Brad Pitt as Ladybug, a hitman down

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Ask-money-logoHome › TV  Movies    Reviews    Patricia Puentes By Patricia Puentes Last Updated November 27, 2023“Bullet Train” Review Brad Pitt Leads a Star-Packed Ensemble in Action-Comedy by “Deadpool 2” DirectorFacebookTwitterCopy LinkBrad Pitt and Aaron Taylor-Johnson in Bullet Train. Photo Courtesy Sony Pictures510Watching Bullet Train confirmed what I suspected I’m not its intended target audience. The movie, which opens in theaters on Friday, August 5, is helmed by Deadpool 2 director David Leitch, based on Kōtarō Isaka’s Japanese novel of the same name and stars.


Brad Pitt as Ladybug, a hitman down on his luck. Bullet Train’s brand of over-the-top LOB Directory violence and stylized fight scenes choreographed to pop songs isn’t exactly my cup of tea — in the sense that I’d much rather watch people actually drinking tea than having their heads blown up, bright-red blood splattering everywhere.I don’t see violence as something remotely funny, no matter how absurd or excessive-bordering-on-the-surreal its nature. I never watched Kill Bill Vol. 2 because I barely had the stomach for Vol 1. And I felt Bullet Train was borrowing a bit from Quentin.





Tarantino’s neo-western from the samurai swords to the heightened colors and a curated soundtrack of popular themes. Joey King in Bullet Train. Photo Courtesy Sony PicturesIn Bullet Train, Ladybug finds himself aboard a high-speed train traveling at night from Tokyo to Kyoto. He’s in constant phone communication with his handler, Maria Sandra Bullock, who not only gives him details about this last-minute mission where he needs to retrieve a briefcase from the train but also operates as a sort of therapist, reassuring Ladybug at every turn. And he needs a lot of reassurance. It turns out that the train is swarming with thugs and dubious characters — most of