Peppermint

Actors: Jennifer Garner, John Ortiz, John Gallagher Jr., Juan Pablo Raba, Tyson Ritter

Rating: 8 out of 10, I know this is getting excoriated by critics but that seems almost sexist. This is John Wick with a female in the trigger pulling role. Most of the criticism of the movie is that Jennifer Garner shouldn’t be wasting her talent in such a genre. There have been numerous academy award level male actors who’ve indulged in a well-paid action genre, make that escapist, fare but you seldom see the same level of criticism leveled at them that Garner is enduring. This movie was fun, well as much as it could be with the tragic events that cause Garner’s character to go on her well executed rampage. Garner is superb embodying the sense of loss driving her motivation to end the people involved in that loss. She hasn’t lost anything off her fastball from Alias days and handles the action scenes flawlessly. So don’t listen to the critics. If you liked John Wick (guilty) you’ll like this.

MVP: Garner as the Wicklike Riley North