addictedtofilm I just watched the movie on a Serbian cable channel, blissfully ignorant about it, and after the opening sequence in which Jodie Foster¨s character suffered that tragedy, I rushed to my computer to check the plot; I expected some boring, spiritual post-postmodern stuff like a mixture of "Ghost" movie and finding peace in meeting "a good person" who is soul twin of lost beloved one, and so on, but no - I discovered it is a "Death Wish" remake, updated in terms of political and gender correctness (and also in terms of mobile technology).And I loved it, specially compared to move "Larry Crowne" who I saw couple of days earlier on the same channel, and I discovered I had no patience anymore for such romance lemonades, and I was happy to continue watching "The Brave One".It's been quite a while since I wrote my last review, 15 years or so (!; in the mean time Mr. Ebert passed away...), and this probably doesn't look like a review at all, rather more like a blog of a wannabe vigilante.However, anyways, I got thrilled by the movie. Both films - I mean both "Larry Crowne" and "The Brave One" are equally improbable and spectator must suspend indeed disbelief for both, but "The Brave One" feels so good, it so good to see thugs killed, shot, smashed, destroyed.The plot is more elaborate and ethically better explained than in "Death Wish 1 and 2", it began as I said as predictable story of traumatized woman who needs a shrink who would tell her at the end of the film "It's not your fault", because the good shrinks always tells those words and the patient always get cured after that. I even thought it was a true story, as for example about that woman who recognized black cop as a culprit and he got sentenced to 20 years or to life, and I thought it was going to be another heavy film, only less convincing than an average episode for CBS Reality channel.But no, "The Brave One" was more plausible than kitchen reality programme with Anthony Burdain "The Taste" with its bland, fake quarrels.I loved silent agreement between Jodie Foster and Terence Howard. His character - homicide detective with a soul - is in fact most unbelievable character, but it is like libretto in opera: sounds silly, but singers (that is actors) make it credible. It is hard to imagine such police officer in real life, but Howard did it.Last third of the movie is little bit too slow in this complicated fermentation of their relationship, but in that respect the movie is building some more upon "Death Wish", creating some biblical dilemmas and abandoning concept of pure urban western story line.The film has but one comical relief but it is a good one; when young pot smoker is giving description for photo robot, and when he is describing Jodie's character and when he is talking about arrrs, breasts etc, and female police officer at the computer is just shaking her head on it. I can easily imagine audience giggling in the cinemas and long after the film is finished, when people for example stopped over in a pub for a drink.Tho most improbable thing in the film is that point when Jodie's character lost her Ipod in the subway (after very second vigilante shooting) they did not manage to discover anything. I mean, in this time when even hotmail.com is helplessly slowed down so as NSA can read each mail first and when satellites can trace your phones via FB accounts, com'on, that is ludicrous, but I still love that film.This is "Death Wish" free of sexism and open to women's point of view.What a great movie. I assume this film amongst other movies and books is announcing this populist wave which was crowned by Mr. Trump's victory. Those waves alternates every 11-14 years. For example W. Wellman's western "The Ox-Bow Incident" with Henry Fonda from 1943 is typical leftist, liberal movie against lynch, and 14 years later Fonda repeated same liberal attitude in Mr. Lummet's "12 Angry Men". In the mean time we saw right-wing paranoid movies in same time circles.What about "The Brave One", one might ask, is it leftists' movie or right-wing? It is right-wing, in disguise of lonesome woman's revenge. But it's just a theory, perhaps for some film columnist.This movie is soothing balsam for scared people's wounded hearts. One cannot believe any more that Tom Hanks character "Larry Crowne" can seduce Julia Roberts bitchhhy character (Hanks as a producer and actor even managed to destroy "Charlie Wilson's War" which had such a potential!), nor in ghosts who can time travel, neither in guarding angels and White Light at the end of a tunnel. But one WANTS to believe that thugs get punished in a foreseeable future.If it is not possible, it should have been possible.

Renaud P First, a very well made movie, beautiful photo made by a very experienced french director, with some shooting high vertically. Secondly, the story itself, for me,very different from "Death wish". Different because of what the end of "The Brave One" raises more precisely such issues as what would be the best choice: to trust justice and institutions or to do oneself the job ? In "Death wish", it's overall, what Ch.Bronson does, make falling aggression statistics,so: why not; and he seems "to like" acting this way. Jodie Foster, on the contrary, seems to be shared between a revenge and the consciousness that she has not the right to kill a man, to do her own justice. To finish, she proves again that she's still a very good actress; too much seen in France these years. Cdly,

Shelley Hughes How have I not seen this film before? I recorded it this week as it was shown on Film4 and it sounded interesting and I'm so glad I did because this film was excellently written and executed. There are vigilante films aplenty but Foster brings a whole new edge to things. She's an amazing actress. I thoroughly enjoyed this film and will be recommending it to friends and family.I was literally in tears at the end of the film and it gave me a sense of empowerment. 10/10!

cartoonheart45 The brave one was a success for me; it was irritating at some points, exciting at others points. It had what a crime movie should have. The main character was quiet gloomy and dark which made it interesting and attractive. Her strength made her look like a hero while committing crimes whether for the best of the humanity or for an individual matter. Let's put aside the legal matters, the movie was imposing some questions: are those people worth getting our hands dirty for or should we leave it until justice intervenes? This movie made it look like we're watching some super hero movie. The entire movie focused on the powerless police members who find themselves jobless with this woman stealing the lights. The detective was kind of falling in love with this new justice. It was fair enough for everyone; at some point he knew she was the one responsible of the mess and left her some encouragement notes. The movie had a really good aim. It showed how dirty can get the relationships in different part of the world even in the safest places and how unfaithfulness and disbelief that there's a higher power that's responsible for giving or taking lives and leaving judgments. Besides, it drew the lines of the current political situation making us realize that what's shown in the movie is exactly what's lived in real life structuring the interactions between the states. Who's playing the dark lady taking control of justice? Who's playing the blindfolded detective? The movie had great metaphors and some sarcastic images. Playing God won't guide to anywhere. The end was gloomy itself because there's two roads left after getting the new born killing sick machinery whether confessing the whole crimes or continuing the crimes until she'll get caught. I don't believe that she'll be getting some help to get back to her old life because she seemed quiet convinced of what she were getting her hands in. The perfect end was to leave it that way. Although it was a little disappointing because I was waiting impatiently to see if she'll get what she deserves at the end.