Aftermath is a powerful drama, which touches on such ordinary concerns as trauma, and how it may be possible to move past it if only focusing on a particular veteran that has PTSD. A drama where a man and his teenage sister become hostages of ex-military revolutionists on Tobin Memorial Bridge teaches the audience real feeling of fear and emotions displayed by characters together with their inner demons.
Somewhat, it is successful in intertwining personal suffering with the general violation of human rights making the show very tense due to some limitations on space. All the performances are powerful and thoughtful, but the strongest emphasis was made on the brother and sister as they were the centre of the film and the force of hope. The still being on the bridge the dark cast of the picture, the solitariness of the bridge, the clear nervous setup are described most adequately.
While it has a number of shortcomings in the story line which look rather unrealistic and has some unrealistic actions of some characters and the one dimensional greed of the villains, the film puts to the screen the rather important issue of struggle of the vetrans and remains sensitive. *Aftermath* stand as notably distinctive for the genre of the thriller tv-show which is gradually pushing aside elements of personal development and profound reflection on survival and redemption, that enrages the audiences and makes them interested in performers’ transformations.
