SCScreencodex
⌘K

Those Who Wish Me Dead (2020)

★ 6.0R100 minDirector: Taylor Sheridan

2021 film by Taylor Sheridan

Those Who Wish Me Dead is a 2021 American action thriller film directed by Taylor Sheridan with a screenplay by Michael Koryta, Charles Leavitt, and Sheridan, based on Koryta's novel of the same name. The film follows a boy (Finn Little) who witnesses the murder of his father and goes on the run with a smokejumper (Angelina Jolie) in the Montana wilderness to escape a pair of assassins (Nicholas Hoult and Aidan Gillen) hired to kill him. Jon Bernthal, Medina Senghore, and Jake Weber also appear.

Those Who Wish Me Dead premiered on May 5, 2021, in South Korea, and was released in the United States on May 14 by Warner Bros. Pictures under the New Line Cinema banner, both in theaters and digitally for one month on HBO Max. The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $23 million worldwide.

Plot summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

FAQ

What is Those Who Wish Me Dead about?
Those Who Wish Me Dead (2020) — Stationed in a lonely fire lookout tower in the heart of Montana's green wilderness, guilt-ridden Hannah Faber, a daredevil smoke-jumper having a death wish, is still struggling to cope with her emotional trauma after a disastrous failure of judgement. Then, as if that weren't en
Is Those Who Wish Me Dead based on a true story?
See the production background and source material details on the official Wikipedia article.
Is Those Who Wish Me Dead scary?
Content rating: R. See the reviews tab for parental guidance and tone notes.