finds that it is very easy to shoot a gun. Days later, Erica is on the subway when she is about to be raped by two men, and again she protects herself. The City of New York is fascinated with the exploits of this vigilante killer, and NYPD Detective Mercer (Terrence Howard) is trying to catch this person, before he kills again. Erica gets a lead of where she can find the three men in the park, so they will be next. Douglas Young (the-movie-guy)





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Sejak debut Oscarnya di The Accused (1988), Jodi Foster menjadi langganan berperan sebagai seorang wanita tangguh dan berkarakter seperti di film Flightplan (2005) dan Panic Room(2002). Dan sekarang di film terbaru besutan Neil Jordan ini Foster berperan sebagai wanita gagah berani yang menghukum pelaku2 kriminal.

Tokoh Erica Bain (Jodie Foster) tadinya hanyalah seorang Radio DJ dengan kehidupan yang lengkap dan cukup bahagia dimana karirnya berjalan lancar serta memiliki seorang tunagan yang mencintainya.

Tetapi kebahagian Erica serta merta lenyap dan merubah nasibnya ketika dia dan pacarnya diserang secara brutal oleh 3 orang kriminal di sebuah taman yang menyebabkan Erica terluka parah dan kekasihnya David (Naveem Andrews) meninggal.

Kejadian ini menyebabkan Erica terpuruk dalam trauma yang berat dan sangat menggangu hidupnya hingga akhirnya ia merasa muak dan kemudian mengambil keputusan yang sangat radikal, dengan berbekal sepucuk pistol Erica mulai menelusuri jalan-jalan di New York dan menghukum para pelaku criminal yang ia temui.

Konfliknya mulai memuncak ketika sepat terjang Erica mulai menarik perhatian publik dan penegak hukum, sementara Erica pun mulai larut dalam kebimbangan karena transformasi perilaku yang ia lakukan.

Melihat film-film Jodie Foster sebelumnya seperti Flightplan, Panic Room, The Silence of The Lambs, keliatannya The Brave One menjanjikan tontonan Thriller Drama yang seru dan layak tonton.





Director : Neil Jordan
Writers : Roderick Tailor/Bruce A. Tailor
Release Date : 14 September 2007 (USA)
Genre : Crime, Drama, Thriller
Cast : Jodie Foster, Terrence Howard, Nicky Katt, Naveen Andrews, Marie Steenburgen, Ene Oloja, Luis Da Silva Jr, Blaze Foster, Rafael Sardina, Jane Adams