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I recently watched a film entitled the “Brave One” that stars Jodie Foster and came out in 2007. It was being aired on cable and I never had the opportunity to see it. It got lost in the mix I guess. This is one film that I could recommend to anyone that is stressed out or annoyed over an incident with another person. The Brave One left me feeling relieved and pleased that the good guy one.

The movie surrounds the life of Jodie Foster’s character. One evening her and her boyfriend took a walk with their dog through Central Park and got attacked. Foster’s fiance was killed and the killers took the dog after beating her almost to death.

As Foster recovers she finds New York a place she is afraid of until she gets tired of running and being fearful. She buys a gun for $1,000 and begins killing those that hurt others such as a drug dealer who pimps out girls in need of money. She kills two thugs on the subway when she was only minding her own business. After the thugs decide to harrass everyone on the subway they go after Foster leaving them alone with Foster. She shoots them after they threaten her and walks away. She becomes an unknown vigilante and struggles with her demons of right and wrong. Terrence Howard stars as a detective who investigates the random murders that only have a similarity of a 9mm gun. Howard becomes friends with Foster without knowing she is the vigilante.

I find this one film to take pleasure in. I enjoyed watching bad guys get what they deserve. This rarely happens these days and I think more films should display and react to the audience frustration especially during these times. Movies need to reflect what is going on and offer a place to vent for viewers who are left extremely frustrated. I wonder why The Brave One didn’t do better in theatres. It should have or maybe it didn’t come out at the right time.