Angel Has Fallen's Post-Credits Scene Does a Disservice to PTSD

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Angel Has Fallen's post-credits scene does a disservice to PTSD victims. 1 / 8
In the film, Gerard Butler's Mike Banning has pretty bad trauma after several wars. 2 / 8
Mike even hides it from his wife as he doesn't want to scare her. 3 / 8
He also hides it from the White House so he doesn't endanger his job. 4 / 8
His dad, Clay (a Vietnam vet), has the issue after years of fighting as well. 5 / 8
Both men overcome their PTSD to save the president at the movie's end. 6 / 8
However, the post-credits has them drinking and joking about fixing "their lights" and getting "unfucked." 7 / 8
They have a comedic pool session that ridicules PTSD, making it seem trivial. 8 / 8