Those Who Wish Me Dead

USA 2021, 95 minutes
Dir. Taylor Sheridan
English
Rating: [R16] Violence, cruelty, offensive language & content that may disturb
Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama

Topics: Disaster, Gung-ho.

Feat. Angelina Jolie, Finn Little, Nicholas Hoult, Aidan Gillen, Jon Bernthal

“It’s a fierce, muscular piece of work, not a million miles from something like the Coens’ No Country for Old Men.”~Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

Aroview: Action thriller from director Taylor Sheridan, writer-director of WIND RIVER and writer of HELL OR HIGH WATER.

Angelina Jolie plays a smoke jumper in Montana struggling to accept her failure to prevent the deaths of three people in a forest fire. While out on patrol, she stumbles upon a teen murder witness who is being pursued by two ruthless assassins and uses her well-honed survival skills to protect him even as deadly lightnings storms rage and a massive forest fire threatens to engulf them.

A straightforward, muscular survival story, with shades of 90's pulp action and Neo-Westerns.