Angelina relights our fire

THERE were queues outside beer gardens when the pubs reopened last month but what will cinemas look like on Monday? On paper, Oscar-winner Nomadland is the biggest draw for adults and that’s been streaming on Disney+ for two weeks.

So it’s down to Angelina Jolie to reignite home streamers’ love of the silver screen with this solid action thriller about a guilt-ridden firefighter.

Jolie plays loose cannon Hannah who has been transferred to a remote lookout tower deep in the forests of Montana, presumably after failing a psychiatric evaluation.

While her fellow specialist firefighters enjoy macho banter on the frontline, haunted Hannah has been left alone with flashbacks of the day she “misread the wind” and watched three kids burn to death in a raging inferno.

She gets a shot at redemption when she crosses paths with 12-year-old Connor (Finn Little) who is on the run from the ruthless hitmen (Aidan Gillen and Nicholas Hoult) who killed his accountant dad before he could expose a web of corruption.

When the assassins try to cover up their incompetence by starting a forest fire, the chase scenes have a suitably cin cinematic backdrop.

Dire Director and co-writer

Tayl Taylor Sheridan doesn’t fu fully develop the bond b between the frightened b boy and traumatised Hannah, spending too much time on a s subplot involving Jon B Bernthal’s cop and his pr pregnant wife (Medina Se Senhorne). But the sh shoot-outs are tense, the scenery is spectacular and Jolie makes the most of her first action role since 2010’s Salt.

Those Who Wish Me Dead is a decent riposte to the commentators who have been predicting the demise of cinema.

■ In cinemas tomorrow

Nicholas Hoult as one of the hitmen

Angelina Jolie is back in action in front of the camera playing a troubled firefighter, left and top. Below, with Finn Little, who plays Connor, a boy who is on the run from a pair of assassins Medina Senghore as Allison and Jon Bernthal as Ethan are part of the movie’s subplot