Trainwreck: The Astroworld Tragedy Review: A Hard-Hitting Tragedy Told Chillingly

Trainwreck: The Astroworld Tragedy Review: This documentary film follows the disaster of the 2021 Astroworld tragedy through first-hand accounts of survivors, medics and event workers and understanding the consequences of the incident that took the lives of 10 people.

The documentary film has a runtime of 80 minutes.

Trainwreck: The Astroworld Tragedy Review

In this documentary film, we follow the heartbreaking tragedy at rapper Travis Scott’s Astroworld Festival in 2021, managed by Live Nation, which saw 10 people die. The film shows the incident through the eyes of the concertgoers and others who were managing the festival, and details the emotions and the desperation of those trapped in the crowds.

The film highlights the gaps in security and the responsibility of the organisers in the mess. The film is quite hard-hitting and, being told from the perspective of the victims, it really takes you to the heart of the horrifying situation. There’s a ton of footage taken on the phone that will transport you into the claustrophobic situation that the concertgoers found themselves in, and it will make you feel extremely uncomfortable.

Every scene is so hard-hitting, and the tight 80-minute runtime is nothing but a horror ride. You might be afraid of ghosts and ghouls, but nothing beats seeing innocent people out to have a good time asphyxiate to death in a crowd crush while their favourite artist keeps on signing in the background. Just the images of people falling on each other are enough to give me nightmares, and the stories accompanying the video just add to my paranoia surrounding tight spaces.

I also found it interesting that the film highlights the vibe of Scott’s concerts in general – full of high-energy shows that almost always end terribly in one way or another. It adds a lot of context to why the concert turned out to be what it did. Live Nation’s role also cannot be ignored in all this, and makes us question why no one ever took responsibility for the situation. Sure, Scott was the face of the show, but the organisers should’ve been the ones arranging for a concert that doesn’t kill people!

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Either way, the documentary asks some very important questions and leaves us feeling unhappy and heartbroken. No one faced consequences for the situation, and Live Nation and Travis Scott went on to do more concerts afterwards. The documentary showcases all of that in a concise and hard-hitting way, weaving the emotions and the facts together fantastically. The film breaks down the lapse of planning extremely well in layman’s terms, and you would never find yourself lost as it presents some truly awful facts.

Final Thoughts

Trainwreck: The Astroworld Tragedy is a heartbreaking watch that will leave you emotional. It’s not every day that you feel true terror from a phone recording, but the documentary nails the execution and leaves you feeling a little claustrophobic throughout the runtime.

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