Aftermath (2017)

This could be just another vengeance story, but Arnold Schwarzenegger's compelling performance raises it. His near perfect role as a grief stricken father and husband is subdued and quiet. The internal struggle between wanting a simple I'm sorry from those he blames and the deep seeded need to get blood revenge is a slow boil. The last few minutes is too neat but overall a good film.

Fmovies: He obsesses, stalks, and tracks them down with only a photo in his hand, then kills. Is that a dramatic performance or the Terminator? Except it's not saving the future he wants but redeeming the past. The mind and grief is already time travel. It implants the moment into 'ever-present.' Now we have science, not murder, such as EMDR for treatment; though treating PTSD is interesting as one might not realize going into it they were quite comfortable with their grief; and how frightening to return to revel in it and it's not there.

I sense this is why Arnold's remorse is so genuine, that he prefers the other hell. Of course this is a screenwriting invention, as the actual real life counterpart was quite proud of how it all unfolded, even becoming a national hero in his country.

I was hoping he would sue the airline for tens of millions, and we the audience would be like, 'Oh yes, what would I do with that much cash?' But he really just wants the 'sorry' and that's how the film was conceived as an unstoppable vs immovable, since the airlines are not allowed to take any responsibility at all and Arnold, being a reverse Terminator, sought something human at any cost.

My take away from this film wasn't so much the legendary Arnold Schwarzenegger, (whom I simply admire as one of Hollywood's best) but how does one deal with and guilt and grief. From the viewpoint of the Air traffic controller, I totally understood his guilt, blaming himself for the mid-air collision and carrying such a heavy load of lost life on his conscious. I don't know about anyone else but whenever I turn on the news and hear of hit and run drivers, who may have taken a life and didn't stop at the scene of the incident to see who they hit I always ask God to give them a burden of guilt and shame that they turn their-selves in. This ATC bore his guilt but tried to restart his life, although I didn't think it was his entirely his fault, but the burden of guilt took its tool on him and his family. The grief of a lost loved one can also be heavy on ones heart, that you can never know how a person will handle such pain. Did I condone what Arnold did to the ATC? Hell no, but I understood his pain, because all he wanted was an a apology from the airline. Overall a thought provoking conversation film, you know the kind you have after you leave the theater. Not a film for everyone, but a definitely a conversation piece.

Aftermath fmovies. Arnie has done action, comedy, thrillers etc. All of these performances hinged on his biceps, accent and catchphrases. Unfortunately, his acting abilities have been...well...questionable. If he was ever put in the situation where he would need to put emphasis on a line that did not require shouting or without a gun in his hand, it was lost on the audience.

Since Arnie's comeback we have seen that he has gone back to much the same genres of movies, so I was dubious when I heard of the plot to this movie. A father losing his family in a plane crash and following the life that follows. It was too deep for Arnie, I thought. However, I was surprised to see the emotion he could portray in his character.

The premise of the movie was interesting, since it follows both the air traffic controller who is blamed for the crash and the father of two of its victims. It was interesting to see the similarities in the emotions they experienced throughout the movie. I thought the character progression was great. The problem I had was that the story progressed a bit too slowly for me. I understand that this is probably more 'real life', but in the context of a movie, I want things that gauge my interest and maintain it. Some scenes were unnecessary and some scenes could have progressed faster.

However, by the end, I did not feel cheated of my time and money. I would recommend this movie to you if you like Arnie and want to see something different. If you enjoy slow-paced movies. It made me realise I hadn't seen my family in a while during my time at university, so at least it got me to organise a meet up with them!

The best part of this film is it was based on the real. This is the story that follows after the event of two planes crashed head to head in the mid air. Focused on Roman, the one who had lost his wife and daughter in the crash and the Jake, an air traffic controller who was on the duty on the day.

Roman was not happy for how the officials treated him, and the declaration of the result of the event. On the other hand, Jake was mentally disturbed, that's affecting his family. A year later, when everything was coming back to normal with a book on the plane crash is getting released, a twist in tale emerges and fast forwarding to a few years, the story comes to an end.

There's no judgement on the crash, that's how the story carefully evolved. Like how it happened and whose fault it was. If you understand the title properly, you won't ask that, because the film is not about that. It was the aftermath of the crash. Like how people related to the event coped with. I think decently written screenplay with good performances. But the film was slow.

Everything about the film was the opening and the end parts, the rest of the film was just a drag in the name of gap between the events and letting us know more about the film's two main characters. So, overall a simple film, but depicting the real event matters here. Once viewable film, especially if you are the actor's fan, then the percentage goes up. Though expect less from it or from him, as he's not young anymore and this film is not an action flick, just a decent drama.

6.5/10

Arnie is back in possibly the best performance of his career.

Plot In A Paragraph: Two strangers' lives become inextricably bound together after a devastating plane crash.

I really enjoyed it. I'd go so far as to say it's safe as to say it's the best Arnie led movie since his return for politics. It's certainly his best performance. It's a performance lots of people doubted he had in him. I love the big guy, but I've often thought he never really had any acting talent, and he got by on his charisma and surrounding himself with top talented directors. I think it says something that I thought his best performance was in Terminator 2, as a non human. Here he absolutely knocks it out of the park, he is superb and utterly heartbreaking! Scott McNairy is equally as good as The air traffic controller Jake Baonos. He certainly is not the villain of the peace. There was only one bad guy in the movie as far as I'm concerned and he was a smarmy lawyer played by to arrogant perfection by Kevin Zegers without an ounce of empathy in him.

If I have once complaint, it's about the movies ending, which I one ruin here. All in all a compelling, well acted, well made movie. Give me thanks like this over yet another Fast & Furious or Transformers movie any day!! I hope this leads to more dramatic work for Arnie, as he shows here he has it in his locker to surprise people. I hope they take notice.