Review of The Brave One (2007) by Kari S — 02 Feb 2009

A somewhat different version of the good ol' vigilante story. Mainly different since this is drama instead of action. I'm, once again, not quite sure if I like Jodie Foster. She always seems like she's overacting a bit even when she's not and it was no different in this film. She wasn't all bad, though, and the rest of the cast did pretty well. People have been complaining about the story not making sense but to me it made sense very well and the movie had a surprisingly realistic feel.

My only bigger complaints are the ending, which felt like it was from a different movie altogether, and the fact that it still WAS a pretty average vigilante movie storywise, so I felt like I had seen it all before - just that I watched it from a slightly different angle this time.