The Brave One
Grade: D

Hot on the heels of Panic Room and Flightplan Jodie Foster plays yet another dykey straight woman in distress, this time resorting to laughable histrionics that merit a Razzie. You’d think that innovative director Neil Jordan (The Crying Game) could pick up the slack, but this is his most muddled effort since In Dreams. The film’s only redeeming feature is the droll repartee between Terrence Howard and Nicky Katt, who play the cops investigating Foster’s vigilante killing spree.