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- Bullet Train is turbulent and chaotic but a thrilling ride nonetheless. Its illogical, blood-soaked premise may derail some, but others might find charm in its memorable cameos, wild hairstyles, and magnetic characters.
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Aug 5, 2022 · A star-studded action film about assassins on a bullet train in Japan, directed by David Leitch and based on a Japanese novel. The review praises the cast, the stunts, and the humor, but criticizes the tone and the plot as superficial and forced.
Aug 5, 2022 · Bullet Train is a thriller movie starring Brad Pitt as an assassin on a high-speed train. See what critics and audiences have to say about the film's plot, action, and cast.
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Aug 4, 2022 · The giddily violent bummer “Bullet Train” takes place in Japan on a high-speed train that turns into a theater of death. It’s watchable — it stars Brad Pitt — jokey, sometimes funny and ...
Aug 2, 2022 · Brad Pitt stars as a former assassin who boards a bullet train in Tokyo with a briefcase full of cash and a snake. He faces a group of quirky and deadly hit men, including Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Brian Tyree Henry and Sandra Bullock.
- Murder on the Smokin’ Aces Express.
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By Matt Donato
Updated: Aug 2, 2022 5:20 pm
Posted: Aug 2, 2022 1:00 pm
Bullet Train hits theaters on Aug. 5, 2022.
David Leitch's Bullet Train takes itself as seriously as Crank, Smokin' Aces, or Shoot 'Em Up; that’s either a recommendation or warning. The John Wick and Atomic Blonde filmmaker translates his brand of electric-magnetic action with all the outlandishness of prime 2000s action flicks. Compared to Netflix's The Gray Man, it's a beacon of hope that American action can be both colorful and chaotic — Bullet Train is the movie Chris Evans' The Gray Man performance deserves, quite frankly. It's far from bulletproof, and the action-comedy elements don't always land, but there's still enough zip and humility that lets the good times roll.
Screenwriter Zak Olkewicz adapts Kôtarô Isaka's Japanese novel of the same name with blatant post-Pulp Fiction vibes. Brad Pitt stars as a hitman codenamed "Ladybug" who returns to action for what should be a simple smash-and-snatch objective. This promised ease leads to the film's humor as Ladybug goes on to face many unforeseen obstacles. Rival assassins punch their tickets, exotic reptiles escape cages, and Ladybug's convinced his bad luck will never cease as he's hunted for the package in his grasp. There's no such thing as a surefire win, which Ladybug learns the hard way as bodies mount and his aversion to firearms becomes a bigger and bigger detriment.
Bullet Train could be called Murder on the Smokin’ Aces Express with its heavy parallels to outrageously cartoonish 2000s action titles. Brad Pitt is endearing as a fists, knives, and blunt objects-only merc, while his supporting cast releases plenty of frustration that Pitt's chatty goofball counters with healing mantras. It's bloodier than expect...
- Matt Donato
Bullet Train is turbulent and chaotic but a thrilling ride nonetheless. Its illogical, blood-soaked premise may derail some, but others might find charm in its memorable cameos, wild hairstyles...
Aug 2, 2022 · Bullet Train First Reviews: An Outrageous Thrill Ride Elevated by A Winning Brad Pitt. Critics say the cartoonish, neon-soaked action flick is funny and fast-paced, even if it eventually flies...
