![]() Certainly for him, this is a welcome step into more varied roles, but arguably for the role itself, the movie could have done with a bit more going on behind the eyes. Once again playing the pained father dealing with grief, Schwarzenegger shows that he is capable of shaking off his action star roots.Įmoting mental pain can come in many forms and Schwarzenegger’s approach is for an almost whispering restraint. From a Schwarzenegger point of view 2017’s Aftermath continues on from his surprise 2015 zombie drama hit, Maggie. Once at the airport he is led into a separate room and given the awful news. Intercut with this is construction worker Roman Melnyk (Schwarzenegger) who is looking forward to picking up his wife and pregnant daughter. Shell shocked, he is sent away on garden leave by the airport and left to mentally fall apart in the presence of wife Christina (Maggie Grace) and son Samuel. ![]() Instead, we see air traffic controller Jake Bonanos stare at the screen, jaw locked and eyes bulging as he comes to terms with what must have happened. With no audible explosion or visible fireball Aftermath takes away the usual crutch relied upon by directors to showcase such a horrific event. ![]() Once the tiny facsimiles of aircraft cross they wink out of existence. Scoot McNairy stars as the air traffic controller blamed for the accident, and opposite him is Arnold Schwarzenegger who lost his wife and pregnant daughter in the crash.Īll it takes is two blips on a radar screen to get too close. ![]() Based on a real-life Überlingen mid-air collision between commercial jets where all passengers were killed, Aftermath asks the question: what becomes of those affected on the ground. ![]()
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