Synopsis
Nature finds a way.
A young boy finds himself pursued by two assassins in the Montana wilderness, with a survival expert determined to protect him, and a forest fire threatening to consume them all.
2021 Directed by Taylor Sheridan
A young boy finds himself pursued by two assassins in the Montana wilderness, with a survival expert determined to protect him, and a forest fire threatening to consume them all.
Angelina Jolie Finn Little Jon Bernthal Nicholas Hoult Aidan Gillen Jake Weber Medina Senghore Tyler Perry Boots Southerland Tory Kittles James Jordan Lora Martinez-Cunningham Howard Ferguson Jr. Ryan Jason Cook Laura Niemi Dylan Kenin Faith Lynch Alexander Wagenman Mason Howell Calvin Olson Tessa Jo Mentus Darlington Keith Meriweather John Trejo Sofia Embid Mary Fenton Charissa Lauren Potter Jesus Cris Acosta Jacob Browne David Hight Show All…
Steven Zaillian Kevin Turen Garrett Basch Kathryn Dean Aaron L. Gilbert Taylor Sheridan Andria Spring Jason Cloth Brenda Gilbert Steven Thibault Anita Sum Richard McConnell Ashley Levinson Adam Davids Celia Khong Daria Cercek Michael Friedman
Mark Stetson Jason Chen Brendan Taylor Azra Alkan Beverly Abbott Nairye Apelian Thomas Montminy Brodeur
Dean A. Zupancic John Joseph Thomas Alan Robert Murray Tom Ozanich Michael W. Mitchell Christian Wenger
Bron Studios Film Rites Creative Wealth Media Finance New Line Cinema Warner Bros. Pictures Bosque Ranch Productions
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They used to make like 15 of these a year and I was like yeah sure whatever. Now in 2021 a good 100-minute thriller for adults featuring actual movie stars feels like a rare precious gem that must be celebrated
Bonus: it’s also a natural disaster movie. The 90s are back babyyyyyyy
A simple but smoldering throwback to the days when all you needed to make a decent action film was a big star, a striking location, and a few cold henchman carrying those fancy machine guns with the red laser sights, Taylor Sheridan’s “Those Who Wish Me Dead” is nothing short of the most rock-solid blockbuster of the 1994 summer movie season. In 2021, it can’t help but feel like an unintended anachronism; as if Sheridan aimed for something that matched the gravitas he wrote into “Sicario” or the dark portent he blew into “Wind River,” fell very far short, and landed in a pillowy bed of old popcorn instead. That may not be high praise, but it sure as hell…
could have used a lot more angelina and a lot less... everything else (actual review can be seen here)
Unmercifully almost entirely free of incident save for a 20-minute stretch towards the end. The B-plot about Bernthal's character and his pregnant wife is the more interesting story.
THOSE WHO WISH ME DEAD is the kind of mid-budget adult thriller that we need more of in today’s cinematic climate. Taylor Sheridan’s screenplay may lack the spark of his previous efforts but he makes up for it with brutal action, a larger (burning) canvas & a solid ensemble led by the awesome Angelina Jolie!
Aidan Gillen is suspiciously good at playing bad, untrustworthy guys. Maybe a bit too good, some would say.. Makes you wonder 😳
I think this one might be kind of brilliant, and had I the wherewithal and the planning to have waited to see in theaters, I would maybe call it a soft masterpiece. listen, I texted Caroline that I might have loved the picture and she texted me back the absurd screenshot of Aidan Gillan and Nick Hoult in their "ma'am, we're here to check your meter" disguises with a voice memo that said, "why are they wearing different outfits? why are they different heights? you're not gonna let these guys in your house," which, to me, is a grade-a symbol of movie magic. I am largely uninterested in social realism (jk) but I also love when I yell "I wouldn't…
Color me disappointed.
I expected a lot more from Taylor Sheridan. Those Who Wish Me Dead is about as generic as an action movie can get. Angelina Jolie sleepwalks through the movie like her name is Bruce Willis DTV action star. In my opinion, she is miscast.
Thankfully, Jon Bernthal and Medina Senghore save the movie from being a total dud. I cared way more about their arc than anything else.
The bad guys are as stale as month old bread. I kept waiting for Howie Long to appear, because I could have sworn this was a spiritual sequel to Firestorm. It simply did not work for me. Put this fire out! There are way more satisfying films for you to watch this weekend.
I would’ve gone absolutely nuts if this movie concluded with Littlefinger getting sniped from the ridge line by Smokey the Bear in full tactical gear, oakleys & a backwards baseball cap
Wikipedia describes this as a “American neo-Western action thriller” which is a very fancy way of saying “the kind of stock star vehicle that Sylvester Stallone used to churn out twice a year in the 1990s.” Angelina Jolie doesn’t have much to do here, even with her character’s tragic smokejumper backstory (is there any other kind of smokejumper backstory?) and her ability to literally jump out of the way of lightning strikes. Jon Bernthal and Medina Senghore are a lot more interesting as the local sheriff and his pregnant wife who get dragged into the hunt for a kid with some evidence that a bunch of underworld types don’t want to get out.
Your solid run of the mill summer blockbuster from Taylor Sheridan, the master who wrote Sicario. This movie felt like it was made for the late 90s/early oughts, which isn’t necessarily a negative thing. Good pace for a action thriller but lacked character development for the protagonist and antagonist. It felt like at times the bad guys had some moral compass but were quick to forget about it.
Pretty good performances top to bottom. Finn little, turned in a excellent performance. Jon Bernthal is always fantastic, although I had some problems with his character. I thought the film was quite funny. Angelina Jolie being one of the dudes was a nice change of pace for her, she really had me laughing as her character did not know how to deal with the child’s emotional baggage.
You okay, buddy?
Kid crying
My dad used to call me buddy
Ahh fuck, fine I won’t call you buddy
Lololol