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'Rebel Ridge' serves up revenge with restraint

Aaron Pierre in Rebel Ridge.
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Aaron Pierre in Rebel Ridge.

In Netflix's new film Rebel Ridge, Aaron Pierre plays Terry, a young Black man who enters a small Southern town to post bail for his cousin. But when the local cops seize his money, he faces off against the corrupt chief of police (Don Johnson). Things escalate, and soon he uncovers a sinister conspiracy that threatens his life.

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