PEPPERMINT is another superior Hollywood action thriller, heavily influenced by the likes of JOHN WICK and all the better for it. Jennifer Garner - experienced in the genre with the likes of ALIAS and ELECTRA - plays an ordinary housewife and mother whose life is transformed after a family tragedy. After a five-year gap, she returns gunning for revenge to become one of cinema's better heroines in recent years. Although PEPPERMINT doesn't have a wealth of action scenes, the characters and storyline are interesting enough for this to work. There's a level of stark brutality to the movie that gives it a layer of gritty realism, and thankfully Pierre Morel retains the crisp roving cinematography he brought to the likes of TAKEN and THE GUNMAN.
Review of Peppermint
