Peppermint is a revenge action thriller that centers on a grieving and determined wife/mother named Riley North (Jennifer Garner). Riley watched her husband and daughter get gunned down by gang members who were never convicted for their crimes; five years later, she returns to Los Angeles with one goal: to kill every man she holds responsible for her family's murder. Not surprisingly, then, there's a lot of bloody, even grisly violence as Riley seeks her vengeance:
She shoots, stabs, and tortures her victims. She also punches a and ties up a woman who had been cruel to her and her daughter.
The villains also kill, but most of the violence is Riley's. The death toll is problematic not only for its graphic nature but also because, with one exception, every single person Riley kills is of Mexican or Asian descent -- and nearly every single person of color in the movie is a cold-blooded criminal. You can also expect a ton of strong language, mostly "f--k" and "s--t," visuals of drugs, and some drinking.
DIRECTED BY
Pierre Morel
WRITTEN BY
Chad St. John
PRODUCED BY
Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi, Richard Wright, Eric Reid
CAST
Jennifer Garner, John Ortiz, John Gallagher Jr., Juan Pablo Raba
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