A brilliant Western thriller movie is airing on TV tonight

Coming from the creator of Yellowstone and 1883, the Western thriller features an Oscar-winner and one of the stars of Love/Hate.

Based on the novel of the same name by Michael Koryta, the modern-day-set film stars Oscar-winner Angelina Jolie (Girl, Interrupted) as Hannah, a wildland firefighter.

Struggling after failing to prevent the deaths of several people in a blaze, she is posted at a remote fire lookout tower in Montana.

One day, while out on patrol, Hannah stumbles upon Connor (Finn Little), a traumatised 12-year-old boy.

It turns out that the child is being pursued by two relentless assassins, Jack (Aidan Gillen, Love/Hate) and Patrick (Nicholas Hoult, Superman). The pair killed the boy's forensic accountant father (Jake Weber, Dawn of the Dead) after he stumbled upon some information that the killers' employer wanted hidden.

As such, Hannah must protect Connor from the vicious assassins, with the killers subsequently setting a massive forest fire to cover their tracks.

Also featuring two brilliant supporting performances from Jon Bernthal (The Punisher) and Medina Senghore (The Walking Dead) as Connor's sheriff uncle and aunt, Those Who Wish Me Dead was released during the Covid pandemic - meaning it didn't get the audience in theatres that it deserved.

That said, we at JOE believe it has the chance to become a cable or streaming classic. This is thanks to its great cast, its extremely tense cat-and-mouse thrills and its genuinely jaw-dropping action set-pieces.

Those Who Wish Me Dead is on TV tonight on RTÉ2 at 9.35pm. It is also available to rent on Apple TV, Google Play, the Sky Store and Rakuten TV.

Here's a list of the other movies on TV tonight:

Venom - E4 - 9pm

Tom Hardy is very fun in this flawed superhero flick that launched a trilogy.

Monster Hunter - Film4 - 9pm

This 2020 monster flick starring Milla Jovovich is based on the video game series of the same name and is good dumb fun.

Anon - Sky Sci-Fi - 9pm

Amanda Seyfried and Clive Owen star in this stylish if meandering sci-fi murder mystery from the director of Gattaca.

Braven - Legend Xtra - 9pm

In this well-reviewed action thriller, a logger (Jason Momoa) and his father (Stephen Lang) on a trip to their hunting cabin find themselves fighting for survival when they encounter a gang of ruthless drug traffickers.

Pathfinder - Legend - 9pm

Karl Urban stars in this poorly reviewed historical action flick about Vikings in America.

The Professionals - TG4 - 9.20pm

Another Western, except this time from the '60s and starring Burt Lancaster, Claudia Cardinale, Jack Palance, Lee Marvin and Robert Ryan.

Downton Abbey: A New Era - RTÉ One - 9.35pm

The second of the Downton Abbey movies. A third is coming to cinemas next month.

Lionheart - Legend Xtra - 10.55pm

A 1990 martial arts flick starring Jean-Claude Van Damme.

Atonement - BBC Two - 11pm

The excellent romantic war drama, based on Ian McEwan's novel of the same name, that we've recommended many times before.

Underwater - Film4 - 11.05pm

Kristen Stewart stars in this sci-fi action horror about a group of workers on a drilling facility at the bottom of the ocean who encounter hostile creatures after an earthquake.

Striking Distance - Legend - 11.10pm

In this watchable '90s thriller, Bruce Willis plays a former homicide detective turned river rescue officer who is on the hunt for a serial killer.

Terminator Genisys - Channel 4 - 11.20pm

One of the weaker Terminator movies.

The Mission - RTÉ One - 11.55pm

Jeremy Irons and Robert De Niro star in this beloved '80s historical drama about the experiences of a Jesuit missionary in 18th-century South America.