‘The Fallout’ Premieres on HBO Max (Review)
Even with the pandemic shift to online learning in some locations, last year there were 34 school shootings in the United States.
In Megan Park's directorial debut, a group of students struggle to cope after a fellow student guns down several of their classmates.
While Fran Kranz's recent drama 'Mass' deals with parental grief several years after a school shooting, 'The Fallout' handles the immediate aftermath of survivor's guilt from the student perspective.
Jenna Ortega gives a revelatory performance as Vada, a 16-year-old who just happens to be on a hall pass in the restroom when the tragic incident begins. Vada grabs Mia (Maddie Ziegler), another young student who happens to be in the restroom at the time, and they hide in one of the stalls, getting up to stand on the toilet...