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bertobellamyAug 5, 2022

Not as bad as I thought it was going to be. It's fun and irreverent, and some fights and action sequences are very cool, although the story is very convoluted. Still more engaging than 'The Gray Man.'

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6

dharmaSep 30, 2022

Let's get this out of the way. When Bullet Trains decide to be a 'kick ass' action film, with bullets, swords winging around in great set pieces, the film shines. Once it goes on to try to become 'Tarantino / Ritchie' lite, it falters. TheLet's get this out of the way. When Bullet Trains decide to be a 'kick ass' action film, with bullets, swords winging around in great set pieces, the film shines. Once it goes on to try to become 'Tarantino / Ritchie' lite, it falters. The problem is...this is a film that relies on the latter and you can see Leitch's weaknesses as a 'Director'. He can set up all these whiz bang things but he is essentially 'a 2nd unit director'. Dialogue driven pieces is not his strong suit, despite the incredibly stellar casts involved. Pacing and tone was all over the place, and if the flick was tightened to 100 minutes or less, then it would have been a decent '7 or more'.… Expand

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5

moviecritic68Aug 31, 2022

I hate movies that make me strain to interpret a fast talking dialect. This film was chucked full of it. Agree with some it had it's funny moments & decent fight scenes but the overall premise was a bit much. I'll be gracious and score it inI hate movies that make me strain to interpret a fast talking dialect. This film was chucked full of it. Agree with some it had it's funny moments & decent fight scenes but the overall premise was a bit much. I'll be gracious and score it in the middle.… Expand

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4

VandrerenNov 6, 2022

Always painful to sit through a film trying too hard to be edgy. This was excruciating. Endless yammering, garbled slathering, muddled babbling, awkward preening and sword fights. Brad cranked it up to maximum vapidity with this one. At leastAlways painful to sit through a film trying too hard to be edgy. This was excruciating. Endless yammering, garbled slathering, muddled babbling, awkward preening and sword fights. Brad cranked it up to maximum vapidity with this one. At least in Snatch he was being intentionally annoying and incomprehensible. Here he's just a mealymouthed, permastoned, mentally invalid, mouth breathing snowflake. His most autobiographical role to date. The script is hacky, the action cheesy, the acting atrocious, the direction kitschy. It's as if the filmmakers literally set out to make the worst trainwreck possible. Hell, this dumpster fire wasn't even filmed in Japan. Hollywood just doesn't know how to make interesting, original films anymore. At least it wasn't another cookiecutter superhero mcmovie, I'll give it that. I guess they're trying as best they can, can't ask any more from these bugs than that.… Expand

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5

nnogohkoSep 2, 2022

Aaron Taylor Johnson and Brian Tyree Henry are the standouts in the film where there are many high profile actors. Their back and forth banter is really fun. Brad Pitt is also great but he isn't in the film as much as I thought he will beAaron Taylor Johnson and Brian Tyree Henry are the standouts in the film where there are many high profile actors. Their back and forth banter is really fun. Brad Pitt is also great but he isn't in the film as much as I thought he will be based on the trailers. He was really funny too. The twists and turns are surprising and some of them are clever but as the film enters its final act it just became a CGI train fest and it kind of took me out of the experience. I really wish the CGI for the final act was better. It's a fun enough film but I don't think I have to see it again.… Expand

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6

NathonasSep 10, 2022

The movie is entertaining but it's very over-the-top and ridiculous. The plot doesn't make much sense. Good for mindless fun.

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6

MattyIce34Aug 5, 2022

It runs out of energy by the end, but the film has some fun kills and charismatic performances. A good time at the movies!

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6

royalguy07Aug 5, 2022

Entertaining, plotting and cameos went off the rails, particularly the 3rd act. A movie can still be funny and grounded at the same time.

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5

ReubenIsAGodSep 8, 2022

Very messy, kinda long, mystery cringe dialogue plot. Overwise, a good fun romp of a time. Wish the jokes were also actually funny.

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4

Sweet_Old_BobAug 11, 2022

A lot of action, some great fight sequences, great music and sound, and good dialogue between participants. However, there wasn't much of a story to hold it up. Great to watch, but over two hours long made it seem tedious.

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5

JLuis_001Aug 6, 2022

Bullet Train is an attempt a la Quentin Tarantino and Guy Ritchie on steroids directed by a fairly average director who knows his way around the action terrain but lacks the expertise to construct a compelling story. In Bullet Train nothingBullet Train is an attempt a la Quentin Tarantino and Guy Ritchie on steroids directed by a fairly average director who knows his way around the action terrain but lacks the expertise to construct a compelling story. In Bullet Train nothing matters. There are connections between the characters, some stupid and empty motives, and supposedly professional killers who are basically a joke. Everyone wants to kill each other, but nothing makes any sense. There are characters like the ones performed by Zazie Beetz, Logan Lerman and Karen Fukuhara who don't do **** except show up for a few moments, which completely wastes them and that's not even counting the cameos by Channing Tatum, Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds.

As I said, since nothing really matters, there's no real use in knowing how it's all going to end, and you won't even care who lives and who dies, because yes, although it's not abundant, when the violence does appear, it's more brutal than I expected, but it's still of no use, cause the violence it ain't the climax of the show, but the punchline. This film is a mind-numbing experience. All that matters is that you go on the journey and that it entertains you enough so that you don't feel ripped off once the end comes.
And it's not that I tried to make sense of a movie that warns you from the beginning that that's not its purpose, and I get it, there are movies that are just made to be fun and goofy, it's just that that's not something that satisfies me.

I was going to give it only two stars, but it earns the extra half for what its cast does well, not what the script offered them.… Expand

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5

BradMorganAug 29, 2022

Bullet Train felt like a messy film trying to tell a thin story through a non-chronological order. The misplaced cast and the script that didn't come across as funny at all makes this film a disappointment. Brad Pitt shows he can play aBullet Train felt like a messy film trying to tell a thin story through a non-chronological order. The misplaced cast and the script that didn't come across as funny at all makes this film a disappointment. Brad Pitt shows he can play a comedic character but unfortunately this was not enough to save the movie.… Expand

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5

RohmoSep 20, 2022

I was along for the ride for a bit... it eventually becomes the nonsense the trailers teased...

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6

Fatbob15Oct 21, 2022

It might not be the greatest far from it, but those in need of a fun blockbuster will like this one

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6

imthenoobDec 25, 2022

Critics definitely got this one wrong. Bullet Train has a great cast, and a solid story, and is shot well in the confines of the train which helps add to the action. My only criticism is that the ending is a bit convoluted and the final actCritics definitely got this one wrong. Bullet Train has a great cast, and a solid story, and is shot well in the confines of the train which helps add to the action. My only criticism is that the ending is a bit convoluted and the final act drags a bit too heavily for my liking, which definitely took away from my overall enjoyment. Other than that, It was still a solid movie that is worth checking out.… Expand