The makers of a new Hollywood blockbuster, featuring a gun massacre on a beach, have been forced to defend themselves after outcry from families whose loved ones died during an Islamic State attack at a holiday resort in Tunisia.
The thriller American Assassin has a flashback sequence which echoes the 2015 shooting in Sousse.
Thirty British holiday-makers were killed during the terror attack on the Riu Imperial Marhaba Hotel, including Billy and Lisa Graham, from Bankfoot near Perth.
Now US studio CBS Films are facing strong criticism over a harrowing scene, featuring a similar attack.
The sequence is in the film’s trailer and shows gunmen opening fire on sunbathing tourists as they run for cover.
Mary Flockart, whose brother Jim McQuire, from Cumbernald, died alongside his wife Ann in the Sousse attack, said the scene would traumatise survivors and their families.
She said: “It’s too early and too raw to put something like this out there.
“I think this will be terrible for the survivors as they’re still suffering.”
She added: “We lost someone and it still hurts a great deal. But when people who were there see this, it’ll feel worse.
“It’ll be horrifying for them. It’s in bad taste. It’s not a documentary, it’s entertainment and for making money.
“It will put a lot of people straight back into the nightmare.”
The film, directed by Michael Cuesta and produced by Lionsgate, stars Dylan O’Brien as CIA black ops recruit Mitch Rapp, who carries out covert counter-terrorist operations.
A spokeswoman for Lionsgate said: “The sequence in American Assassin was filmed in Thailand, takes place in Ibiza and has no basis in any real events. As with the rest of the film, it is entirely fictional.”
The movie is based on the 2010 novel by author Vince Flynn. However, the book’s plot did not feature the beach attack scene.
Mary said: “It looks like they’ve put the scene in for shock effect.
“We weren’t there, but I am still affected by what happened. I’m sure this film will shock people and I wish the film company hadn’t done it.”
The family of Mr and Mrs Graham, who were celebrating their wedding anniversay when they were killed, are involved in legal action against tour operator TUI.
Solicitors, acting on behalf of the relatives of the Grahams and 21 other victims, say that TUI did not improve security measures at the resort, despite a warning by Tunisia’s tourism minister just weeks earlier.
Mr Graham, 51, who served for 22 years in the 5th Royal Inniskilling 
Dragoon Guards, and his wife tried to escape from gunfire by leaving through a doorway next to the reception area.
The inquest head that Mrs Graham was a very caring and thoughtful woman who loved to laugh.
Mr Graham, who volunteered for 
St Johnstone FC in his spare time, was described as happy-go-lucky.
The pair were among 20 to 25 
people who tried to escape through the hotel corridor.
Around 500 people attended a 
memorial service in July 2015.
