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The Brave One

2007 · 122 min · Director: Neil Jordan ★ IMDb 6.7 · 68,625 ratings

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Erica Bain is a happy radio host from a city she loves and with a fiancé she adores. However, a brutal attack in New York's Central Park changes her life forever, leaving her in a coma for 3 weeks and her fiancé dead. In an attempt to feel safer after the attack, she buys a gun. However New York does not feel the same as it did anymore and Erica has several encounters where she is not afraid to use her new gun. Everyone is talking about a vigilante and Erica is forced to talk about them too on her radio show...

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The Brave One (2007) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Anger 30%, Anxiety 25%, Tension 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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The strongest emotional signals are Anger, Anxiety, Tension. Genres: Drama, Crime, Action. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Anger, Anxiety and Tension. Its IMDb rating of 6.7/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 69/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Sadness
  • Disturbing

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Tension
Sadness
Disturbing
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then rises around 83 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionSadnessDisturbing
2.5 %≈ 3′Empathy38 %17 %11 %9 %
7.5 %≈ 9′Tension50 %32 %19 %23 %
12.5 %≈ 15′Sadness54 %31 %36 %26 %
17.5 %≈ 21′Sadness51 %25 %44 %17 %
22.5 %≈ 27′Sadness56 %39 %41 %28 %
27.5 %≈ 34′Disturbing61 %50 %33 %47 %
32.5 %≈ 40′Disturbing62 %54 %33 %51 %
37.5 %≈ 46′Tension65 %58 %34 %49 %
42.5 %≈ 52′Disturbing56 %48 %27 %41 %
47.5 %≈ 58′Sadness47 %34 %30 %26 %
52.5 %≈ 64′Sadness53 %38 %38 %29 %
57.5 %≈ 70′Tension62 %51 %35 %47 %
62.5 %≈ 76′Disturbing62 %48 %35 %53 %
67.5 %≈ 82′Sadness60 %42 %40 %43 %
72.5 %≈ 88′Tension55 %45 %35 %28 %
77.5 %≈ 95′Sadness53 %49 %31 %21 %
82.5 %≈ 101′Tension61 %57 %31 %33 %
87.5 %≈ 107′Tension76 %72 %37 %57 %
92.5 %≈ 113′Tension77 %70 %45 %60 %
97.5 %≈ 119′Sadness66 %52 %46 %44 %
Oedipus

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

Nicky Katt

Detective Vitale

Naveen Andrews

David Kirmani

EO
Ene Oloja

Josai

BF
Blaze Foster

Cash

RS
Rafael Sardina

Reed

GM
Gordon MacDonald

Murrow

Jane Adams

Nicole

VC
Victor Colicchio

Cutler

JH
Jermel Howard

Thug on Subway

DL
Dennis L.A. White

Thug on Subway

LL
Laila Liliana Garro

Shauna Nelson

JB
James Biberi

Detective Pitney

BD
Brian Delate

Detective O'Connor

Lenny Venito

Mortell

Details

Directed by
Neil Jordan
Written by
Roderick Taylor, Bruce A. Taylor, Cynthia Mort
Type
Movies
Released
2007
Runtime
122 min
Country
United States, Australia
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.7 · 68,625 ratings
Feels mostly
Anger
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