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Aug 5, 2022 · Matt Zoller Seitz August 05, 2022. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. "Bullet Train" is an action film that could easily have been an animated movie, and often looks and feels like one. The story takes place on a bullet train careening across Japan, but most of the movie was shot on green-screened sets, and the cityscapes and ...
Aug 2, 2022 · ‘Bullet Train’ Review: Brad Pitt Leads This Gleefully Overloaded, High-Speed Battle Royal Reviewed at Regency Village Theater, Los Angeles, Aug. 1, 2022. MPA Rating: R. Running time: 126 MIN.
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Aug 2, 2022 · 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 off the rails...
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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
Aug 2, 2022 · Bullet Train review: All aboard the crazy train. Brad Pitt and a crew of international assassins ride the die-hard rails in a gleeful neon thriller. By. Leah Greenblatt. Published on August...
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Aug 2, 2022 · By Pete Hammond. August 2, 2022 9:30am. UPDATED with video review: Right from the start, you know exactly what you are in for with Bullet Train, a non-stop mix of violence, comedy and more ...
Aug 15, 2022 · By Marc Miller. Published: August 15, 2022 (Last updated: March 12, 2024) 0. 3. Summary. Jump on board the Bullet Train. This is a big screen, fast-paced, fun, darkly comic, and relentlessly overstuffed adventure movie to entertain the masses.
