![]() ![]() Seeing a young family torn apart for no real reason other than a gangsters hatred, and then watching the mother be put through the wringer when the justice system fails to do its job, is something most of us can empathise with, if not relate to somehow. Peppermint operates at the most basic of primal human emotions. However, when word of her exploits gets out to the media, she is hailed as a hero, a vigilante saviour, which only fuels Garcia’s rage at hunting her down. ![]() Hot on her heels are LAPD Detectives Beltran (John Ortiz – Ad Astra, Bumblebee) and Carmichael (John Gallagher Jr – 10 Cloverfield Lane, Underwater), as well as FBI Agent Lisa Inman (Annie Ilonzeh), who hope to bring Riley in and stop the bloodbath. Slaughtering lawyers and even a judge, Riley turns her attention on Garcia’s enormous gang, interrupting drug supplies and destroying buildings to cause chaos for the syndicate. When the justice system fails her through corruption, Riley disappears from the face of the Earth, only to reappear give years later with a single-minded mission: to kill everyone who destroyed her life, and seek revenge on those who failed to help her. The holiday season, and Los Angeles mother Riley North (Garner) has her world torn apart after the brutal slaying of her husband Chris (Jeff Hephner) and young daughter Carly (Cailey Fleming) at the hands of resident drug-traffiking syndicate boss Diego Garcia (Juan Pablo Raba – The Marksman, Narcos). While it’s fun to see Garner absolutely shred a platoon of faceless Central and South American goons in her quest for vengeance, Peppermint also has a large amount of heart, although you might miss it if you spend all your time ducking and weaving the onslaught of bullets and carnage. Gender-swapping John Wick ain’t all this film has working for it, however. Peppermint, starring Jennifer Garner ( Elektra, Daredevil), is one such revenge thriller, a fairly obvious John Wick knock-off that is remarkably entertaining, not the least thanks to the gritty direction of Pierre Morel ( Taken) and the strong ensemble cast. Seeing bad guys get their comeuppance in all kinds of violent ways against a usually underpowered protagonist triggers a chemical reaction in people that’s like a drug, and once hooked, few people can escape. The act of seeing somebody live out their fantasies in exacting revenge upon their enemies has always drawn us to these kinds of films, maybe because we can live vicariously through them. There’s something cathartic about revenge films. ![]() Synopsis: Five years after her husband and daughter are killed in a senseless act of violence, a woman comes back from self-imposed exile to seek revenge against those responsible and the system that let them go free. Principal Cast : Jennifer Garner, John Gallagher Jr, John Ortiz, Juan Pablo Raba, Annie Ilonzeh, Jeff Jephner, Pell James, Cliff “Method Man” Smith, Cailey Fleming, Tyson Ritter, Richard Cabral, Johnny Ortiz, Eddie Shin, John Boyd, Michael Mosley, Kyla-Drew Simmons, YaYa Gosselin, Emma Thoraval, Hunter Wright. ![]()
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