The Brave One

Early B.
Early B. Posts: 7,900
edited May 2008 in Music & Movies
Just watched it. This was a decent movie. Kinda interesting. Worth a rental.
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  • Music Joe
    Music Joe Posts: 459
    edited February 2008
    The ending actually did surprise me. Overall I liked the cop/Foster dynamic. 'Death Sentence' the other hollywood revenge offering was watchable too.
    I think 'The Brave One' draws a comparo to 'Death Wish' and 'Death Sentence' had a Taxidriver vibe going. Foster's equal opportunity death dispatcher -vs- Bacon appendage blasting death dealing on one particular infestation.
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  • muncybob
    muncybob Posts: 3,065
    edited February 2008
    It was entertaining to me but I would have rather had more suspense in the cop finding out who the killer was.
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  • MrNightly
    MrNightly Posts: 3,370
    edited February 2008
    Good flick. Nothing ground breaking, but worthy of a rental. Great acting by Foster and the cop guy... besides that... eh.
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  • trubluluc
    trubluluc Posts: 2,067
    edited April 2008
    Pretty well done, with good acting all around and a fairly realistic plot.
    Jody kick some decent ****, not sure how the tire iron scene would have really gone down, but...
    And yes, I wasn't sure how the ending would turn out, so that was a plus.
    I'll give it a thumbs up.

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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited May 2008
    Just saw this last night. It was pretty good. Jodie overacted as usual but I loved Terrence Howard (I always do). I also was absolutely NOT sold on her love for her fiance'. She never is able to pull off those hetero relationships in movies. Just absolutely no chemistry. Very forced ( I wonder why :p?)

    I did enjoy the movie though. Recommend the rental.
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited May 2008
    darla you are a little devil..........I never knew, no matter. She's hot, always has been.
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited May 2008
    reeltrouble1 wrote: »
    darla you are a little devil..........I never knew, no matter. She's hot, always has been.

    I agree. Just not believable in romantic roles. (Sommersby, Maverick, The King and I - not so much.)


    Maybe if they worked on the casting a bit I would believe it.:p
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  • Early B.
    Early B. Posts: 7,900
    edited May 2008
    wingnut4772 wrote: »
    I agree. Just not believable in romantic roles. (Sommersby, Maverick, The King and I - not so much.)

    Not much sex apeal. That's probably it.
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited May 2008
    her look in Contact did it for me. of course she was uber sexy in Silence of the Lambs.
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  • Ron Temple
    Ron Temple Posts: 3,212
    edited May 2008
    I liked this one. I thought Foster's characterization was very believable and that Howard stole every scene. I was really expecting the telegraphed dark ending and so was mildly surprised.

    Foster should do a "Road to" (ala Hope & Crosby) picture with Ellen DeGeneris ;).

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