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The Brave One (Blu-ray)
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The Brave One (Blu-ray)
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| | | How Many Wrongs to Make it Right?
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"Why don't they stop me?" Erica Bain wonders. Bain, a popular N.Y radio host, watched her fiance die and nearly lost her own life to a vicious, random attack. Now she discovers a stranger within herself, an armed wanderer in the urban night, out for vengeance and at war with her own soul. Two-time Academy Award winner Jodie Foster, as Erica, joins Oscar nominee Terrence Howard, as a determined cop hot on her trail. Erica's future is uncertain, but one thing is not: The Brave One is a high- tension thriller that packs a visceral and emotional punch.
"An intense New York-set thriller that manages to be both commercial and contemplative, kick-ass and quietly, disturbingly insinuating." Glenn Kenny, Premiere
"Not since "The Crying Game" has Jordan crafted as compelling a motion picture." James Berardinelli's ReelViews
"An electrifying thriller." Karen Durbin, Elle Magazine
"...Foster commands the screen and delivers one of her finest performances, one that should again put her front and center at the Academy Awards." Pete Hammond, Maxim
"One of the best movies of the year." Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Editor's Note
Director Neil Jordan (THE CRYING GAME) injects the standard revenge saga with new life by asking difficult questions about the meaning of courage in his thriller THE BRAVE ONE. Jodi Foster (THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, INSIDE MAN) showcases her knack for playing characters with a mix of strength and vulnerability, while Terrence Howard's tender charisma comes through IN Mercer, the cop who knows more than he's letting on. Foster plays New Yorker Erica Bain, a radio talk show host happily engaged to a doctor (Naveen Andrews, LOST). The walls of Erica's safe existence come tumbling down one night during a walk through Central Park with her boyfriend, during which they are mugged, he is killed, and she is severely beaten. When she wakes from a coma three weeks later, Erica's eyes assume a haunted look and she fears the city she once loved. So she buys a gun, and when she witnesses a domestic fight and murder in an all-night convenience store, she uses it to save herself. This first murder opens the door to others, as Erica takes to the streets at night, baiting criminals and extracting her revenge. Her vigilante actions become sensationalized in the media, while her talk show becomes a platform from which to explore her new feelings about New York, the "safest big city in the world." Detective Mercer, who was assigned to Erica's original case, begins to put the pieces together as the bond between the two grows stronger. THE BRAVE ONE is a gritty, engaging, and well-crafted thriller that relies on strongly developed characters, rather than action and violence, to carry a story that makes no easy assumptions about the definitions of good and evil.
| Features | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound | | Deleted Scenes | | Featurette: I Walk The City | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | This Is A Blu-Ray DVD Made For Blue-Laser Format Players Which Produce Higher Quality Picture & Sound |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Warner |
| Release Date: 2/5/2008 |
| Running Time: 122 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2007 | | Catalog ID: 1000024007 | | UPC: 00085391139843 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Available Subtitles: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Widescreen 2.35:1 |
| Cast & Crew | Jodie Foster | | Mary Steenburgen | | Naveen Andrews | | Terrence Howard | | Bruce A. Taylor - Based On Story By | | Cynthia Mort, et. al. - Screenplay | | Dario Marianelli - Original Music By | | Jodie Foster - Executive Producer | | Joel Silver - Producer | | Kristi Zea - Production Designer | | Neil Jordan - Director | | Philippe Rousselot - Cinematographer | | Robert Guerra - Art Director | | Roderick Taylor - Based On Story By | | Tony Lawson - Editor |
| Awards |
Nominee (2008) | | | Golden Globe, Jodie Foster, Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama |
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