8/14/2023 0 Comments Peppermint movie poster 2018![]() Five years later, after learning all sorts of useful and lethal skills abroad, Riley returns to Los Angeles, determined to take out everyone responsible for what happened. A bench trial of the three gunmen Riley identifies results in no conviction (see above). drug lord Diego Garcia (Juan Pablo Raba) has tragic results.Ĭhris and Carly are killed Riley is shot in the head, but lives. Chris backs out before anything happens, but even a rumor of crossing L.A. Unbeknownst to Riley, Chris contemplates helping a friend commit a crime. Riley is a bank branch worker, happily married to mechanic Chris (Jeff Hephner) and loving mom of spunky eight-year-old Carly (Cailey Fleming). Then she retreats to the back of a van parked on Skid Row in Los Angeles to patch herself up. When we meet Garner’s Riley North, she’s in the process of shooting a man to death, then lugging his body out of a car. So is our hero’s snap decision that everyone, including judge and prosecutors, involved in the courtroom acquittal of three killers is corrupt and worthy of execution. Latin culture (even piñatas – come on!) with amorality is pretty icky. Even though there are a couple of Latinx people on the side of the angels, and a couple of white baddies in the mix, the conflation of L.A. On the flip side, we’ve got a suburban white woman wiping out a bunch of evil (and largely incompetent) Latino men. There’s plenty of violence and bloodshed, but nary a whisper of rape, and this as much as anything will make a lot of prospective viewers want to give PEPPERMINT a chance. The pleasingly unexpected twist within the twist is that there is no sexual violence, nor even harassment. The twist in this case is that instead of Charles Bronson or Liam Neeson, the perfectly nice person is played by Jennifer Garner. PEPPERMINT has a premise that has powered many films before it: perfectly nice person loses family to a mob hit and reinvents self as a steely avenger. ![]() If PEPPERMINT isn’t the single worst title for a would-be gritty action revenge drama, it’s got to be high in the running. The first hint of this problem can be seen in the title. PEPPERMINT knows what kind of movie it wants to be, it just has trouble achieving it. Stars: Jennifer Garner, John Gallagher Jr., John Ortiz, Juan Pablo Raba, Annie Ilonzeh, Jeff Hephner, Cailey Fleming, Eddie Shin, Cliff “Method Man” Smith Channeling her frustration into personal motivation, she spends years in hiding honing her mind, body and spirit to become an unstoppable force - eluding the underworld, the LAPD and the FBI - as she methodically delivers her personal brand of justice.PEPPERMINT movie poster | ©2018 STX Entertainment When the system frustratingly shields the murderers from justice, Riley sets out to transform herself from citizen to urban guerilla. PEPPERMINT is an action thriller which tells the story of young mother Riley North (Garner) who awakens from a coma after her husband and daughter are killed in a brutal attack on the family. It's all-too familiar narrative that feeds into Trump's nasty rhetoric about Latinos being gang and cartel members. Too bad the villains are once again Latinos. ![]() The actress is back in fine form as a revenge-seeking mother and wife whose daughter and husband were killed by the drug cartel. It's been a long time since we've seen Jennifer Garner kick ass since her turn as Elektra and Sydney Bristol years back. ![]()
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