Tuesday, May 25, 2021

Those Who Wish Me Dead

THE GIST
: A young kid is pursued through the Montana wilderness by a couple of assassins because of some sensitive information he's carrying. He stumbles into a firefighter, who helps him trying to get away, but a huge wildfire gets in the way of everybody.

Those Who Wish Me Dead is an action packed thriller that fails to reveal enough of the backstory that gets introduced at the onset, but benefits from the relentless action and great visual effects when it comes to the fire.

Young Finn Little shows a lot of promise; Angelina Jolie and Jon Bernthal are quite good; Aidan Gillen and Nicholas Hoult are very good bad guys. I think Hoult should consider playing the villain more often, as we're used seeing him in more heroic roles but here really shines.

THE BOTTOM LINE: Nothing memorable or exceptional, but entertaining enough to generate a good adrenaline rush.

Grade: 5.5

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