Those Who Wish Me Dead (Netflix)
I first took notice of Angelina Jolie in the 1998 HBO film “Gia”.
She gave an impressive performance. Then in 1999 she won the Academy Award for
Best Supporting Actress for “Girl Interrupted”. Jolie is a serious accomplished
actress. Then came Lara Croft, Maleficent and Salt. Everyone needs to pay the
bills. This film is lacks luster and makes no demands on her acting skills. In
this movie you know from the start who dies and who survives.
Jolie plays a hotshot fire fighter who is suffering from post-traumatic
stress as a consequence of the death of three children during a forest fire.
Later on she encounters a boy fleeing assassins who killed his father and are
after him because he is carrying incriminating information. It is a bit shady who the bad guy
or organization is, but professional killers are the main antagonists. This
film is supposed to be an action thriller, but it does not have the right
vibes. There are no dare devil car chases like in the Fast and Furious movies
or a Jason Statham round kicking a bad guy in the head. There is a lot of Jolie
out running a forest fire.
The bad guys are brothers played by Aidan Gillen and
Nicholas Hoult. Gillian is becoming the perennial bad guy as he proves in this
movie. Nicholas Hoult is the grown up version of the sweet little boy in the
film “About a Boy”. It is just incongruous to see him as a heartless assassin.
Let’s wait for Tomb Raider 4.
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