Those Who Wish Me Dead has heart and on-point performances delivered not just by Jolie (who gives a familiar-to-her character remarkable depth and nuance) but the entire main cast, even if ultimately doesn't satisfactorily loop together all the parallel narratives that make up this film's unique tale. When you're adapting a novel, there are certain elements that are necessarily cut or glossed over. Those Who Wish Me Dead is adapted from Michael Koryta's novel of the same name, and director Taylor Sheridan weaves together three plot lines. Hannah is a smokejumper in Montana who has PTSD after having read the wind wrong in a forest fire, resulting in several deaths and leading Hannah to get posted to a fire lookout tower. Meanwhile, in Florida, forensic accountant Owen (Jake Weber) and his son Connor (Finn Little) go on the run, pursued by two assassins, Jack (Aidan Gillen) and Patrick (Nicholas Hoult). They flee to the Montana wilderness, where Owen's ex-brother-in-law Ethan (Jon Bernthal) and his pregnant wife Allison (Medina Senghore) have a wilderness survival school. Owen dies, leaving Hannah to protect Connor in an attempt to make up for her past traumas.