Geekery: Jennifer Garner Returns to Her Action Roots in ‘Peppermint’
Close out the summer blockbuster season with this tale of revenge at the hands one angry mom from the director of Taken.
Garner started her career with Daredevil and Alias. It’s time she got back to kicking ass. She’s got some good company in director Pierre Morel (Taken, The Gunman), and castmates Method Man, John Gallagher Jr., and John Ortiz. The story is pretty simple: revenge.
It’s Punisher-esque, minus military background. The official synopsis…
“Peppermint tells the story of young mother Riley North (Garner) who awakens from a coma after her husband and daughter are killed in a brutal attack on the family. When the system frustratingly shields the murderers from justice, Riley sets out to transform herself from citizen to urban guerilla. Channeling her frustration into personal motivation, she spends years in hiding honing her mind, body and spirit to become an unstoppable force – eluding the underworld, the LAPD and the FBI – as she methodically delivers her personal brand of justice.”
The retribution begins September 7.
