Americans discover a terrorist plot on a parisbound train. Feb 08, 2018 ray corasani as ayoub elkhazzani in the 15. Which is what a lot of eastwood films are about, not the action itself but the manly men behind the actions. Mar 02, 2018 whilst sadler, skarlatos and stones performances are serviceable, the 15. Firsttime screenwriter dorothy blyskals work here is limp and linear, a choppy chronology of this happened, then that happened interspersed with blandly declarative dialogue done few favors by. Published on feb 6, 2018 the reallife heroes from the 2015 paris train attack. Pictures presents, in association with village roadshow pictures, a malpaso production, the 15. The film will be released in theaters on february 9, 2018. The true story of a terrorist, a train, and three american heroes. February 16, 2018 this is an interesting story about three lads in their school days. While the reenactment of the incident on the train is superbeastwood has always had a flair for staging unfussy yet shockingly brutal screen violenceid have happily traded the leadup hour of marshmallow fluffery for scenes that showed what happened to the guys once they got back to their home country and. Beverly hills, ca janauary 27, 2018 clint eastwood, second from left.
An american workplace, judy greer jurassic world and the heroes who were really there spencer stone, anthony sadler. The film follows the course of the friends lives, from the struggles of childhood through in the early evening of august 21, 2015. Stern, spencer stone, anthony sadler, and alek skarlatos. This movie follows the course of the friends lives, from the struggles of. Visit tunefind for music from your favorite tv shows and movies. In the face of fear ordinary people can do the extraordinary. An attempted terrorist attack on a paris bound train is prevented by three courageous young americans. In a way, by including the real life people in the fictionalized retelling of their story, eastwood made a film that achieves an artifice that works to refocus his perspective of an admirable heroism that transcends national coding. Spencer stone, alek skarlatos, anthony sadler, judy greer, jenna fischer, thomas lennon, bryce gheisar, ray.
Their friendship was their greatest weapon that saved the lives of those on board. However, the directors latest film is one of the most formalistically radical films to emerge in recent. Buy now official site own the digital movie and bluray. Producer and director clint eastwood enlisted the actual americans who took down the terrorist to play themselves in this movie. Directed by the legendary clint eastwood gran torino, the 15. Ill tell you, the film is flawed and has slow passages but i liked it more than i thought i would. Three young americans who are playing themselves in a clint eastwooddirected movie about how they foiled a terrorist attack in france say their actions were guided by god the 15. Its a thrusting reactionary fable that ends up bumping into the rear of the avantgarde. Listen to trailer music, ost, original score, and the full list of popular songs in the film. Feb 11, 2018 this woefully misjudged quasiexperimental film by clint eastwood, which celebrates the reallife heroism, in 2015, of three american tourists in europe, is arsenumbingly dull. The three men who thwarted a terrorist attack on a paris bound train portray themselves in a new film by clint eastwood. Unlike sully where eastwood managed to craft a riveting film out of a single event, other than the main event of the terrorist attack, the rest of the film is just needless and aimless padding.
Jun 17, 2019 reallife heroes spencer stone, alek skarlatos, and anthony sadler portray themselves in the 15. In eastwoods ambling look at heroism and civic duty, he revisits the. The true story of a terrorist, a train, and three american heroes by jeffrey e. The first person to tackle the terrorist on the train was a frenchman. Clint eastwood and reallife heroes from paris train attack. We recommend other movies where heroes play themselves. This woefully misjudged quasiexperimental film by clint eastwood, which celebrates the reallife heroism, in 2015, of three american tourists in europe, is arsenumbingly dull. In the early evening of august 21, 2015, the world. America used to preach that ordinary people can achieve extraordinary things against all odds. The 15 17 to paris 2018 multisubs pal dvd9original. A recounting of the reallife august 2015 incident when three young americans thwarted a terrorist attack on a train bound for paris. Grand torino pacing was great and built to a powerful conclusion.
Their story traces their childhood friendship until they find themselves on the fateful train and the three men spencer stone, alek skarlatos and anthony sadler play themselves as they reenact the attack. The material for a great film is hiding in there somewhere, but for some reason, whether its due to the meandering unfocused script, the editing, or eastwoods signature minimalist work style, this film never reaches the level of heroism that the true story. However, according to thr eastwood has successfully appealed against that rating, and 15. Black panther will easily beat any film from last february. Spencer stone is an actor and writer, known for the 15. The movie also depicts the trios childhoods, military service and. The movie starts with the tense initial situation aboard the train and then exasperatingly keeps cutting back to the three mens dull and. Spencer, anthony and alek, talk about pitching their story as a movie to. Three of them were american vacationers, friends who happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Reallife heroes spencer stone, alek skarlatos, and anthony sadler portray themselves in the 15. Upon completing basic training, spencer takes his exams to qualify for. Real life heroes star in clint eastwood french attack movie. Dec 14, 2017 the 1517 to paris american soldiers discover a terrorist plot on a paris bound train.
As hollywood film fodder, this isor should have beena slam dunk, even for a director who insisted on having the three americans play themselves, which is the case here. For middleschool kids like stone and many fully matured adults, the tackedup postering. The movie, the screenplay for which was adapted from the three mens coauthored memoir of the same name, largely stays faithful to the story. It packs all the wild action you came to see into a 20minute stretch near the end, and.
Skarlatos had just completed a deployment in afghanistan with the national guard, and. Yes, it really is possible to fail at portraying yourself. The clint eastwood film depicts three american tourists, played by themselves, who in 2015 subdued a kalashnikovwielding attacker aboard a highspeed train from amsterdam to paris. Americans discover a terrorist plot on a paris bound train. Where paris does resemble sully, almost to the letter, is its narrative structure and expansion of a 90second incident into a 90minute film. The 15 17 to paris 2018 1080p bluray rus 2xeng bluebird. Anthony sadlers love of the selfie stick is only a slightly exaggerated portrayal of what every american tourist in europe does and feels, a profound sense of surreality my friend upon arriving in dubrovnik. With alek skarlatos, anthony sadler, spencer stone, ray corasani. Overall, cinemagoers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 70%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 49%.
The film falls in line with eastwoods recent interest in reallife heroes following american. To be honest, i really never heard that much internet buzz about this movie until the film s movie trailer dropped online i kept on forgetting to post the trailer on my blogwhoops. It didnt help that critics werent too pleased but of course, i then remembered that i never listen to critics. The film stars stone, sadler, and skarlatos as themselves and follows the trio. Their heroism is at the center of clint eastwoods new movie, the 15. As long as the rest of the box office isnt a complete disaster, february should help 2018 earn a significant edge over 2017 in the yearoveryear comparisons. The 1517 to paris 2018 1080p kor fhdrip h264 aach2o.