Peppermint
is a perfectly serviceable revenge thriller with a great lead performance. This
movie is about a grieving mother who becomes a vigilante after her family is
murdered. Jennifer Garner gives a fantastic performance. She sold her
transition from grieving mom to highly trained killer extremely well. John
Gallagher Jr and Annie Ilonzeh give good performances as the detectives
following the case. Juan Pablo Raba gives an okay performance as the villain.
However, his character is written extremely bland and uninteresting. Pierre
Morel did a great job directing. The action sequences are satisfyingly brutal
and well shot. The script is a bit of a mixed bag. Any of the scenes that
follow Garner are great. The detective story, while a bit standard, is
entertaining. However, any character development scenes for the villains drag
and feel pointless. At 102 minutes the pacing is good, but occasionally slows
down for too long. Overall Peppermint rises above its standard script thanks to
fun action and a great performance from Jennifer Garner.
6/10
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