Current Events > TaiIs82 Reviews: Those Who Wish Me Dead ***(SPOILERS)***

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Those Who Wish Me Dead follows a child and the friends he makes along the way as they try to escape a couple mob hitmen. Even nature wants this kid dead. What did he do! Well, his father had incriminating evidence that would bring down the crooks, so they took him out before he could release it. But before he dies of his injuries, the dad passes the evidence along to his son to pick up where he left off and continue the fight against the mob. Stuck in the wilderness with a target on his back, the kid has to make his way to safety and expose the criminals so justice will be served.

Angelina Jolie, a traumatized fire watcher who is haunted by the loss of people who she couldn't save in a previous fire, becomes the child's guardian after they cross paths. They're separated from civilization by the continental divide and it's also fire season, so they're in a dangerous situation and can be wiped out at any time. The hitmen are close on their trail and start setting stuff alight to distract the police, so help is not coming. But the kid catches an additional break when they get a ragtag alliance with a survivalist who the hitmen tried to take out.

There's a lot of lightning in this film and lightning triggers flames, so we'll have a forest fire to confront as well. I thought that one scene where they were running across an open field during a lightning storm was a bit silly and ill-advised. Don't mess with lightning.

Trapped between the flames and the killers, Jolie and kid are in a real pickle. Will they make it out alive?

8.5/10

Revnir posted...

I thought this was going to be about people on CE who want you dead

Pretty sure it is and it's just TC trying to be slick about it

Tais83nKnuckles posted...

Those Who Wish Me Dead