Those Who Wish Me Dead (2021)

Less than a week ago, I had watched Hard Rain and thought how they don’t make films like that anymore. While I still assert that that is generally true, here is a film sitting firmly in that same category. A thriller with a not-quite natural setting, a completely nonsensical plot, and bad guys who are so supernatural that they have to killed them a dozen times before they stop their pursuit, the whole thing is a mess if you spend too long thinking about it. But at the same time, it remains an entertaining way to spend less than two hours. Angelina Jolie is a smokejumper, who after experiencing tragedy the year before, has found herself protecting a young boy being tracked by assassins for reasons. The good guys are helped by other good guys, the bad guys are mobilized by a Tyler Perry cameo.