Simran Hans 

Aftermath review – will Arnie shed his sweater?

The action star starts out in woollens for this revenge thriller, but they inevitably are cast aside
  
  

Arnold Schwarzenegger in Aftermath.
Ready for action: Arnold Schwarzenegger in Aftermath. Photograph: Signature Entertainment

A dour almost-thriller about an air-traffic controller (Scoot McNairy) who inadvertently kills 271 people, including the wife and pregnant daughter of Ukrainian construction worker Roman Melnyk (Arnold Schwarzenegger), this is a trick of a movie that pretends it will subvert expectations by putting Arnie in a cuddly sweater. Helped along by a gloomy, oppressive score, it neither thoughtfully examines themes of trauma, guilt and grief nor moves with any sort of haste to its eventual, obvious, revenge-thriller conclusion, despite its short 90-minute running time.

Aftermath trailer.
 

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