Capsule Summary (minimal spoilers):

Peppermint is a revenge story. Riley North (Jennifer Garner) loses her husband and daughter under tragic circumstances, and after disappearing, has returned to find those responsible.

It’s a violent film, with an R rating.  It’s reminiscent of the sort of action that made Garner famous on the TV show Alias, and she has not lost her touch. The action is good and intense at times, but there’s more to it.  The story behind the main plot is well told, and interesting in its own regard. It’s a story that is more focused, and better than I expected it to be.

I recommend it, if that’s your sort of thing.

Standard Review (with minor plot spoilers):

When I heard the basic premise, my immediate thought was that it was a gender-swapped version of Death Wish. To some extent, it is, but the revenge is definitely more focused on the specific perps. Her husband Chris (Jeff Hephner) has a friend who tries to be a wheel man in a robbery, but backs out. The consequences are big, so the hit was put out on him. Riley survives, and identifies her attackers. Unfortunately, the trial does not go as planned and they are let go. That’s when the movie kicks into high gear.

There’s a bit of a subplot involving the policework of trying to track her down, and it’s reasonable.  There’s a missing ‘montage’, but it’s explained away, for the most part. The stuntwork is pretty good too, and, generally plausible. There was one case of “just how many bullets are in that clip”, but it doesn’t go on for too long.