Those Who Wish Me Dead review: Angelina Jolie outclasses a profoundly silly film

Starring: Angelina Jolie, Finn Little, Nicholas Hoult, Aidan Gillen, Jake Weber, Medina Senghore, Jon Bernthal. Cert 15, 100 mins Angelina Jolie’s bare-knuckled performance in Those Who Wish Me Dead easily outclasses the film that contains it. It’s just a shame that Those Who Wish Me Dead – shot with absolute solemnity but profoundly silly at its core – is the one to welcome her back. Angelina Jolie gets to play the flinty thrillseeker who slowly softens and opens up emotionally when she’s put in charge of Connor’s wellbeing What happens next immediately undercuts all that we’ve just seen – there is another fire, even deadlier in size, but it’s not started by lightning, drought, or ignorant campers. Jolie gets to play the flinty thrillseeker who slowly softens and opens up emotionally when she’s put in charge of the boy’s wellbeing.