I remember the incident this movie is based on vividly, and I'm an avid watcher of the Air Craft Investigation series, so I'm actually quite familiar with the real story.
Aftermath is not true to that story. That isn't a dealbreaker of course, but I would have liked to see a little more of the real story when they were going to make the movie in the first place. Why they felt the need to move the locations and change one of the planes to a passenger plane instead of a DHL cargo plane I have no idea.
Anyway...for the most part Aftermath is actually quite a decent drama, and both Schwarzenegger and McNairy do a great job of conveying both the agony, anger, grief, and heartbreak of the main characters, but... there are a few things that didn't sit all that well with me.
First of all, my knowledge of the true story took some of my enjoyment away. I know it shouldn't, and I knew about the differences going in, but it still irked me throughout. Second, the ending (after jail) was lazy and not up to par with the rest of the movie, and it actually ruined the whole thing for me.
What could have been a rather good little drama flick ended up as one big meh...
Review by GreeneidalVIP 9BlockedParent2020-04-27T00:08:02Z
I remember the incident this movie is based on vividly, and I'm an avid watcher of the Air Craft Investigation series, so I'm actually quite familiar with the real story.
Aftermath is not true to that story. That isn't a dealbreaker of course, but I would have liked to see a little more of the real story when they were going to make the movie in the first place. Why they felt the need to move the locations and change one of the planes to a passenger plane instead of a DHL cargo plane I have no idea.
Anyway...for the most part Aftermath is actually quite a decent drama, and both Schwarzenegger and McNairy do a great job of conveying both the agony, anger, grief, and heartbreak of the main characters, but... there are a few things that didn't sit all that well with me.
First of all, my knowledge of the true story took some of my enjoyment away. I know it shouldn't, and I knew about the differences going in, but it still irked me throughout. Second, the ending (after jail) was lazy and not up to par with the rest of the movie, and it actually ruined the whole thing for me.
What could have been a rather good little drama flick ended up as one big meh...