The revenge genre might look straightforward, but it’s fundamentally complex. Revenge, in and of itself, is not a “good thing.” Never has been, never will be. But in simplified stories, watching a victim destroy the people who ruined their lives does provide some form of catharsis. The question, then, is whether the movie celebrates the immorality of the protagonist, or goes too far in demonizing the villains, or fails to acknowledge the traumatic reality behind the crime that set these events in motion.
Peppermint tries to navigate this perilous tightrope, and struggles to avoid falling into the pitfalls of the genre. It’s a fiercely directed thriller with a performance from Jennifer Garner that should, by all rights, remind the world that she is a formidable action star. It’s a simplified tale of revenge against drug cartels that shows Garner killing a lot of people of color, but also tries to take the curse off of it by turning her violently loose against corrupt bureaucrats who enable organized crime. And it treats Garner’s protagonist like a tragic individual forced into action, as opposed to a flippant sociopath who falls in love with murder.
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