I admit that I’m as fed up with the Jodie Foster revenge thriller (a film genre in itself) as I am with the Will Ferrell sports comedy or the Ashley Judd scorned woman procedural (something the actress has thankfully abandoned as of late). I’ve long thought that if Foster fights to protect one more daughter or seeks out one more killer she will be obliged to return her Oscar and confess sincerely to her loss of dignity. She made strides forward in last year’s Spike Lee heist film Inside Man (at least when compared to the downward spiral that was Flightplan), but since then she’s been awfully quiet. Now she’s back avenging a death and taking justice into her own hands in The Brave One, but I’m not quite ready to start the name calling process just yet. I’ll certainly reserve my right to point and mock and laugh, but I’m willing to let this one play out before I condemn. The Brave One stars foster as a woman coping with the death of her fiancé (“Lost” star Naveen Andrews) in a brutal, random mugging. Terrence Howard is the morally ambiguous detective uncertain of how to handle Foster’s dangerous vendetta. The accompanying cast is stellar, but the real reason I’m optimistic is that director Neil Jordan, who made his reputation with The Crying Game and reassured us of his vitality and talent with 2005’s grave yet flighty Breakfast On Pluto (a major milestone for actor Cillian Murphy), could very well deliver the sort of thriller Foster seems to have been chasing for the bulk of her career (or at least since starring in the all time classic thriller Silence of the Lambs). The trailer honestly seems like it could go either way, so I’ll have to wait and see. The film hits theaters on September 14th.Trailer:
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