Aftermath (2017)

I would like for someone to say that they're sorry for killing my family

A long time ago, I have read in an encyclopedia the following passage: «No, not every file is better than death». As I grew older, I have encountered in cinema and literature the numerous examples of this phrase. This film also prover the truthfulness of this phrase.

Roman Melnik is an ordinary man, who lost his wife and child in a plane crash. The tragedy happened while air traffic controller Jake Bonanos was on duty. The air traffic controller confessed his guilt and it still haunts him. Despite that, Roman is not satisfied by formal complaints…

A lot of people like to talk about quick and painless death. If you judge by this standards, the plane crash is not so bad. Nevertheless, the quick death does not tone down the grief of relatives and other close people.

The stereotypical killer is not a monster. In reality, the most murderers are merely ordinary people. The ordinary people are mostly presented in negligent cases. Jake Bonanos is just one of those normal and ordinary men.

The modern society got so used to death and violence, so almost every death, with a few exceptions, is ignored by the society. Even such «untypical» death as a plane crash brings out only formal apology in a form of cash payment and VIP flyer status.

Most of the people have encountered the extreme psychic pressure. The heroes encountered even worse fate – spiritual death. Roman and Jake are just merely the bodies, who lost all will to live. They are trying to regain the will to live and continue to live, but will they succeed?

Cinema and literature created an illusion that revenge is a mean to regain spiritual well-being. One of the actors, who got his part in popularization of this stereotype, is Arnold Schwarzenegger. But reality is far apart from fiction – revenge will not bring back the loved ones and, in most cases, will not regain you spiritual well-being. In «Aftermath», Arnold Schwarzenegger is not a superhero, he is an ordinary man, who is sentenced to a life sentence in his internal psychological prison.

«Aftermath» is a film about ordinary people, who are trying to live on. The film does not show the heroes or bravado, but everyone could meet or become Roman or Jake.

Watch this film, maybe it will produce a genuine emotional response.