Peppermint (2018) Thriller Drama Action Crime

Rated R | Threatrical Sep 07, 2018 (US) | Genres Thriller, Drama, Action, Crime | Runtime 1h 41m
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Peppermint Plot Synopsis:

An unidentified woman is engaged in a brutal fight with a man in a car and finally dispatches him with a shot to the head. Five years earlier, the same woman, Riley North, is working as a bank teller in Los Angeles struggling to make ends meet. Her husband Chris owns a failing mechanic shop. They have a ten-year-old daughter, Carly. Chris' friend tries to talk him into robbing Diego Garcia, a powerful drug lord. Chris turns him down, but not before Garcia has already discovered his involvement and ordered his men to make an example of him. Riley and Chris take Carly out for pizza and to a carnival for her birthday since no one showed up to her party. At the carnival, Carly orders peppermint ice cream. As the family walks to the car, Diego's men gun down her husband and daughter in a drive-by shooting. She is wounded, but survives.


Synopsis / Plot Summary: Peppermint is a revenge story centering on a young mother who finds herself with nothing to lose, and is now going to take from her rivals the very life they stole from her.

Tagline: The system failed. She won"t.

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Official Trailer

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Peppermint Movie Information:

Type: Movie
Year: 2018 (more 2018 movies)
MPAA Rating: R
Runtime: 101 minutes /
Genres:  Thriller, Drama, Action, Crime
Directors: Pierre Morel
Stars: Jennifer Garner, John Gallagher Jr., John Ortiz, Juan Pablo Raba, Annie Ilonzeh … (cast list)
Release Date: Theatrical Release Date Sep 07, 2018
Box Office: $35,418,723
Nominations: 4
Language: English, Spanish, Korean
Country: United States, China
Release Dates: Movie Release Dates / Peppermint Release Dates In Theaters: Sep 07, 2018
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