The film received from critics (52% on Rotten Tomatoes ) but was a hit with audiences , who praised its energy and charisma.
If you can forgive a little 1970s cheesiness and a bloated runtime, you’ll find a smart, vicious, and expertly engineered thriller. It treats its audience like adults, and it treats its train like a character – beautiful, powerful, and terrifyingly fragile. The Bullet Train Film
If you think modern action movies are intense, go back to where it all started. The film received from critics (52% on Rotten
Filmed primarily on a closed set during the COVID-19 pandemic, the production used high-resolution LED screens to simulate the moving Japanese landscape outside the train windows. Director Leitch leans heavily into a "style-over-substance" aesthetic, characterized by: If you think modern action movies are intense,
When Sony Pictures released Bullet Train in August 2022, it was positioned as the summer’s ultimate adrenaline shot. Directed by David Leitch ( John Wick , Deadpool 2 ), starring Brad Pitt is a neon-soaked, hyper-violent farce that adapts Kotaro Isaka’s Japanese novel Maria Beetle (transferred to a Japanese setting for the screen).
Vibrant, "pop" colors and slick choreography. Post Magazine