The read
Audiences rate it 37 points higher than critics do. Most of the 1,962 1990s drama movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
A down-on-his-luck American Indian recently released from jail is offered the chance to "star" as the victim of a snuff film, the resulting pay of which could greatly help his poverty stricken family.
Ratings
IMDb6.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes33%
Metacritic24/100
Audiences rate it 37 points higher than critics do.
210 audience votes
Key crew
- Iggy PopOriginal Music Composer
- Johnny DeppDirector
- Johnny DeppScreenplay
- D.P. DeppScreenplay
- Paul McCuddenScreenplay
Cast
- Johnny DeppRaphael
- Marshall BellLarry
- Elpidia CarrilloRita
- Marlon BrandoMcCarthy
- Frederic ForrestLou Sr.
- Clarence Williams IIIFather Stratton
- Max PerlichLou Jr.
- Luis GuzmánLuis
- Cody LightningFrankie
- Nicole ManceraMarta
- Floyd 'Red Crow' WestermanPapa
- Pepe SernaAlessandro
Stills
Movies like The Brave
Themes
dying and deathtrailer parkbased on novel or booksocially deprived familysnuffnative americanteachertorturefear of dying