Synopsis
A fatal plane crash changes the lives of Roman and Jake forever. Roman loses his wife and daughter in the accident, while Jake loses his mind—as he happens to be the air traffic controller who failed to avert the nightmare. Rage and revenge engulfs Roman and Jake finds himself swamped with guilt and regret.
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Cast
- Arnold SchwarzeneggerRoman Melnyk
- Scoot McNairyJacob "Jake" Bonanos
- Maggie GraceChristina
- Judah NelsonSamuel Bonanos
- Larry SullivanJames Gullick
- Jason McCuneThomas Fichman
- Glenn MorshowerMatt
- Mariana KlavenoEve Sanders
- Martin DonovanRobert
- Hannah WareTessa
Recommandations
- 80
Empire
This is a film full of scenes that would be easy to overplay, but which Schwarzenegger tackles with understated perfection. Truly, this is quite unlike anything else he’s ever done, and brilliantly so. - 60
Village Voice
The story necessitates ceaseless sadness, which can grind, but for the most part Aftermath glides just above the wreckage with its leads’ performances. Lester, however, can’t resist throwing in some easy, cheesy symbolism to slop it up. - 60
Los Angeles Times
Aftermath can’t quite sustain its controlled tone, relying on operatic melodrama and limp plot twists as it concludes in an uneasy resolution. - 50
Screen Daily
While Schwarzenegger is solid – almost literally, his face like granite and his movements stiff – and McNairy is completely committed in this tragic two-hander, Lester’s film is resolutely one-note. - 50
The Hollywood Reporter
Unfortunately, he (Schwarzenegger)doesn’t quite have the chops to do full justice to the material, and his decades-long, popcorn movie image proves a further impediment. Despite the seriousness of his intentions, Aftermath doesn’t pack sufficient emotional punch. - 42
The A.V. Club
In fact, Aftermath only becomes interesting if considered as a dour subversion of the daughter-and-wife revenge scenarios of Schwarzenegger’s action movies — as star text, in other words. - 40
Variety
Aftermath is one of those mopey coping-with-grief movies in which the characters grapple with intense emotions, while audiences feel nothing. - 40
The Guardian
This is a two-dimensional piece of work.
