![]() In a movie industry dominated by male action heroes, I found it quite refreshing to witness a film that reignites the revenge-seeking female vigilante. Peppermint is mostly set in Los Angeles and tells the story of Riley North (played by Garner) who after losing her husband and child in a drive-by gang shooting becomes a vigilante for justice against the influential drug cartel that took away her family. Featuring Jennifer Garner, John Oritz, John Gallagher Jr, Juan Pablo Raba and Tyson Ritter. Peppermint (2018, Lakeshore Entertainment and STXfilms)ĭirected by Pierre Morel. The film was shown at selected cinemas across Australia as part of the Russian Resurrection Film Festival in November 2018. ![]() And maybe that is because like a few other non-Russians that I spoke to after the film, we agreed that it was a kind of Russian Full Monty: funny but not entirely original. I laughed too, though perhaps slightly quieter. I saw it in a theatre with a majority Russian audience, and they all laughed throughout. Though it is a comedy, and a pretty odd-ball hammed-up sort of comedy at that, there are a few subtle messages in the film that appear to be counter to the official Russian State position – such as the acceptance of bisexuality and homosexuality. The photography by American cinematographer Bruce Alan Green is notable. The never-ending mishaps and wrong turns are helped along by a good cast of quirky characters. The results are an endless series of misunderstandings and turned-upside-down scenarios. However, he cannot bring himself to inform his wife Anna (Teplova), instead lying to her that he has started the night shift at the factory. While Sergei concocts a series of elaborate lies to find a new opening in work (as well as in romance), the more honest (and butch) Maksim reluctantly lands a job as an evening stripper. Maksim (Yaglych) and Sergei (Derevyanko) are recently out-of-work welders looking for new opportunities. It contains somewhat ridiculous but very funny scenes. ![]() But they do it well, and there is plenty of new material thrown in there. The multiple script writers appear to have taken the basic premise (and a few particular scenes) from the hugely popular 1997 UK film The Full Monty and given it a Russian twist. Night Shift (or pronounced Nochnaya Smena in Russian) is a slap-stick comedy set in St. ![]() Featuring Vladimir Yaglych, Pavel Derevyanko, Kseniya Teplova, Natalya Bardo and Anna Mikhaylovskaya. ![]() 21) on this year’s slate.Night Shift ( Ночная Смена ) (2018, Russia)ĭirected by Marius Vaisberg. Peppermint is opening on the same weekend as New Line/Warner Bros.’ The Nun. STXfilms is making a name for itself with female-led features having released the Bad Moms franchise and the Oscar-nominated Molly’s Game, with I Feel Pretty (April 20), Adrift (June 1), The Happytime Murders (Aug. John Ortiz, Juan Pablo Raba, John Gallagher Jr., Annie Ilonzeh and Richard Cabral round out the cast. John, and produced by Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi, Eric Reid and Richard Wright, with Renee Tab and Christopher Tuffin serving as EPs. 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. When the system frustratingly shields the murderers from justice, Riley sets out to transform herself from citizen to urban guerilla. 7, the weekend following the Labor Day stretch.ĭirected by Pierre Morel ( Taken, The Gunman), 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. STXfilms and Lakeshore Entertainment have set the Jennifer Garner action-thriller Peppermintfor release on Sept. ![]()
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