'Those Who Wish Me Dead' review: Works mostly at gut level


Hannah soon learned that being surrounded by flames was not the best time to strike a pose. Photos: Warner Bros

As survival flicks go, there have been far better (Deliverance) and significantly worse (a long and varied menu) than Those Who Wish Me Dead (TWWMD), which stars Angelina Jolie as a traumatised smoke jumper.

Given that it's directed and co-written by Taylor Sheridan, who wrote the Sicario films, from a novel by acclaimed crime and supernatural fiction writer Michael Koryta, one did have rather high hopes.

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6 10

Summary:

Competent but unremarkable survival action thriller treats its supporting characters well, at the expense of its principal ones.

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