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'Rebel Ridge' review: Aaron Pierre and Jeremy Saulnier's cop corruption thriller will floor you

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62% Informative

Aaron Pierre delivers a taut-making performance in Rebel Ridge .

Director Jeremy Saulnier 's film thrives on perfectly calibrated tension.

As the Shelby Springs police department quickly learns, ex-Marine Terry Richmond is a force in his own right.

As it becomes clear how corrupt Sandy Burnne and his cronies are, Terry realizes that he'll get his money back is by taking matters into his own hands.

Pierre is a star-making performance, pure and simple.

He's a one -man army who won't be denied.

Rebel Ridge cements itself as one of standout action films of the year .

It checks all the boxes any thriller aficionado could possibly want, and then some.