The current Brad Pitt stationary actioner (on a train?) in release. Pitt is a collector out to retrieve a steel briefcase on Japan's bullet train which he gets fairly easy & quickly but there are a smattering of shadowy figures (played by Brian Tyree Henry, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Joey King, Hiroyuki Sanada, Bad Bunny, Zazie Beetz, Andrew Koji) swirling about who engage Pitt at inopportune moments to make his cakewalk of a task anything but. Directed by Deadpool 2's David Leitch, the film finds itself in equal parts Tarantino/Ritchie land w/a huge dosage of CGI environments which give the film a particular sheen but eventually the novelty & chutzpah of the affair soon wears away & even Pitt's easygoing charm is lost in the neon colors & loud shebangs. Masi Oka (from Heroes) & Karen Fukuhara (from The Boys) show up as train employees & heavy hitters like Sandra Bullock & Michael Shannon make late stage appearances as key characters (although why the releasing studio would show Bullock in the ads kind of robs the astute viewer of a surprise).
Review of Bullet Train
