When a terrorist breaks into Thalys train No. 9364 en route to Paris, three American friends - Anthony Sadler, Alex Skarlatos and Air Force pilot Spencer Stone - scramble to immobilize the extremist, armed with an AK-47 rifle. , and avoid a huge tragedy.
This is without a doubt a daring film from director Clint Eastwood. In this plot, which tells the real story of the events that took place in 2015, on the train that runs the Amsterdam and Paris route, he chose to put the people involved on that day in the main role. The trio of people, now actors, who play themselves is not the best in the world. And it's not meant to be.
This makes everything more natural and engaging for those who watch. Eastwood just shows the facts, without needing to explore in depth the motivations and personal lives of each one. It's not necessary, because what this film wants to show is just the lives of Spencer Stone, Alek Skarlatos and Anthony Sadler, quickly until it gets to the event.
For many who expect an action-packed development, they may be disappointed. But again, we remember that this is not the point of the whole story. The quick ending, it's like in life. Everything happens in a fraction of a second.
The director, as well as the screenplay based on the book written by the trio alongside journalist Jeffrey E. Stern, just wants to spend the ordinary life of ordinary people who did the right thing in a situation where most would run away.
If the film were to limit itself to giving depth and showing something that does not exist, it would be fiction and fall into the clichés of “American soldiers who are prepared for anything”. And the plot demonstrates in a simple and clear way, that anyone can act in a way that is least expected. Being a soldier or not.
Real life isn't something that should turn people into movie superheroes. It's about telling a story of what she's like. Being boring or not.
Therefore, 15:17 Train to Paris, is a great adaptation, which escapes the clichés of transforming normal American people into something that does not exist, in addition to being a criticism of the typical “umbilical universe” that Americans place themselves.
And let the curtains go up! To the next!
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