Tuesday, August 09, 2022
Bullet Train
It’s “Pulp Fiction” meets “Kill Bill” meets “Murder on the Orient Express” meets “Train to Busan” with a snake on a train in this hilarious over-the-top action comedy. Brad Pitt stars as Ladybug (his mission code name), a last minute replacement for the hired man who suddenly took ill. The mission is simple: retrieve a briefcase & get off at the next stop. Of course everything goes wrong for the man who believes he is plagued by bad luck. This is a complicated tale of revenge & fate. It seems this Tokyo-to-Kyoto bullet train is loaded with other assassins like the twins, the lone wolf, the school girl, & the hornet. Amongst the cast of killers are Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Brian Tyree Henry, Joey King, Zazie Beetz, Michael Shannon, & some surprise cameos. Gratuitous murder & mayhem occur on & off the train as the mystery of the plot is slowly revealed & the audience can finally connect the blood stained dots. So it’s all aboard for a riotous ride full of thrill kills & lots of laughs. See if you can guess who will be still be standing when the train finally comes to a complete stop. Stay seated until mid-credits because it ain’t over until it’s really over.
Alien gives it 3½ “Thomas the Tank Engine” stars out of 4.
