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Rebel Ridge

Rebel Ridge is a 2024 American action thriller film written, produced, directed and edited by Jeremy Saulnier. The film stars Aaron Pierre as Terry Richmond, a former Marine; he has the funds needed to post bail for his cousin, but the money is unjustly seized via civil forfeiture by a small town's corrupt police force. Don Johnson, AnnaSophia Robb, David Denman, Emory Cohen, Steve Zissis, Zsané Jhé, Dana Lee, and James Cromwell also appear in the film.

Rebel Ridge was released by Netflix on September 6, 2024 to positive critical reviews. It won the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Movie Made for Television and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie.

Terry Richmond, a Marine veteran, cycles into Shelby Springs, Louisiana to bail out his cousin Mike Simmons and to buy a work pickup truck. He is rammed by police officers Evan Marston and Steve Lann, who seize his $36,000 in cash via civil forfeiture.

When courthouse clerk Elliot refuses to help, his assistant Summer McBride promises to prepare the paperwork in case Terry can pay Mike's $10,000 bail before his Thursday transfer to state prison as he would be in danger for informing on a gangster. Terry calls his former business partner Liu, who agrees to provide the money.

At the police station, Terry tries to report the cash as stolen to Officer Jessica Sims, and is confronted by Lann and police chief Sandy Burnne. Terry offers to drop the matter if they give him back $10,000 and Burnne agrees to resolve the issue on Monday. Meanwhile, Summer discovers dozens of cases with misdemeanor defendants like Mike being held in jail for exactly 90 days.

On Monday, Terry arrives at the station but Burnne has arranged for the prison bus to leave early. He catches up on his bike and tells Mike to stay safe until he posts bail. Liu can no longer send money after police raided his restaurant at Burnne's request, and Terry returns to the station and is taunted by Burnne. Terry subdues Lann and Burnne, revealing himself as a close quarters combat expert. He forces Sims to open the property room to retrieve the bail money while also noting a large stock of cash and weapons. After forcing Sims to help him escape and posting bail with Summer's help, Terry is captured at the courthouse.

Terry is taken to a hospital by Marston and Burnne, who explains that Mike was stabbed after arriving at prison, and offers the remaining $26,000, paying off the planned truck purchase, and to not pursue charges if he leaves town. Terry accepts, but Mike has died. Summer drives Terry to pick up the truck, and he declines to help her investigate the suspicious cases.

That night, Summer is injected with drugs by the police and calls Terry, who returns to help. At work, she is forced to take a urine test, jeopardizing her child custody. As Terry leaves town, Lann flags him down, throws a gun into his truck as a pretense to open fire, and wounds him in the shoulder. Terry escapes and regroups with Summer at Liu's restaurant, where Liu, a Chinese medic during the Korean War, patches his shoulder.

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