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New York radio host Erica Bain (Jodie Foster) endures a brutal attack that leaves her badly injured and her beloved fiance dead. The tragedy haunts her, and she sets forth on a personal quest for revenge. Her exploits captivate city residents but, as a determined detective (Terrence Howard) closes in on her, Erica wonders if she is now no better than those she hunts.
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As vigilantes go, Erica Bane, the one Jodie Foster plays in "The Brave One," is a peach. Erica is sympathetic and so inherently rational that she's never convinced that she's doing the right thing, even though plugging bad guys with a 9mm gun obviously feels, on some level, very satisfying to her. She's got a moral compass; it's just been banged up. (Full review)