The 15:17 to Paris

Why do such lacklustre, directionless and totally unhappening films from Hollywood get made at all? And then, arrive to the Indian market to empty halls is a question that only money-makers will be able to answer.

The only exciting thing  about the film is its title which might just deceive you into buying a ticket and wasting money on a film that has a slim story, an anorexic script and a reed thin purpose behind any of the proceeding that keep going back and forth from a running train shooting scene.

Even this scene is mostly unexplained and it that was the ploy of the film director to keep some kind of mystery, the attempt falls flat on its belly. Three dysfunctional kids in a convent school in sacramento grow up as friends with two of them wanting to be in the Army to save lives. As it happened in school for them, in the Army too they get into trouble for no fault of theirs and the film ambles along without delving into anything at all, not even the reason behind their dysfunctionality.

Meanwhile, someone is shooting down people in the train. Why? Ask the director but save yourself some trouble and not go into the hall at all for this one. 

Published in Sunday Pioneer, 11 Februay, 2018