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    Aftermath: Everything You Need to Know About the Movie

    Dylan Sprouse stars as a war vet taken hostage in this action thriller.

    By Ingrid Ostby
    Feb. 14, 2025

A war veteran spending some quality time with his little sister is forced to reckon with his past when armed militants take an entire bridge full of civilians hostage during a crowded Boston commute. As he relies on his elite military training, the former army ranger battles not only the hostage keepers but his traumatic wartime memories. Directed by Patrick Lussier (Play Dead) and written by Nathan Graham Davis (Cactus Jack), the 2024 movie Aftermath stars Dylan Sprouse, Megan Stott, and Dichen Lachman. 

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When will Aftermath be released?

Stream it now.

Mason Gooding stands inside of a tactical truck in an image from the 2024 film ‘Aftermath.’

Who’s in the cast of Aftermath?

  • Dylan Sprouse (Beautiful Disaster) as Eric, a young veteran
  • Mason Gooding (Scream VI) as Jimmy Roken, aka Romeo, the leader of the hostage takers
  • Dichen Lachman (Severance) as Samantha Brown, aka Doc, who’s being transported between prisons
  • Megan Stott (Penelope) as Madeleine, aka Maddie, Eric’s younger sister
Megan Stott and Dylan Sprouse crouch next to each other amid cement debris in an image from the 2024 movie ‘Aftermath.’

What happens in Aftermath?

When a heavily armed group of aggressors takes over Boston’s Tobin Bridge, former army ranger Eric (Sprouse) and his teen sister, Maddie (Stott), are caught in the cross fire. As the so-called vigilantes take everyone on the bridge hostage, Eric uses his military training to thwart them at every turn. As Eric attempts to save the lives of countless Boston commuters and uncover the truth behind the crisis, he finds an unlikely ally in a high-profile prisoner in transport, Doc (Lachman).

Dylan Sprouse holds a semiautomatic weapon while walking covertly across a bridge in an image from the film ‘Aftermath.’

Where does Aftermath take place?

The film takes place in Boston on the Tobin Bridge. 

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