There's a reason Eastwood saves the train attack for the end because it cannot function as a sufficient movie The percentage of Approved Tomatometer Critics who have given this movie a positive review. The movie sets up the main characters as wanting to help their country and their fellow humans by joining the military, but they don't really get their chance until they board the fated train. It also means — theoretically — that the movie will bring the bravery of their actions close to the audience with a rare existential authenticity: the feeling that this is how it looked, this is.
Eastwood, who has long favored a lean, functional directing style, practices an economy here that makes some of his earlier movies look positively baroque. He almost seems to be testing the limits of minimalism, seeing how. While the re-enactment of the incident on the train is superb—Eastwood has always had a flair for staging unfussy yet shockingly brutal screen violence—I'd have happily traded the lead-up hour of marshmallow fluffery for scenes.
IMDb, the world's most popular and authoritative source for movie, TV and celebrity content. From the B-movie script by newbie screenwriter Dorothy Blyskal to the heroes' whiplash-inducing lack of acting talent, the finished product is more likely to induce moans of pity for all involved than it will a strong sense of patriotism. Innocent men and women, boys and girls find themselves in crosshairs of terrorists around the world these days. Fusing real-life characters with a suspenseful incident, Eastwood's gamble doesn't quite work, but has a lot going on. Would you like to review this movie? Meanwhile, Stone crouches to the side of the door, waiting to pounce on the killer with an ink.
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Each product we feature has been independently selected and reviewed by. I'm not sure how I feel about the entirety of this movie. Maybe he thought he could build the movie around them with a decent script, but he must have left that at home.
This one aspires to the level of a sappy "movie of the week" - and then falls short. The rest is a mixture of patriotism.. The story of how three Americans thwarted a potential terrorist attack on board a train to Paris.