Aftermath smacks of the best Hollywood thrillers. On the other hand, the pathos of the mass-grave discovery scene evokes the finest bloodshed productions from Hong Kong.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 23, 2024

It's tough to watch but the substance makes it a journey worth taking.

| Sep 16, 2017

The gripping thriller is meant as a shocker to provide a wake-up call to the world about the necessity of confronting past atrocities.

| Original Score: B | Jan 18, 2015

Despite an unnecessary and rather gruesome plot turn near the end, Aftermath remains a terrifically acted and well-told story that will open a lot of eyes in its portrayal of despicable human behavior.

| Oct 10, 2014

While a bit rough around the edges, you won't forget Aftermath.

| Oct 10, 2014

The shocks, and the repressed wickedness, as in all well-done horror films, build slowly, then reach a crescendo that is hard to bear and harder to shake off.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Oct 10, 2014

A mystery, a drama, and a dark glimpse at real events from Poland's history combine in this compelling, sobering film.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Sep 14, 2014

A sense of dread suffuses this film, which offers yet another slice of World War II history.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Mar 31, 2014

There is something especially unsettling about groupthink, particularly when it comes to evil.

| Mar 14, 2014

Jozek's and Franek's characters (and Czop's and Stuhr's performances) are continually surprising and ultimately indelible. You can read how their mindsets shift as they stumble onto new truths.

| Original Score: B+ | Mar 13, 2014

Even if its frequent forays into that genre become too literal and excessive, Pasikowski's capacity for illustrating the inhumanity of humans still delivers the chills.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 9, 2014

One of the new wave of holocaust expose's that probes beneath the surface to expose little known factors and factotums.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Nov 17, 2013

Director Wladyslaw Pasikowski has made the mistake of going about his business as if he were fashioning a horror film.

| Original Score: C+ | Nov 15, 2013

Entirely engrossing and intelligent, apart from a couple of scenes where (one character) runs alone into the dark woods when he hears mysterious noises. "Aftermath" serves as a testament to all those attempting to atone for humanity's sins of the past.

| Original Score: A- | Nov 15, 2013

Aftermath is a bombshell disguised as a thriller.

| Nov 14, 2013

[Pasikowski] made the film anyway as an act of conscience, writing and directing it without a trace of ego but with plenty of narrative efficiency and emotional punch.

| Nov 14, 2013

Tackling an impossibly bleak subject, Pasikowski infuses the effort with passion and tragedy, making the work come alive onscreen.

| Original Score: B | Nov 7, 2013

Intelligent and horrifying. One of the best mystery thrillers since Tell No One.

| Original Score: 8.89/10 | Nov 4, 2013

In a Polish village during the early 1940s, the entire Jewish population of the town has been liquidated...but not by the Germans! This dramatized film uncovered the mystery layer by layer in an engrossing manner.

| Original Score: B+ | Nov 3, 2013

Intense thriller exposes the corrosive effect of collective silence and lies over decades. . . Dramatic cinematography keeps contrasting lovely landscapes with nasty doings.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Nov 3, 2013