The Brave One

20072007
RR
2h 2min

Jodie Foster in The Brave One (2007)

The Brave One -Trailer #2

Action Crime Drama

Struggling to recover emotionally from a brutal assault that killed her fiancé and left her in a coma, a radio personality begins a quest for vengeance against the perpetrators that leaves a bloody trail across New York ... Read allStruggling to recover emotionally from a brutal assault that killed her fiancé and left her in a coma, a radio personality begins a quest for vengeance against the perpetrators that leaves a bloody trail across New York City.Struggling to recover emotionally from a brutal assault that killed her fiancé and left her in a coma, a radio personality begins a quest for vengeance against the perpetrators that leaves a bloody trail across New York City.Struggling to recover emotionally from a brutal assault that killed her fiancé and left her in a coma, a radio personality begins a quest for vengeance against the perpetrators that leaves a bloody trail across New York City.Struggling to recover emotionally from a brutal assault that killed her fiancé and left her in a coma, a radio personality begins a quest for vengeance against the perpetrators that leaves a bloody trail across New York City.

Director
- Neil Jordan
Writers
- Roderick Taylor(screenplay)
- Bruce A. Taylor(screenplay)
- Cynthia Mort(screenplay)
Stars

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Awards
- 1 win & 7 nominations

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The Brave One -Trailer #2

The Brave One -Trailer #2

Jodie Foster in The Brave One (2007)

Jodie Foster and Lenny Venito in The Brave One (2007)

Naveen Andrews in The Brave One (2007)

Terrence Howard in The Brave One (2007)

Jodie Foster in The Brave One (2007)

Jodie Foster and Terrence Howard in The Brave One (2007)

Jodie Foster in The Brave One (2007)

Jodie Foster, Victor Colicchio, and Zoë Kravitz in The Brave One (2007)

Jodie Foster and Zoë Kravitz in The Brave One (2007)

Jodie Foster in The Brave One (2007)

Neil Jordan in The Brave One (2007)

Jodie Foster in The Brave One (2007)

Director
- Neil Jordan
Writers
- Roderick Taylor(screenplay) (story)
- Bruce A. Taylor(screenplay) (story)
- Cynthia Mort(screenplay)
All cast & crew

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Erica Bain is a happy radio host from a city she loves and with a fiancé she adores. However, a brutal attack in New York's Central Park changes her life forever, leaving her in a coma for 3 weeks and her fiancé dead. In an attempt to feel safer after the attack, she buys a gun. However New York does not feel the same as it did anymore and Erica has several encounters where she is not afraid to use her new gun. Everyone is talking about a vigilante and Erica is forced to talk about them too on her radio show... —Abby

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Taglines
- How many wrongs to make it right?
Genres
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated R for strong violence, language and some sexuality
Parents guide

Trivia
Jodie Foster made $15 million for this, the most she's been paid for any movie.

Goofs
The closing credits list the wedding invitation lady as "Stationary Saleswoman", but "stationary" means "not moving". The word that means paper and envelopes is "stationery".

Quotes
Elevator Man #1: Gross. Who's he gonna shoot next, Donald Trump?

Connections
Featured in HBO First Look: The Brave One (2007)

Soundtracks
You Don't Know Me
Written by Eddy Arnold and Cindy Walker
Performed by Elvis Presley
Courtesy of The RCA Records Label
By arrangement with Sony BMG Music Entertainment

Top review

8/10

Jodie Foster Alone

A genre movie directed by an artist, Neil Jordan in this particular case. That is a formula that sometimes works and sometimes doesn't. This time does, big time and I suspect it has to do with the artist behind the camera leaving the artist in front of the camera to her own devices and we all know that Jodie Foster's devices can be miraculous sometimes. The anguishing feel of solitude permeates Jodie's performance that's why I imagine Neil Jordan leaving her alone. Her decisions, I mean the character's and the actress's, seem to have been taken without consulting anyone. They are as pure as they are insane. I predict Miss Foster will be up for her third Oscar unless a miracle happens in the next three months. Well done!

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Budget
- $70,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $36,793,804
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $13,471,488
- Sep 16, 2007
Gross worldwide
- $69,787,394

See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

Runtime
- 2h 2min
Color
- Color
Sound mix
Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1

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