Against a backdrop of a huge forest fire, Forest Ranger Hannah (Angelina Jolie) attempts to lead a young boy (Finn Little) to safety after his father was murdered by a pair of brother hitmen. The premise for that murder was never made clear, only that the target was a forensic accountant who turned up something incriminating enough to warrant a hit on him and his employer as well. At the same time, Jolie's character suffers a guilt riddled angst over the deaths of three teenagers who perished in a separate fire when she miscalculated on the direction of the conflagration. Tied into the story is a small town sheriff (Jon Bernthal) and his pregnant wife, a survivalist who knows how to handle herself when the assassins come calling. The unseen stars of this vehicle were the special effects team who made the forest fire behave like a killer in and of itself, leaping across expanses of forest and river in a furious spectacle. Considering the nature of the story, the name of the film doesn't quite capture the essence of what occurred along the way, since the 'Me' in the title seems to refer to Jolie's character, who became an equal opportunity target of the vicious assassins only when she took the young boy Connor under her wing.
Review of Those Who Wish Me Dead
