Much like Sean Patrick Flanery did in “The Boondock Saints,” except with eyeliner and lip-gloss.

Needless to say, he is oblivious that she is the one killing all the people whose deaths he investigates until the last 20 minutes of the film.īy this time, Erica has the names and addresses of the men who ended her deceased fiancÃ©’s life and is going after them with a vengeance. How he recognizes her face by listening to her radio talk show is beyond me. Meanwhile, Detective Sean Mercer (Terrence Howard) meets up with Erica at a crime scene of her latest kill and recognizes her from her talk show. This starts a trend of righteous, but uncontrollable killing of wrong-doers. However, only after Erica could get a few shots off through a bottle of beer and sloppily into his head. Inconveniently, Erica’s phone goes off while attempting to hide, giving the ‘Aerosmith roadie’ a chance to empty the other half of that magazine.

While buying a soda or a case of beer, a man from “the roadie crew of Aerosmith,” so deemed later, entered the liquor store she was in and emptied half a magazine into the chest of the woman behind the counter. Only this time, she has a 9mm handgun stashed in her purse and only two facial expressions for the rest of the film. However, she is told that her fiancÃ© was already dead and six feet under by that time, much to her dismay.Īfter spending a few days locked away in her apartment, scared of the world and all of its cruel, heartless people, Erica gathers her strength and starts life all over again. After spending almost three weeks on a respirator, Erica finally becomes conscious. Then comes the inevitable ripping apart of happily ever after: Erica and her fiancÃ© are brutally beaten while taking their dog for a walk at night in Central Park. “The Brave One” starts out as a romance, showing Erica Bain (Foster) a New York radio talk show host engaged to a charming doctor (Naveen Andrews) and having everything she could ever want. Her latest box office attempt is no different. “Flight Plan,” “Panic Room,” and now “The Brave One.” Jodie Foster has always played the character who must overcome tragedy with violence.

Erica the brave one