Overall, the film plays a little too mundane in terms of pacing, but a good character-driven film nonetheless. Jodie Foster is probably a shoo-in for a Best Actress AA nomination with her taut performance as Erica Bain, a radio show personality, who is a victim of a vicious assault in Central Park, and her fiance doesn't survive the assault, leaving Erica to deal the aftermath of such a life-changing event.
While Foster's performance is first-rate, the script plays it a little too cute and close to the vest with the relationship that develops between Erica and Det. Mercer, played by Terrance Howard who is up to the task of playing against Foster, as he investigates a few acts of vigilante justice (by Erica).
The conclusion plays a little too straight, offering less in surprise, and stays with a somewhat cathartic resolution that doesn't quite satisfy, and keeps with the theme of tragedy unable to provide a complete catalyst to the inner pain and turmoil Erica suffers, leaving an indelible mark on her psyche and sense of justice, pushing her boundaries of acceptable response to a world where a precious relationship could be undone in a split second, leaving a hole in one's heart that's unable to be filled by conventional means.
I give this film 2.75 stars or a grade of B-.
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