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The Fallout is focused on the aftermath of a school shooting, as survivor Vada (Jenna Ortega) struggles to come to terms with both PTSD and survivor's guilt following the massacre.

The film begins with a seemingly regular day at school for Vada, who is in the bathroom when the perpetrator begins their attack on the school.

While the sequence that follows is tasteful and non-graphic, it certainly doesn't shy away from the psychological horror of attempting to survive an active shooter scenario - especially one in a school.

Vada and her schoolmates Mia (Maddie Ziegler) and Quinton (Niles Fitch) end up taking desperate refuge inside a bathroom stall as shots ring out and screaming can be heard outside, before we cut to weeks later as the trio attempt to navigate their emotional trauma.

School shootings will always make for shocking cinematic material, yet in an era where the U.S. barely goes more than a few weeks without a shooting incident in a school, the intensity proves especially traumatic.

The Fallout's devastating opening doesn't ever veer into exploitation territory, but instead offers up a matter-of-fact observation of the brutal impact of enduring such a terrifying event.