Peppermint

Peppermint, directed by Pierre Morel (District 13) and starring Jennifer Garner, is a revenge drama. It certainly has some deficiencies, one of them being that the story of a white woman out for revenge against Mexican drug cartels murdering her family years earlier, is probably not exactly the best timing in this crazy, divisive, political climate where certain segments of the country are looking to demonize those south of the border. Otherwise, the story seems to rely too heavily on Garner's action credentials (Alias, Elekra) and less on fleshing out a character driven performance that ultimately goes nowhere. So if you skirt all that, then yes Peppermint is viscerally entertaining with the action and watchable, but clearly lacking in character depth and story development for an actress of her caliber.