The Brave One

The Brave One

Suspense movie. 122 minutes. Released in 2007. Directed by Neil Jordan. Starring Jodie Foster.

It follows a woman who was fatally attacked by thugs at night and whose lover was killed at the time. After leaving the hospital, she illegally gets a pistol so as to protect herself and calm her heart and begins to execute hoodlums in the night town by the gun from a trigger.

Who can tell a person, whose lover was murdered by bad guys, not to retaliate them, especially if the lover's life is more precious to the person's one. Their term in prison cannot surpass the person's outburst. I felt like that after watching it. Jodie Foster gave a good performance as the woman Erica. The diminutive lady with a bob was adorable and brave when she aimed the gun. Then, she was pretty like in her thirties despite being in her middle forties when it was released. Moreover, I was touched by the relationship the African American detective and her.

It focused on the soul of Erica, made me think what is justice and is a good movie.

I did not like Death Wish starring Bruce Willis when I saw it for the first time some years ago, so several months later I first saw the original film starring Charles Bronson. The story says that a man privately executes punks in the night town after bad guys murdered his wife and mentally injured his daughter when he was out. Although I thought of it as old because it was filmed in 1974, yet I loved it as well as the this one.