http://www.screenhead.com/reviews/dvd-review-the-brave-one/ So much in love with movies, it's Awesome! Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:23:06 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.screenhead.com/reviews/dvd-review-the-brave-one/comment-page-1/#comment-149 Peter Wed, 06 Feb 2008 18:58:40 +0000 http://qs1039.pair.com/tamborin/screen/?p=381#comment-149 I really wanted to like The Brave One, but I just didn't. I don't think it was all bad. The montage you mention (that cuts between the ER and lovemaking) was one sequence that stands out to me as particularly strong. The larger questions were not addressed in any real way. The fact that it only resembles Death Wish and other revenge films superficially is notable, mostly insofar as The Brave One ultimately comes off as a pretentious (and surprisingly hollow) take on revenge cinema. I really wanted to like The Brave One, but I just didn’t. I don’t think it was all bad. The montage you mention (that cuts between the ER and lovemaking) was one sequence that stands out to me as particularly strong. The larger questions were not addressed in any real way. The fact that it only resembles Death Wish and other revenge films superficially is notable, mostly insofar as The Brave One ultimately comes off as a pretentious (and surprisingly hollow) take on revenge cinema.

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