This piece contains spoilers for “Rebel Ridge,” which premiered on Netflix on Sept. 6.

Aaron Pierre recalled exactly how he felt when he reached the end of the script for Netflix’s “Rebel Ridge.” 

In the high-velocity action-thriller, the 30-year-old actor plays an ex-marine named Terry Richmond who, after a volatile encounter with a pair of dirty cops, faces off against an entire, nearly all-white police force. In perhaps the film’s biggest twist, Pierre’s character survives the violent battle — which includes shootouts, hand-to-hand combat and even jiu-jitsu — through the very end, something even he couldn’t believe initially.