tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post1930302612780375855..comments2024-03-19T00:32:55.091-05:00Comments on Rough Edges: Tuesday's Overlooked Movies: The Brave OneJames Reasonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-58703122100527581542013-11-19T10:27:54.862-06:002013-11-19T10:27:54.862-06:00Jodi really likes to play women who get attacked. ...Jodi really likes to play women who get attacked. Wonder what that's about. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-82535317881229807822013-11-19T09:36:08.570-06:002013-11-19T09:36:08.570-06:00I actually think Sudden Impact poses an interestin...I actually think <i>Sudden Impact</i> poses an interesting question: Ultimately <b>(SPOILER ALERT)</b> Callahan lets Locke's character go without "bringing her in" because he understands and sympathizes with the trauma she's suffered. But, one has to wonder...would he have done the same thing for Paul Kersey? In <i>Magnum Force</i>, we see how Callahan feels about police vigilantism taken too far...but on the other hand he's attacked and almost killed by the vigilantes, which kind of forces his hand.<br /><br />Also, Locke's character is only specifically gunning for those people who attacked her - she's not taking to the streets "hunting" violent criminals in general. If she had, I wonder how Callahan would have dealt with the situation.Jack Badelairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10932441028544500024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-19622791265280064122013-11-19T08:55:38.848-06:002013-11-19T08:55:38.848-06:00Thanks Jack, that's the one.Thanks Jack, that's the one.Tom Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05594257113339405939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-48974457184551760142013-11-19T07:59:48.292-06:002013-11-19T07:59:48.292-06:00Tom, I believe you're thinking of Sudden Impac...Tom, I believe you're thinking of <i>Sudden Impact</i>, which featured Sandra Locke as a victim of a gang rape who then goes on to hunt and kill her assailants as Harry investigates the murders, while developing a kind of romantic bond with her.<br /><br />I'll agree that <i>The Brave One</i> isn't overall a bad film. I think that, like the original Death Wish, it handles the psychology of vigilantism better than most Hollywood treatments of the same. But, ultimately, I think it parallel's Bronson's original a little too close to ever escape its shadow.Jack Badelairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10932441028544500024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-27375933124381563942013-11-19T07:49:06.891-06:002013-11-19T07:49:06.891-06:00There was also similarities to a Dirty Harry movie...There was also similarities to a Dirty Harry movie, but I don't recall which one. The writers borrowed from several previous films, though.Tom Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05594257113339405939noreply@blogger.com