The Brave One.

Last Friday night, after Chief's dental appointment, we watched "The Brave One." Chief is a fan of Jodie Foster. And am a fan of Chief, so guess, that brought us at Glorietta Cinema 3 with Smokey's Hotdog and popcorn to enjoy Jodie Foster's presence on the big screen.

It is an eye for an eye thriller that brings Jodie's character to seek vengeance not only for the thugs that killed her boyfriend but for all the crime in New York City. Watching this movie sure did bring back memories when Chief and I were in the Big Apple last December 2003. Luckily, we didn't witness any crimes. Guess, it is due to the cold winter. Plus, we didn't get to move around Central Park.

Jodie Foster plays Erica Bain, a radio talk personality who waks the streets of New York and shares the sounds and the stories thorugh her show "Street Walk." Until one day, she and her fiance David Kirmani (Naveen Andrews from Lost) are attacked in Central Park. David is killed and it takes weeks for Erica to recover and discover she has become another person. A Brave One.

She meets an NYPD detective Sean Mercer (Terrence Howard) who is tracking down another killer but can't put him in jail. But Erica does him a favor. She tracks him down and pushes him off a building. Sean finally discovers Erica "other side" but towards the end, protects her.

Maybe, instead of an eye for an eye... we could be like the Good Samaritan. Ready to help. But it what happened to Erica Bain, happened to me or anyone I loved, that would be a totally different story. Maybe, make me a brave one too?

Photo courtesy of Warner Brothers