Aftermath

"All he had left was revenge"

2017 1h 34m EN

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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.

“All he had left was revenge”

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Cast

Arnold Schwarzenegger
Roman Melnyk
Scoot McNairy
Jacob "Jake" Bonanos
Maggie Grace
Christina
Judah Nelson
Samuel Bonanos
Larry Sullivan
James Gullick
Jason McCune
Thomas Fichman
Glenn Morshower
Matt
Mariana Klaveno
Eve Sanders

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Elliott Lester
Writers: Javier Gullón
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America

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MONEY

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Earned back only 8% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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ERA

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Released 9 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, United States of America.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Elliott Lester, shot by Pieter Vermeer. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Mark D. Todd. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Nicholas Wayman-Harris shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

ERA

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Arnold Schwarzenegger and Scoot McNairy and Maggie Grace carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "All he had left was revenge".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Elliott Lester directs. Pieter Vermeer behind the camera. Mark D. Todd scores. Nicholas Wayman-Harris cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United Kingdom, United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Earned back only 8% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
2Released 9 years ago.
3International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, United States of America.
4Directed by Elliott Lester, shot by Pieter Vermeer. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Mark D. Todd. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Nicholas Wayman-Harris shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Arnold Schwarzenegger and Scoot McNairy and Maggie Grace carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "All he had left was revenge".
9IMDB entry: tt4581576 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 19 themes, including "depression", "airplane", "airport", "forgiveness".
11Released under 11 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Pieter Vermeer
Original score: Mark D. Todd
Editing: Nicholas Wayman-Harris
Production design: Akin McKenzie
Costume design: Bic Owen
Makeup / hair: Alan Tuskes
VFX supervisor: Karen Heston
Sound: Robert Dehn
Stunt coordinator: Billy D. Lucas
Runtime: 94 min · 1h 34m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $10,500,000
Box office: $840,809
Return: 8% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Aftermath (2017)

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Gimly2017-06-21
★ 5/10
Between this and Maggie, Arnold Schwarzenegger has proven that he's more than just the '80s muscle man we had always given him credit for. Aftermath may not be great, but there's some emotion in there, a relatively satisfying payoff, and as a vehicle for Arnie's dramatic chops, it works fine. Final rating:★★½ - Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole.
Reno2017-07-13
★ 7/10
Not about the plane crash, but the aftermath of the event. 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