In that regard, “Brave One” keeps things intriguing, with Foster’s haunted, fiercely committed performance certain to garner awards attention.

Taylor, and Cynthia Mort, who was brought in to provide a more convincing female voice.Īs with some of his best films, such as “The Crying Game” and “Mona Lisa,” Jordan is less concerned about genre technicalities than he is with the moral choices those situations bring out in the lead characters. Watching “Brave One,” it’s hard not to think about “Taxi Driver,” and if, somehow, Foster’s child prostitute could have picked up 30 years later where Travis Bickle left off.īut where the Martin Scorsese film had that complex Paul Schrader script, Jordan’s picture has to make do with a more conventional genre piece written by the father-and-son team of Roderick Taylor and Bruce A. In the interim, she also has found a sympathetic ear in NYPD detective Sean Mercer (an effectively pensive Terrence Howard), a by-the-book type grappling with his own moral dilemmas whose investigations might be pointing him in Erica’s direction sooner than he’s willing to act. Paralyzed by grief and fear, she obtains a gun, ostensibly for protection, but - and here’s where things start getting harder to swallow - Erica unwittingly stumbles across additional random acts of violence and becomes a pretty decent shot in the process.īy the time she tracks down her fiance’s assailants, Erica has become a full-fledged avenging angel. David’s wounds prove fatal, and though Erica ultimately recovers after a prolonged stay in the hospital, she’s left emotionally devastated. One early evening, Erica and her fiance, David (Naveen Andrews), are walking their dog in the park when they’re savagely attacked by a group of punks. 'The Handmaid's Tale' Boss on How Long That 'Inevitable' Twist Was in the Worksįoster turns in a compelling, emotionally raw performance as Erica Bain, the host of an NPR-type radio show titled “Street Walk,” in which she shares the recorded sounds and her live thoughts surrounding life in the Big Apple.

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