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A tourist has been knifed through the heart on a Manhattan C train and his bloodied body taken from the 103rd Street platform on Central Park West to a nearby hospital. This is not a movie. Hours later, police officers again swarm the subway station. But this time they help direct commuters and curious onlookers gathering on what is now the set of Neil Jordan's latest film, The Brave One.

A few blocks from Harlem, this neighborhood on the northwest corner of Central Park has seen crime drop dramatically over the last few years. So it seems oddly portentous — creepy even — that location scouts had picked this subway station to be the backdrop to a film that deals with a woman's struggle to recover from a brutal attack.

Jodie Foster plays Erica Bain, a radio personality whose life is forever altered when she and her fiancé David (Naveen Andrews of Lost fame) are attacked while taking an after-dark stroll in Central Park. When she awakens from a coma several weeks later, she learns that David was murdered, beginning a cycle of fear and a burning need for violent justice.

Terrence Howard (Hustle & Flow and Ray) and Mary Steenburgen (Sunshine State and Ragtime) also star in The Brave One, produced by Joel Silver for Warner Brothers and set for September 14 release.

Walk the mean streets with the stars and director in Premiere's behind-the-scenes gallery.