![]() ![]() Who's never fantasized: what if I could just kill all the scum around me? Like "Falling Down" and so many other flicks, "The Brave One" appeals to our lower instincts, and - mildly - makes us imagine what would we do in Jodie's shoes, and how "simple and satisfying" it'd be just to kill them all. Watching a "fragile" woman like Foster becoming Charles Bronson in skirts is both entertaining and (questionably) gratifying. but it's not sicker than any other bloody action thriller out there. It's easy to call this a morally sick movie, because that's what is. ![]() If not for Jodie Foster's presence, I probably wouldn't bother watching "The Brave One" (even though I admire most of Neil Jordan's films). ![]() She decides to avenge him, and other helpless people, with her own hands. 31 years later, Iris is a popular radio host whose fiancé (Naveen Andrews) is killed in a random attack. He wants to protect the young prostitute Iris (Jodie Foster) from some pigs, and give her a better future. just flush it down the f***in' toilet", says Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro), in "Taxi Driver". "I think someone should just take this city and just. ![]()
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