Sunday, February 11, 2018

The 15:17 to Paris

It was the late summer of 2015 in France, which became the hotbed for terrorist attacks ever since the Charlie Hebdo attack, when a noteworthy of Americans managed to subdue a gunman while the train arrives from Amsterdam to Paris. They were rewarded for their bravery with the Legion d'Honneur from the then-President Francois Hollande. That story became memorable in these darkest of times and this biopic explains the untold story of the men who became heroes in times like these.

The 15:17 to Paris

The 15:17 to Paris is an intriguing but powerful biopic film that centers on the lives of three men; an off-duty US airman, Spencer Stone, a US National Guard Alek Skarlatos, and a student named Anthony Sadler, whose efforts to foiled a terrorist attack on a Paris-bound train became known the world over. This film gives viewers a glimpse of who are these men from the struggles of their childhood and leads up to that fateful moment they've became heroes. It centers on the theme of friendship, which is their greatest weapon that trumped against all odds and this biopic is something worth watching for and we can all learn something from the heroes depicted on this film.

Watching this film gives viewers a clear perspective on who are these three men are even though they are familiar with those names from the news a few years ago and it's been an honor for someone to make a biopic about these three just so they can get to know about them from a whole new approach. Learning from this film, The 15:17 to Paris puts cooperation first before themselves and by working together, we can accomplish everything as demonstrated by this powerful film about three heroes who stopped an attacker from attempting a terrorist attack. This is something the whole world should be watching.

My rating: 3.9 out of 5.

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