Directed by oscar winner clint eastwood, the film stars the reallife trio of heroes as themselves. It was so boring with the exception of the 34 minute train scene. 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. Weve seen high school film makers with a better product. The true story of a terrorist, a train, and three american soldiers by jeffrey e. It is, in the light of the 87yearolds monumental career. Very disappointed that clint eastwood would make this movie with so little action, based on this one isolated incident. Their friendship was their greatest weapon that saved the lives of those on board. Armed with an ak47 and enough ammo to kill more than 500 people, the terrorist might have succeeded except for three.
Airforce airman 1st class spencer stone who all play themselves in this clint eastwooddirected film do the unthinkable. This is an audacious choice regardless of whether youre into it. It packs all the wild action you came to see into a 20minute stretch near the end, and elsewhere gives us something like a platonic buddy version of richard linklaters before trilogy. The miracle of cinema is that very aged directors can be youthful, and young directors can be querulous old fogies. Uk fifty shades freed ties up top spot at uk box office. A foiled terrorist attack inspires an effective, strippeddown film from clint eastwood starring three men who helped save the day. Dorothy blyskals subtle as a freight train screenplay drip feeds the events of august 2015 into the backstory. In the next scene spencer stone, anthony sadler and alek skarlatos all reallife people who are playing themselves in the movie are driving in a car together. Starring anthony sadler, alek skarlatos, spencer stone, jenna fischer, judy greer, ray corasani, p. Stern, spencer stone, anthony sadler and alek skarlatos the film chronicles the 21 august 2015 terrorist attack onboard a thalys train between amsterdam and.
Pictures presents, in association with village roadshow pictures, a malpaso production, the 15. But rather than cast the next trending actor, eastwood made the. The main characters are willing to do whatever it takes to help others. Allstarwarner bros the effect of realness in this film is a strange one. Their heroism is at the center of clint eastwoods new movie, the 15. It packs all the wild action you came to see into a 20minute. The movie stresses that gods purpose in our lives is to help and love others. Americans discover a terrorist plot on a paris bound train.
Getting the actual heroes of this true story to play themselves in the film. Too bad the 87yearold clint eastwood doesnt prove that equation in the 15. With alek skarlatos, anthony sadler, spencer stone, ray corasani. I am mad at myself for watching this, the way this movie sucks lol. 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. Today, they are back in the city, in a grand hotel suite, lounging, legs on tables, to promote the film the 15. In a voiceover, anthony explains how alex and spencer are his closest friends. It packs all the wild action you came to see into a 20minute stretch near the end, and. Very disappointed that clint eastwood would make this movie with so little action, based on this one. A bearded man tugging along a rolling suitcase, boards a train, the titular 15. This biographical thriller is based on the autobiography the 15.
This movie follows the course of the friends lives, from the struggles of childhood through finding their footing in life, to the series of unlikely events leading up to. But anthony sadler, former oregon national guardsman alek skarlatos, and former u. Whilst sadler, skarlatos and stones performances are serviceable, the 15. It tells the story of three american soldiers, spencer stone, anthony sadler and alek skarlatos, who thwarted a. Rather than ducking for cover or trying to escape, all three instinctively run. But the movie doesnt add up any excitement or impact, instead it was dull, sadly, and worst. Air force airman first class spencer stone, who play themselves in the film.
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