40SW
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Ok, I could not help it. I needed to see this film since this board has been buzzing with activity about this film.
I will not give anything away that cannot be otherwise read in a movie text trailer or review.
Two things right off the bat.
1. We realize that Jodie Foster is an anti based on her recent comments to the media regarding civilian handgun ownership. That much is of zero debate.
2. We realize that she is a highly paid and successful hollywood actress regardless of what you think of her acting ability, movies like Silence of the Lambs are pretty much classics within that genre. That much is settled as well.
3. I could care less about her sexual orientation.
Now to my review of the film.
Basically she plays a radio talk show host who gets brutally assaulted in central park (her and her fiance are victims). They both get the crap kicked out of them, very graphically , she survives, he does not.
She becomes a temporary shut in and finally gets enough nerve to leave the house, she tries to buy a gun from a gunshop but does not want to deal with the wait or the paperwork. She buys a Kahr PM9 on the street from a punk ( Its a Kahr, It could be a K9,but I am sure its a Kahr 9x19),
Then she goes ape$hit and becomes a female Charles Bronson.
Conclusions.
1. The films sends a dangerous and malignant message about CCW and RKBA in general.
It promotes a sort of bravado that does not lend to a constructive debate with the mainstream public. It portrays civilian handgun ownership in a very bad light. It promotes vigilante behaivior.
2. It promotes revenge type behaivior and every bad stereotype about handgun ownership.
3. It does not promote safe CCW and training. It is kneejerk and emotion ridden.
4. Conclusion.: Entertainment value in that you see murderous punks being blown away, but in the end, this film is a lesson in popular culture ,but unfortunatly will shape young minds in the wrong direction.
5. We must remember it as a work of fiction, but we must also realize that young minds are shaped by this type of portrail.
6. Some of you must be thinking. " Well, you can say the same thing about Charles Bronson or Dirty Harry", and you would be absolutely right, but this is a different context for sure, because the protagonist is female.
Your thoughts?