It's certainly well-intentioned, and Eastwood provides his usual sturdy direction, but it's such a shame how this film plays out.
Casting the real life trio who stopped the attack was a very bold choice, but their lack of acting experience really shows, and all of their conversations lack authenticity and conviction. That being said, their acting wasn't nearly as bad as I was led to believe it was. What was more surprising was how many of the actual actors were so poor, with the stilted dialogue really not helping.
You can also feel the film strain to reach its 1hr 27min runtime (not including the credits), unfortunately ruining the pacing. I get there needed to be some backstory to set these characters up a little, but barely any of it is actually compelling, and the European travelogue is most guilty of wasting the audiences' time.
The actual attack is suitably gripping, but everything leading up to it was incredibly sub-par. I imagine this would have worked well as a 30 minute short film, as they actual act of heroism these guys performed is definitely worth telling. The attempt at stretching it out to feature-length doesn't do it any favours.
Casting the real life trio who stopped the attack was a very bold choice, but their lack of acting experience really shows, and all of their conversations lack authenticity and conviction. That being said, their acting wasn't nearly as bad as I was led to believe it was. What was more surprising was how many of the actual actors were so poor, with the stilted dialogue really not helping.
You can also feel the film strain to reach its 1hr 27min runtime (not including the credits), unfortunately ruining the pacing. I get there needed to be some backstory to set these characters up a little, but barely any of it is actually compelling, and the European travelogue is most guilty of wasting the audiences' time.
The actual attack is suitably gripping, but everything leading up to it was incredibly sub-par. I imagine this would have worked well as a 30 minute short film, as they actual act of heroism these guys performed is definitely worth telling. The attempt at stretching it out to feature-length doesn't do it any favours.