Movie Review: The Brave One with Jodie Foster
Have you ever seen Jodie Foster in the nude? I must admit that this is something that I was always curious about. I remember some of the movies that I have seen in the past, like, Nell or Silence of the Lambs, and I have always wondered what is inside all of that clothing? Of course, now, she looks a lot more mature than before. Nevertheless, her blue eyes and sophisticated facial features are intact as always. Even more, her acting was superb. Her character, a radio talk show host who becomes an avenger, was depicted in a very humane way. She suffers through the whole process of transformation going from an innocent, in love career woman to a swift and unforgiving revenge machine.
As the story develops, her character experiences the death of her innocence and the emergence of a new self: A hero and a killer! After the brutal attack that she suffered in Central Park, she realizes that the conventional justice system will not address the consequences of her experience that night; as a result, she decides to become a dispenser of judgment to those who hurt her. She lost her soon to be husband who has murdered , her dog , and spent several weeks in the a hospital.Her sense of comfort and security (you know that feeling that people have when they think that nothing bad can happen to them)was gone. After leaving the hospital, on her way home, she realizes that her future husband to be is not there anymore. He is dead. Emotionally, she is destroyed and completely heartbroken. At this point, she decides not to look back by taking the law into her own hands and disposing of those who wronged her.
As the process of revenge unravels, the movie itself raises questions of integrity: right and wrong; also, the choices that have to be made. Erica Bain (the name of the character) starts killing all of those that executed the attack on her and loved ones. Furthermore, she saves the lives of other people who were victims or about to become victims themselves of other attacks and abuse. In my mind, I kept telling myself that her actions were justified since she was a victim herself. Nevertheless, I realized that I was wrong. It is not right to pursue revenge, but I also thought that as human beings, our instincts are primal! Even though most of us would not pursue a vendetta against someone who has wronged us, I know that the thought, at least, crosses our minds.
In the end, she accepts who she has become. Erica Bain, played by Jodie Foster incorporates her new identity to her former self; therefore, becoming an unforgiving justice dispenser! Towards the end of the movie, she kills her last bad guy with the help of a cop who she had befriended, and then, moves on with her life.
As I watched the movie, I experienced and array of emotions. In the beginning, I was shocked about what had happened to her, and I realized that it could be me, so I felt afraid. Moreover, as she transforms and becomes this person, I felt exalted. I kept saying to myself " now these pricks are going to get what they deserve" after my exaltation, I felt anger..I kept saying to myself "Why does stuff likes these happen to good people?" Why? And most importantly, why is revenge wrong? (Of course I know the answer to that, but my thoughts about the situation betrayed my sense of right and wrong at the moment). Finally, I was sad. She was alone, morally destroyed and crushed in the inside. Erica started to pick up the pieces of her life realizing that she had become a cold blooded killer who could never return to her former self.
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