05-12-2019, 01:05 PM
PEPPERMINT (2018)
How does one's beloved bride and mother of one's child wish to spend her Mother's Day morning? Along with Egg Benny breakfast served in bed, we watched the revenge flick Peppermint.
A box office bomb and ravaged by most critics, we both found the movie very entertaining.
Granted, we are both big Jennifer Gardner fans, going back to her ALIAS days, so seeing her return to form kicking ass and blowing away bad guys was good fun for us.
The movie is predictable comic book formula. This is essentially Gardner playing The Punisher. So if you like those movies, you will like this too. It is B-movie action, with some very nice and surprising production and direction moments. The biggest weakest of the film for me is the movie does not take full advantage of Gardner's acting range. The first act is great, Gardner does what she does best... when she smiles, you smile... when she cries, you cry... her charisma is magnetic and charming. But after that, she just becomes an ultra killing machine and the movie never takes enough time to get back into her head or win you over to her side, it is too dependant on whether you connected with her in the first act or not.
But as an escapist action/revenge piece, this is an enjoyable 100 minutes. Certainly and significantly better than Bruce Willis's recent and similar themed Death Wish remake.
How does one's beloved bride and mother of one's child wish to spend her Mother's Day morning? Along with Egg Benny breakfast served in bed, we watched the revenge flick Peppermint.
A box office bomb and ravaged by most critics, we both found the movie very entertaining.
Granted, we are both big Jennifer Gardner fans, going back to her ALIAS days, so seeing her return to form kicking ass and blowing away bad guys was good fun for us.
The movie is predictable comic book formula. This is essentially Gardner playing The Punisher. So if you like those movies, you will like this too. It is B-movie action, with some very nice and surprising production and direction moments. The biggest weakest of the film for me is the movie does not take full advantage of Gardner's acting range. The first act is great, Gardner does what she does best... when she smiles, you smile... when she cries, you cry... her charisma is magnetic and charming. But after that, she just becomes an ultra killing machine and the movie never takes enough time to get back into her head or win you over to her side, it is too dependant on whether you connected with her in the first act or not.
But as an escapist action/revenge piece, this is an enjoyable 100 minutes. Certainly and significantly better than Bruce Willis's recent and similar themed Death Wish remake.
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