In the Wake of Ire
Hannah Faber (Angelina Jolie), a smoke-jumper (a person who is parachuted into the middle of forest fires from an airplane to douse them out), is struggling after failing to prevent the deaths of thre…
In the Wake of Ire
Hannah Faber (Angelina Jolie), a smoke-jumper (a person who is parachuted into the middle of forest fires from an airplane to douse them out), is struggling after failing to prevent the deaths of three young campers and a fellow smoke-jumper in a forest fire. Hannah blames herself for reading the fire wrong, as it changed direction suddenly, cutting off their exit route. The fellow smoke-jumper panicked, tried to escape and got caught in the fire. The remaining firefighters begin to deploy their fire protection gear, when Hannah saw the 3 campers, but by then it was already too late for them. Hannah blames herself for not trying to help the campers, and instead continued to deploy the gear to ride out the passing fire storm. She is now posted in a fire lookout tower in Park County, Montana. Hannah is assigned to man the number 217 fire tower. She has frequent nightmares about the deaths on her watch and seeks redemption. Hannah is in depression and tries to keep her spirits up by indulging in dangerous stunts like para sailing from the back of a pickup truck. Owen Casserly (Jake Weber), a forensic accountant, learns about the death of his district attorney boss and his family in an apparent gas explosion in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Owen lives in Jacksonville, Florida, which is only 6 hours away. Believing that their deaths were actually a contracted killing and that he is the next target, Owen goes on the run with his son, Connor (Finn Little). Owen throws away Connor's phone, so they cannot be tracked electronically. Owen intends to seek refuge with his brother-in-law, Ethan Sawyer (Jon Bernthal), a Deputy Sheriff. Owen calls Ethan and asks him to assemble a TV crew, as he wants to expose his evidence to the media. Hannah is Ethan's ex-girlfriend, and Ethan is worried about her emotional state of mind. Ethan brings Owen's request to the Sheriff, who refuses to call a TV station and cause a scandal and wants to meet Owen first. They are pursued by the assassins "Jack" (Aidan Gillen) and "Patrick" (Nicholas Hoult). When Jack and Patrick reach Owen's house, he is already gone with his son. They hack into his computer and figure out that he has withdrawn $10000 in cash. They find pictures of his brother-in-law who is a deputy sheriff and figure that Owen who have headed to him to seek refuge in Montana. Jack and Patrick leapfrog Owen by flying a private plane into Montana. Owen tells Connor that he is a forensic accountant and that his job is to look for things that do not add up. They cannot go to the police as district attorneys have 24 hours police protection and yet that did not save him. Owen tells Connor to only trust people that he knows. Jack and Patrick track Owen's car and set up an ambush further up ahead on a mountain road. The assassins force Owen & Connor off the road and down a cliff, where it strikes a large boulder and comes to a stop. Trapped in the car and shot in the shoulder, Owen gives Connor the evidence against the assassins' employer. Connor flees before the assassins kill Owen and follows a stream as instructed by his father. As Ethan discovers Owen's car wreck, Hannah stumbles upon Connor while out on patrol. She takes him back to the tower to contact help. The assassins meet their boss, who instructs them to hunt down and kill Connor. The boss says that Jack should assume the worst-case scenario, that Owen had copies of the evidence, and which are now in possession of the boy. Jack tells Patrick from this point on they kill whoever sees their faces. As a diversion to preoccupy the police, they use flares to start a forest fire. They go to Ethan's house searching for Connor and find and interrogate Ethan's pregnant wife, Allison (Medina Senghore). When they force her to call Ethan, she gives him a duress code. She then fights off the assassins and escapes. Hannah discovers that a lightning strike disabled the radio at the lookout tower. She attempts to take Connor into town on foot, but they are forced to turn back when the fire blocks their path. Following the radio call, Ethan returns home with the Sheriff (Boots Southerland), aiming to protect Allison. However, the assassins ambush them. They kill the Sheriff and force Ethan to guide them through the woods. Ethan is forced to comply as Jack bluffs that his 3rd colleague has Allison in his custody and will kill her if Ethan does not comply. The assassins arrive at Hannah's fire tower and force Ethan to search it as they observe from a tree. Hannah and Connor hide while Ethan attempts to make it appear as if the tower is empty. After Patrick sees that Ethan seems to be talking to someone, the assassins shoot up the tower. Ethan is injured, but Hannah and Connor manage to escape. The assassins try to follow them but are stopped when Allison, having tracked them down, starts shooting at them. Patrick and Jack split up, with Patrick pursuing Hannah and Connor while Jack stays behind to fight Allison. Allison gains the upper hand and kills Jack. Connor runs ahead while Hannah fights Patrick but returns after Patrick threatens to beat Hannah to death. As Patrick is about to kill Connor, Hannah severely injures Patrick with a climbing ax and leaves him to burn to death in the approaching fire. Allison reunites with Ethan in the tower, but the fire traps them as they put on oxygen masks and hold each other. Hannah and Connor jump into a stream and watch from under the water as the fire engulfs the forest. In the morning after the fire has burned out, Hannah's old smoke-jumping team arrives and rescues her, Connor, and Allison. Ethan has died from his gunshot wounds. Connor later prepares to give his father's evidence to the media. Hannah promises to help him through his uncertain future.
In the Wake of Ire
Drama
Film Details
Hannah Faber (Angelina Jolie), a smoke-jumper (a person who is parachuted into the middle of forest fires from an airplane to douse them out), is struggling after failing to prevent the deaths of three young campers and a fellow smoke-jumper in a forest fire. Hannah blames herself for reading the fire wrong, as it changed direction suddenly, cutting off their exit route. The fellow smoke-jumper panicked, tried to escape and got caught in the fire.
The remaining firefighters begin to deploy their fire protection gear, when Hannah saw the 3 campers, but by then it was already too late for them. Hannah blames herself for not trying to help the campers, and instead continued to deploy the gear to ride out the passing fire storm. She is now posted in a fire lookout tower in Park County, Montana.
Hannah is assigned to man the number 217 fire tower. She has frequent nightmares about the deaths on her watch and seeks redemption. Hannah is in depression and tries to keep her spirits up by indulging in dangerous stunts like para sailing from the back of a pickup truck.
Owen Casserly (Jake Weber), a forensic accountant, learns about the death of his district attorney boss and his family in an apparent gas explosion in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Owen lives in Jacksonville, Florida, which is only 6 hours away. Believing that their deaths were actually a contracted killing and that he is the next target, Owen goes on the run with his son, Connor (Finn Little).
Owen throws away Connor's phone, so they cannot be tracked electronically. Owen intends to seek refuge with his brother-in-law, Ethan Sawyer (Jon Bernthal), a Deputy Sheriff. Owen calls Ethan and asks him to assemble a TV crew, as he wants to expose his evidence to the media.
Hannah is Ethan's ex-girlfriend, and Ethan is worried about her emotional state of mind. Ethan brings Owen's request to the Sheriff, who refuses to call a TV station and cause a scandal and wants to meet Owen first. They are pursued by the assassins "Jack" (Aidan Gillen) and "Patrick" (Nicholas Hoult).
When Jack and Patrick reach Owen's house, he is already gone with his son. They hack into his computer and figure out that he has withdrawn $10000 in cash. They find pictures of his brother-in-law who is a deputy sheriff and figure that Owen who have headed to him to seek refuge in Montana.
Jack and Patrick leapfrog Owen by flying a private plane into Montana. Owen tells Connor that he is a forensic accountant and that his job is to look for things that do not add up. They cannot go to the police as district attorneys have 24 hours police protection and yet that did not save him.
Owen tells Connor to only trust people that he knows. Jack and Patrick track Owen's car and set up an ambush further up ahead on a mountain road. The assassins force Owen & Connor off the road and down a cliff, where it strikes a large boulder and comes to a stop.
Trapped in the car and shot in the shoulder, Owen gives Connor the evidence against the assassins' employer. Connor flees before the assassins kill Owen and follows a stream as instructed by his father. As Ethan discovers Owen's car wreck, Hannah stumbles upon Connor while out on patrol.
She takes him back to the tower to contact help. The assassins meet their boss, who instructs them to hunt down and kill Connor. The boss says that Jack should assume the worst-case scenario, that Owen had copies of the evidence, and which are now in possession of the boy.
Jack tells Patrick from this point on they kill whoever sees their faces. As a diversion to preoccupy the police, they use flares to start a forest fire. They go to Ethan's house searching for Connor and find and interrogate Ethan's pregnant wife, Allison (Medina Senghore).
When they force her to call Ethan, she gives him a duress code. She then fights off the assassins and escapes. Hannah discovers that a lightning strike disabled the radio at the lookout tower.
She attempts to take Connor into town on foot, but they are forced to turn back when the fire blocks their path. Following the radio call, Ethan returns home with the Sheriff (Boots Southerland), aiming to protect Allison. However, the assassins ambush them.
They kill the Sheriff and force Ethan to guide them through the woods. Ethan is forced to comply as Jack bluffs that his 3rd colleague has Allison in his custody and will kill her if Ethan does not comply. The assassins arrive at Hannah's fire tower and force Ethan to search it as they observe from a tree.
Hannah and Connor hide while Ethan attempts to make it appear as if the tower is empty. After Patrick sees that Ethan seems to be talking to someone, the assassins shoot up the tower. Ethan is injured, but Hannah and Connor manage to escape.
The assassins try to follow them but are stopped when Allison, having tracked them down, starts shooting at them. Patrick and Jack split up, with Patrick pursuing Hannah and Connor while Jack stays behind to fight Allison. Allison gains the upper hand and kills Jack.
Connor runs ahead while Hannah fights Patrick but returns after Patrick threatens to beat Hannah to death. As Patrick is about to kill Connor, Hannah severely injures Patrick with a climbing ax and leaves him to burn to death in the approaching fire. Allison reunites with Ethan in the tower, but the fire traps them as they put on oxygen masks and hold each other.
Hannah and Connor jump into a stream and watch from under the water as the fire engulfs the forest. In the morning after the fire has burned out, Hannah's old smoke-jumping team arrives and rescues her, Connor, and Allison. Ethan has died from his gunshot wounds.
Connor later prepares to give his father's evidence to the media. Hannah promises to help him through his uncertain future..