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Maybe you've heard the parable about the blind men and the elephant where, never having seen the animal, they try to describe it.
“Those Who Wish Me Dead” is the movie version of that.
Despite a considerable amount of talent involved, it seems like it was cobbled together from a bunch of different parts that don’t fit together. Directed by Taylor Sheridan, who gets a free pass for life for writing “Hell or High Water,” and starring Angelina Jolie (sort of), it’s a film about a smokejumper trying to overcome tragedy.
It’s also about a kid on the run from assassins. It’s about what transpired to compel that kid to run, which involves his father, an accountant and yet more tragedy. It’s about a wildfire raging out of control. In its best moments, it’s about the disgruntled nature of the assassins chasing after the kid.