“許せますか、彼女の“選択””
NYのラジオの人気DJ・エリカは、ある晩、挙式間近の婚約者デヴィッドと公園を散歩中、3人組の暴漢に襲われ、デヴィッドは亡くなり、彼女自身も瀕死の重傷を負う。絶望の底に沈んだエリカは、ふと衝動に駆られて1丁の銃を手に入れるが、そんなある日、コンビニで偶然、強盗の現場に遭遇する。再び命の危険にさらされた彼女は、とっさに相手を撃ち殺してしまうが、以来、彼女の中でもうひとりの新たな自分が目覚めていき…
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監督: Neil Jordan
脚本: Bruce A. Taylor / Cynthia Mort / Roderick Taylor
音楽: Dario Marianelli
制作: スーザン・ダウニー / ジョエル・シルヴァー / Herb Gains
撮影監督: Philippe Rousselot
制作会社: Village Roadshow Pictures / Silver Pictures / Warner Bros. Pictures
There is no going back, to that other person, that other place. This thing, this stranger, she is all you are now. Erica Bain (Jodie Foster) survives a vicious subway attack that saw her intended husband killed. Unsatisfied with the police efforts to catch the killers, and submerged by grief, she decides to take matters into her own hands and clear the streets of criminal vermin... Well there's no getting away from it, this is basically a feminist version of Death Wish. Director Neil Jordan pitches the always great Foster right into the moral quagmire of vigilante justice. This is a smart and provocative vigilante thriller at the core, yet the preposterous machinations on show render it somewhat annoying - none more so than with the finale which is just ridiculous. Erica takes up a gun, it becomes her comfort blanket, and as she battles with self loathing of what she is doing, she amazingly starts ridding the streets of scumbags. We are also asked to swallow that she becomes very tight to the lead detective investigating the vigilante crimes, played by Terence Howard (superb). Unfortunately, Jordan seems to run out of guts to follow through in creating something worth saying. Instead pitching Erica in increasingly daft situations, with dialogue to match, for a film with a lady lead kicking butt, the whole thing actually lacks balls. The lead actors ensure it's no stinker, and who doesn't feel a punch the air moment in them as scumbag criminals gets what's due? But really it's an above average vigilante film at best. 6/10
