Peppermint

Name: Peppermint
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Released: September 7, 2018
Duration: 101 min
Rating: 29
Cast: Annie Ilonzeh, Cailey Fleming, Eddie Shin, Erin Carufel, Jeff Hephner

2018

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STX Entertainment | Release Date: September 7, 2018 | R

Starring: Annie Ilonzeh, Cailey Fleming, Eddie Shin, Erin Carufel, Jeff Hephner, Jennifer Garner, John Boyd, John Gallagher Jr., John Ortiz, Juan Pablo Raba, Method Man, Michael Mosley, Pell James, Richard Cabral, Tyson Ritter

Summary: Peppermint is an action thriller which tells the story of young mother Riley North (Jennifer Garner) who awakens from a coma after her husband and daughter are killed in a brutal attack on the family. 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 (Jennifer Garner) who awakens from a coma after her husband and daughter are killed in a brutal attack on the family. When the system frustratingly shields the murderers from justice, Riley sets out to transform herself from citizen to urban guerilla. 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.… Expand

Director: Pierre Morel

Genre(s): Action, Drama, Thriller

Rating: R

Runtime: 101 min

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William Bibbiani

Sep 6, 2018

Whether you find it exciting or troubling might vary from person to person, but either way Jennifer Garner delivers a standout performance that demands recognition, and will hopefully lead to better action movie roles for the actor in the future. Read full review

Richard Roeper

Sep 6, 2018

In the stylishly directed but gratuitously nasty and cliché-riddled Peppermint, Garner plays essentially two characters cut from the same person. Read full review

Peter Hartlaub

Sep 6, 2018

Through a stellar effort by Jennifer Garner and some well-executed revenge sequences, Peppermint just feels good to watch. Read full review

Katie Walsh

Sep 6, 2018

While it's fun to watch Garner return to her action roots, the brute force haymaker that is Peppermint is a far cry from the sophisticated thrills of "Alias." Read full review

RogerEbert.com Simon Abrams

Sep 7, 2018

There's a morbidly hilarious dark comedy buried not-so-deep inside the lousy revenge thriller Peppermint. It's just probably not the movie that director Pierre Morel ("Taken," "District B13") and screenwriter Chad St. John intended to make. Read full review

Dominick Suzanne-Mayer

Sep 6, 2018

If Peppermint has one thing going for it, and it’s by and large the only one, it’s Garner. Read full review

Brian Thompson

Sep 8, 2018

A failure on virtually every level, Peppermint is a slapdash, half-hearted affront to anyone unfortunate enough to get caught in its crosshairs. Read full review

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MustangGirl

Sep 8, 2018

Im very annoyed that these critics rated this movie the way that they did. Just saw it today and I think it's a great comeback film for Jennifer Garner. She did something in this film that most NEVER do. I won't ruin it for those you haven't seen the film. Great film! Worth seeing. I hopeIm very annoyed that these critics rated this movie the way that they did. Just saw it today and I think it's a great comeback film for Jennifer Garner. She did something in this film that most NEVER do. I won't ruin it for those you haven't seen the film. Great film! Worth seeing. I hope she decides to do more films in the future.… Expand

8 of 9 users found this helpful81

RmyWif

Nov 30, 2018

Once again, the critics got it wrong! Did they see what I just watched? I've been waiting for Peppermint to come out after seeing the trailer, bought it tonight and couldn't wait to watch it with my husband. As a 40-something soccer mom, I couldn't help but root for Riley. It was easy toOnce again, the critics got it wrong! Did they see what I just watched? I've been waiting for Peppermint to come out after seeing the trailer, bought it tonight and couldn't wait to watch it with my husband. As a 40-something soccer mom, I couldn't help but root for Riley. It was easy to empathize with her and cheer her on. This is now one of my new favorite movies. How this has a low rating is beyond me..... I have over 1200 movies on my VUDU account (we are a bit of a movie fanatic family) and this is on my top 5 of all time favorite action movies. I've always loved Jennifer Garner, but now, I have a serious girl crush on her. She's bad ass. I signed up to Metacritic tonight, just so I could leave a review because I was so disappointed with pretentious critics who think they know what makes a good film. Don't trust the critics, this is a must see!… Expand

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FelicityFenwick

Sep 7, 2018

No clue what the critics saw, but this is a fun action movie! I've always loved Jennifer Garner's ass-kicking ways (she's been wasted in sentimental dramas for the last decade or so). It's MUCH better than something like the new Willis Death Wish. Check it out....

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moviechatter

Oct 16, 2018

Jennifer Garner is an Avenging Angel of Death Serving Justice with a M-16.
Jennifer Garner goes from a suburban “Girl Scout mom” to bad ass gun toting assassin, Riley North, on a mission to kill anyone involved the murder of her family. You probably know Jennifer Garner from her Capital OneJennifer Garner is an Avenging Angel of Death Serving Justice with a M-16.
Jennifer Garner goes from a suburban “Girl Scout mom” to bad ass gun toting assassin, Riley North, on a mission to kill anyone involved the murder of her family. You probably know Jennifer Garner from her Capital One commercials or her overly publicized three-year divorce proceedings from rehabbed Ben Affleck. Yet, not too long ago she was Sidney Bristow, a sexy undercover spy, in J.J. Abrams’ Alias. Or you might remember her as the beautiful sword swinging ninja assassin-for-hire in Marvel’s Elecktra? In Peppermint, Jennifer Garner returns with a vengeance. Riley’s super cute 9-year-old daughter (Cailey Fleming – Star Wars: The Force Awakens) and handsome husband (Jeff Hephner – Interstellar) are in the movie just long enough to for you to fall in love with them and becomes outraged when they are machine gunned down by the L.A. Mexican drug cartel while innocently eating peppermint ice cream cones at the Carnival. Despite Riley identification of the face tattooed killers in a line up, the corrupt judge lets them go. Enraged, Riley goes off the grid for five years hiding in L.A.’s Skid Row, training and preparing to exact her revenge. Director Pierre Morel (Taken) knows action movies, and like Taken this one is no exception. Sometimes when a movie is firing on all cylinders it is criticized for being too formulaic. Sure, it won’t win any Oscars, and this was no John Wick, but this was a fun ride of non-stop violent revenge. While not for everybody, if you liked Death Wish, Punisher or The Equalizer, you will love Peppermint.… Expand

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MaxPayneIsGod

Jan 28, 2019

By the numbers revenge flick. Totally implausable and at times down-right silly. But at the end of the day it was a bit of fun and perfect if you need to switch your brain off

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Straciatellas

Oct 17, 2018

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This was just not good. The first 5 minutes of the movie give you the idea that you are about to watch a groundbreaking (seriously, they kill the girl?), emotionally strong movie with a strong foundation and background story. However, nothing is further from the truth when Garner suddenly emerges from a five year absence as a fully combat-ready-super-assassin, with no more then a 3 second Youtube video as explanation of how she got there. The movie than goes on to bore you for another +/- 90 minutes with pretty much standard one-of action movie writing and “unexpected” plot twists. After having seen the trailer I was under the impression that this would finally be a one-of action movie worth watching, couldn’t have been more disappointed.… Expand

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

smudgerize

Jan 15, 2019

"Can I have a peppermint?" "You can have a peppermint." "That's too hot for me." "Bleh!" "Hey!" "AH!" "I don't like the peppermint." "You don't like the peppermint?" "No! It's too spicy."

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