Driving by his deep will of seeing his wife and daughter, whom he did not see a long ago, Roman Mwlnyk, a construction manager, goes happily to the airport waiting for them, but incidents come to climax when he receives the news of their death in an air crash, as he cannot get along with that news.
Ramon is a very specific kind of role, one that calls for a performer with an ability to convey inner torment, and that's ultimately beyond Schwarzenegger's rather limited range.
Unfortunately, the film's commendably atypical focus on characters, mood, and psychological realism does not make Schwarzenegger's latest necessarily good.
Aftermath is a well-constructed narrative framework that has moments of interest, but mostly it's watching a deeply hurt and angry old man take out his frustrations over life's unfairness on other people.
After an effective first act, everything falls apart -- there is neither urgency nor any narrative direction to Roman's behaviour, one that would justify the actions in the finale.
Schwarzenegger [delivers] a remarkably layered performance which, although a little strained, still managed to show that the ex-governor of California is capable of giving much more than we give him credit for.
