The subversive Review by Vives Anunciacion Inquirer Libre September 12, 2007 Directed by Neil Jordan Starring Jodie Foster, Terrence Howard R13/ 119 minutes Warner Brothers/ Silver Pictures She was 12 years old when she portrayed a prostitute in Martin Scorsese’s classic Taxi Driver. She won her first Oscar as a rape victim in The Accused. Jodie Foster is known to take on strong roles, even as she traded barbs in Inside Man , between Clive Owen and Denzel Washington. A French director once compared her to God’s perfect acting machine. So what is she doing in The Brave One ? She becomes an action star. Foster plays radio commentator Erica Bain who spends her off-time recording everyday sounds of New York City and then makes romantic observations of the city’s decay in her show called Street Walk. While walking her dog in Central Park one night, Erica and her fiancé David (Naveen Andrews) are violently mugged. She wakes up after three weeks in a coma only to find out David dead. Erica...
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