My Cultural Diet

Much like 2022’s Interceptor, Trigger Warning is entertaining and just OK — no more, no less. I mainly watched this Netflix original because it’s on Polygon’s list of 2024’s best action movies. Jessica Alba acquits herself well enough as a government operative who returns home after her father dies under increasingly mysterious circumstances. Will her elite military training come in handy when she discovers a bigger conspiracy? If you don’t already know the answer to that question, then this movie probably isn’t for you. I do find the title somewhat amusing; with its Hispanic lead and right-wing villains (who, in one scene, struggle with the pronunciation of “Latinx”), Trigger Warning might be a little, ahem, triggering for those who typically deride the concept of “trigger warnings.” That said, if you want to watch a movie about a soldier who puts the smack down on some small town villainy, stick with the far superior Rebel Ridge.

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