The drama retells the incredible true story of Spencer Stone, Anthony Sadler, and Alek Skarlatos, lifelong friends who teamed with other passengers to subdue a gunman when he opened fire on their train from Amsterdam in August 2015.
In the weekly column Extra Credit, Charles Bramesco recommends supplemental viewing for moviegoers whose interests have been piqued by a given week’s big new release.
All aboard The 15:17 to Paris, Clint Eastwood’s latest paean to the heroism of ordinary Americans and the final piece of an unofficial Huge With Dads trilogy alongside American Sniper and Sully.
It’s a story about courage and duty and self-sacrifice and America, but it’s also a story about trains.