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Jennifer Garner returns to action with vengeance thriller 'Peppermint'

LOS ANGELES - During a fight scene in the newly released action-thriller "Peppermint," Jennifer Garner and a cadre of bad guys fall face first into Skid Row's notoriously filthy streets.

"There were two smushed rats right next to us," the actress recalled with a laugh. "Squished, dead rats. (The film crew) was like, 'We cleaned the streets. Don't worry, you can fall face first.' And then we did and they were like, 'Oops, sorry!'"

"Peppermint" stars Garner as a woman bent on revenge after her husband and daughter are gunned down in front of her. Riley North, a suburban soccer mom turned vigilante, marks the actress' first action role since ABC's spy drama "Alias" went off the air in 2006.

Garner says she's

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