‘Bullet Train’ Review – One of Us
How many assassins can you fit on train? Find out with the One of Us crew’s Bullet Train review.
The co-director of John Wick and director of Deadpool 2 and Atomic Blonde (David Leitch) helms this new action comedy based on a Japanese novel, Maria Beetle. Now, most action comedies don’t seem like there’s enough plot going on to have been based on a novel, but Bullet Train has so many plates spinning, so many subplots, so many characters (many of which we can’t tell you about because it would ruin the surprise) that it’s not that surprising.
Brad Pitt plays a trained killer codenamed Ladybug who after years of being in the business and having trouble processing his own negative emotions, is finally starting to have some zen about what he does. Given an ‘easy’ assignment by his handler, he just has to get on the Japanese bullet train, grab a silver briefcase, and get off again.
Unfortunately, the train is just lousy with trained killers not all of which are there for reasons directly related to the briefcase in question, or at least, so it seems. Ladybug just can’t get off this damn train and he has to deal with Tangerine and Lemon (Aaron Taylor Johnson and Brian Tyree Henry), The Prince (Joey King), and a lot of other assassins and complications.
Bullet Train Review
Chris, Alan, Sarah, and Drew didn’t all agree on this one but it made for a spirited discussion…with no spoilers.
Credits:
- Christopher Cox
- Alan Galinsky
- Sarah Jane
- Drew Tinnin
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