Rebel Ridge is a American action thriller film [ 1 ] written, produced, directed and edited by Jeremy Saulnier. The film stars Aaron Pierre as Terry Richmond, a former Marine who has the funds needed to post bail for his cousin unjustly seized via civil forfeiture by a small town's corrupt police force. Rebel Ridge was released by Netflix on September 6, to positive critical reviews. Terry Richmond, a Marine veteran, cycles into Shelby Springs, Louisiana to post bail for his cousin Mike Simmons and buy a pickup truck to make them an honest living.
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. 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. A close quarters combat expert, he subdues Lann and Burnne, and forces Sims to hand over the bail money and help him escape. Posting bail with Summer's help, Terry is captured at the courthouse.
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 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 him up. Summer and Terry interrogate Elliot and the town's judge, who reveal a coverup to avoid transparency measures imposed after a legal settlement nearly bankrupted the town.
