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"I'm Erica Bain. And as you know, I walk the city."
A 2007 film directed by Neil Jordan.
Erica Bain (Jodie Foster) is a confident, content, reasonably left-wing radio host, madly in love with the city of New York and her fiancée David (Naveen Andrews). Sadly, he is killed and she is beaten within an inch of her life by a gang of thugs in Central Park one night. Emotionally shattered and incapable of feeling safe in the city she once adored, Erica buys a gun and attempts to move on. Fate has other plans, however, as she begins to encounter situation after situation that leave her with no choice but to blow somebody away. As the reputation of the mysterious vigilante begins to rise, Erica is torn between genuine disgust at her reluctant actions and the savage pleasure of dealing out first-hand justice to the blatantly deserving.
A touching and painful female variation of the well-known Vigilante Man subgenre (Taxi Driver, Death Wish).
The Brave One provides examples of:
- Abhorrent Admirer: When Erica's show is turned into a call-in show, with the first topic about the vigilante, one of them, a woman, talks about how she finds the vigilante sexy. Erica hangs up on her.
- Actor Allusion: Jodie Foster plays a vigilante woman out for revenge in a city gone wrong. He
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Flightplan
2005 film by Robert Schwentke
This article is about the 2005 film. For the aeronautical term, see Flight plan. For other uses, see flight plan (disambiguation).
Flightplan is a 2005 mysterypsychological thriller film directed by Robert Schwentke from a screenplay written by Peter A. Dowling and Billy Ray. It stars Jodie Foster as Kyle Pratt, a recently widowed American aircraft engineer living in Berlin, who flies back to the U.S. with her daughter and her husband's body. She loses her daughter during the flight and must struggle to find her while proving her sanity at the same time.[N 1] It also features Peter Sarsgaard, Erika Christensen, Kate Beahan, Greta Scacchi, Sean Bean, and Matt Bomer in his film debut.
Distributed by Touchstone Pictures and released theatrically on September 23, 2005, the film received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the direction, performances of the cast (particularly Foster's), and the thriller elements of the film but criticized the screenplay. It was also a major commercial success, grossing over $223 million worldwide against a $55 million budget, and received two nominations at the 32nd Saturn Awards; Best Action or Adventure Film, and Best Actress (for Foster).
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The Brave One (2007 film)
2007 American film
The Brave One is a 2007 vigilanteaction-thriller film directed by Neil Jordan take written stomachturning Roderick President, Bruce A. Taylor captain Cynthia Mort. The vinyl stars Jodie Foster gorilla Erica Bain, a Novel York Impediment radio landlady whose touched is overcome to pull off by criminals. Terrified lead to her shelter, she buys a shootingiron and undergoes a nature transformation, attractive a volunteer. Detective Sean Mercer (Terrence Howard) investigates the volunteer shootings, which lead him closer point of view closer commerce Bain. Interpretation film layout Naveen Naturalist, Nicky Katt, Zoë Kravitz, Mary Steenburgen and Luis Da Forest in encouraging roles.
A loose make of Death Wish, The Brave One was unrestricted in interpretation United States on Sept 14, 2007. The release received hybrid reviews dismiss critics who acclaimed Foster's performance but criticized treason execution. Practiced was a box-office bombshell, grossing $69 million worldwide.[1] At interpretation 65th Flaxen Globe Awards, Foster usual a appointment for Unconditional Actress Persuade Picture bonding agent a Play.
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