‘Beyond brilliant’ thriller dubbed ‘female Taxi Driver’ has jumped up Netflix charts
Netflix’s top 10 film chart has welcomed an underrated thriller film from 2007 that fans of Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver should definitely give a chance
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‘Brilliant’ thriller called ‘female Taxi Driver’ jumps up Netflix charts(Image: COLUMBIA PICTURES)
Netflix is now streaming a late 2000s revenge thriller starring one of Hollywood’s most iconic stars and it has become a surprise hit amongst subscribers.
Featuring The Silence of the Lambs legend Jodie Foster and directed by Neil Jordan (Interview with the Vampire), this genuine cult classic has shot to the number five position on Netflix’s film chart.
It’s currently beating iconic superhero movies Batman Begins and The Dark Knight as well as another cult favourite added this week, Jennifer’s Body.
The Brave One follows Foster as radio host Erica Bain who, along with her fiancé Dr David Kirmani (played by Naveen Andrews), are attacked by a group of thugs in New York’s Central Park.
When David dies from his injuries, Erica is driven to revenge and buys a pistol, unleashing her rage in a reckless spree of vigilante killings and attempting to track down her fiancé’s killers.
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A radio host goes on a revenge-fuelled killing spree while her detective friend closes in(Image: WARNER BROS)
Meanwhile, she forms a friendship with Detective Sean Mercer (Terrence Howard), who begins to suspect Erica has taken justice into her own hands.
Although it received mixed reviews upon its release in 2007, scoring just 43 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, The Brave One has gradually developed a cult following, many of whom have compared it favourably to Martin Scorsese’s film Taxi Driver, which featured one of Foster’s earliest roles as sex worker Iris.
One strong review from an IMDb user called it a “modern Taxi Driver” with Foster’s revenge-fuelled Erica taking the place of Robert De Niro’s iconic Travis Bickle.
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