Incannerax
What a waste of my time!!!
Brightlyme
i know i wasted 90 mins of my life.
Lucia Ayala
It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.
Billy Ollie
Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable
MrDHWong
The 15:17 to Paris is a drama thriller film directed by Clint Eastwood. Based on the real life Amsterdam to Paris train attack of 2015, it pays a nice amount of respect to the actual heroes involved but does not translate on screen as well as it could have.After backpacking across Europe for an extended period of time, childhood friends Spencer Stone, Anthony Sadler, and Alek Skarlatos (all played by themselves) decide to finish their vacation by catching the 15:17 train from Amsterdam to Paris. While onboard the train, the three friends spot a terrorist attempting to attack the passengers with an assault rifle. Putting their military knowledge to the test, the three of them leap to the aid of the passengers in an attempt to subdue the gunman.There's no denying the film's good intentions but unfortunately, most of them fall flat. The decision to cast the three real life heroic individuals as themselves was an interesting experiment that clearly did not work out and ended up working to the film's disadvantage. While none of the three were terrible by any means, neither of them have any acting charisma or screen presence to hold one's attention during the film's important expositional scenes. In addition to this, the actual event only took place in a matter of minutes, so there are often obvious scenes of padding to make the film longer. I feel that this story of heroism would have worked much better as a 45 minute made-for-TV docudrama rather than a feature length film.I rate it 5/10
gjwanner
Wow, this movie was such a let down. I had high hopes, but did not materialize.
v-ley
The movie's premice is such a wonderful depiction of what Humans can and should do that this movie only exploits the idea and ruins the actuality. I am so disgusted by how Clint took a fantastic situational solution down to the level of a "D" movie.
These young men deserved the best of the best Actors to portray their heroism. I am ashamed for them and for the paying customers.
What a total waste of a great act and wonderful idea for a movie. And Clint, change your Damn music for once. I'm so tired of your jazz crap, with so many phenomenal new artists you choose the same thing over and over again.
jbk_1999
I am still baffled how Clint Eastwood could've wasted so much of this film's 94 minute runtime on utter pointlessness in introducing the characters from an unremarkable boyhood through adolescence and into young adulthood. There was nothing to be gained from this flaccid and rambling hour in terms of plot development or adding to the story. In fact the first hour and 10 minutes could've been compressed into just 10, with nothing lost. The event on the train was excellently handled, and the end sequence with our heroes receiving honours from the French president was alright too, if not with a little too schmaltzy a piano accompaniment.Bit of a let-down I'm afraid Clint, especially when compared to your last two superb efforts.