When historians look back on the careers of various actors, 2026 will undoubtedly be one that stands out for Jon Bernthal. Best known for his role as The Punisher, Bernthal reprised this role in two separate MCU projects this year, The Punisher: One Last Kill and Spider-Man: Brand New Day. The latter grossed over $2 billion at the box office on the backs of Bernthal and Tom Holland‘s star power, but it wasn’t the only film they starred in this year to find success at the box office.
Two weeks before the release of Spider-Man: Brand New Day, the duo starred in their first Christopher Nolan movie, The Odyssey. After The Odyssey grossed over $1.8 billion globally to become the highest-grossing R-rated feature ever, it is finally set to hit VOD in just a few weeks.
Just because Bernthal has had an impressive run of box office success, though, doesn’t mean all of his movies have had the same fate. Back in 2021, Bernthal starred in a Western thriller that grossed only $19 million at the box office, largely due to the restrictions that were still in place at many theaters due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We’re talking, of course, about Those Who Wish Me Dead, which was written and directed by Taylor Sheridan, who wrote all five seasons of Yellowstone.
Earlier this year, Those Who Wish Me Dead was added to Netflix, where it became one of the most-watched movies of the entire summer on the platform. However, all good things must come to an end, and the streamer recently confirmed that the last day to watch the movie on Netflix will be on November 30.
The show that claimed the most of your answers is the world you were built for. If two tied, both are shown — you’re complicated enough to straddle two Sheridan universes.
You are a Dutton — or you might as well be. You understand that some things are worth protecting at any cost, and that the modern world’s indifference to history, to land, to legacy, is not something you’re willing to accept quietly. You lead from the front, you carry your family’s weight without complaint, and when someone threatens what’s yours, you don’t escalate — you finish it. You’re not cruel. But you are absolute. In Yellowstone’s world, that combination of ferocity and loyalty doesn’t make you a villain. It makes you the only thing standing between everything that matters and everyone who wants to take it.
You thrive in the chaos of high-stakes negotiation, where the money is enormous, the margins are thin, and the wrong word in the wrong room can cost everyone everything. You’re a fixer — the person called when a situation is already on fire and needs someone with the nerve to walk into it. West Texas oil country rewards exactly what you are: sharp, adaptable, unsentimental, and absolutely clear-eyed about what people want and what they’ll do to get it. You’re not naive enough to think this world is fair. You’re smart enough to be the one deciding who it’s fair to.
You are a Dwight Manfredi — someone who has served their time, paid their dues, and arrived somewhere unexpected with nothing but their reputation and their wits. You adapt without losing yourself. You build loyalty through respect rather than fear, though you’re not above reminding people that the two aren’t mutually exclusive. Tulsa King is for people who are still standing when everyone assumed they’d be finished — who find, in an unfamiliar place, that they’re more capable than the world gave them credit for. You don’t need a throne. You build one, wherever you happen to land.
You carry the weight of a system that is broken by design, and you do it anyway — because someone has to, and because you’re the only one positioned to do it without the whole thing collapsing. Mike McLusky’s world is for people who are comfortable operating where there are no good options, only less catastrophic ones. You speak every language: law enforcement, criminal, political, human. That fluency makes you invaluable and it makes you a target. You’ve made your peace with both. Mayor of Kingstown belongs to people who understand that keeping the peace is not the same as being at peace — and who do the job regardless.
What Is ‘Those Who Wish Me Dead’ About?
In addition to Jon Bernthal, Those Who Wish Me Dead also stars Academy Award winner Angelina Jolie and Superman‘s Nicholas Hoult. Aidan Gillen, famed for his long-time role as Littlefinger in Game of Thrones, also stars in the film. The official synopsis for Those Who Wish Me Dead, which earned scores of 63% from critics and 86% from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes, reads as follows: “Oscar winner Jolie stars as Hannah, a smoke jumper still reeling from the loss of three lives she failed to save from a fire when she comes across a traumatized 12-year-old boy with nowhere else to turn.”
Check out Those Who Wish Me Dead before it’s removed from Netflix at the end of this month and stay tuned to Collider for more updates and coverage of Jon Bernthal’s future projects.
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