Peppermint - 血薄荷

Peppermint (血薄荷) is an 2018 film. The movie stars Jennifer Garner. The role returns Garner to our bad @$$ days on the television show Alias.

Peppermint is the story of an hard working mother played by Jennifer Garner as Riley. Riley and her husband struggle to make ends meat. Her husband is made a proposition to be a get away guy in a heist against the local drug dealer. The husband initially agrees, but later rejects the offer, not wanting to get involved. BUT the drug dealer finds out that he had agreed and decide to eliminate everyone that had even thought about it to send a message. That night, Riley goes to a fair with her husband and daughter. The gang does a drive by and kills her husband and daughter. Riley is also shot, but survives to try to take them down in court. However, during the trial, she realizes that everyone involved had been bought out by the gangs. Riley escapes and goes underground. 5 years later, she comes back as Peppermint and she wants revenge!

This is classic revenge flick. Riley is innocent and wronged, the system is bought and she suffers. She comes back for revenge against those that wronged her. Many a stories like this in martial arts and Japanese films in the 1970s. It still comes back from time to time, a la Kill Bill.

I enjoyed it, but am on the fence about recommending it. I loved Alias from back in the day, but its been a long time. Jennifer Garner is very likable too.

I picked this up via T-Mobile Tuesday Redbox Promo.