2022 · action · comedy · thriller
Bullet Train
Directed by David Leitch2h 6m2022
Unlucky assassin Ladybug is determined to do his job peacefully after one too many gigs gone off the rails. Fate, however, may have other plans, as Ladybug's latest mission puts him on a collision course with lethal adversaries from around the globe—all with connected, yet conflicting, objectives—on the world's fastest train.
Our read: Bullet Train (2022) reads as a sombre, breathless, grounded action · comedy · thriller entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, breathless, extreme action / comedy, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- kinetic
- extreme
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“You want hyper-stylized train chaos, quips, and Brad Pitt cruising violence.”
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