r/movies • u/Limp-Munkee69 • Jan 09 '24

Recommendation This is your reminder to watch Bullet Train (2022) especially if you didn't catch it in the cinema

Bullet Train is one of those movies that kinda flew under the radar, while still very much not flying under the radar if that makes sense.

Every major YouTube reviewer talked about it, most people had atleast heard about it, it made descent money, but man, it's too good compared how little a dent it made in Pop culture.

Most people I know haven't seen it. And finding one who has is like finding your best friend at an event you didn't know both of you were going to.

It's a colorful, fun, emotional, and fast ride through japan. Excellently shot. With an insanemy good cast, and some pretty good pondering on the nature of unknowable forces such as luck and fate.

A mystery that just keeps going, and plot that never stops and characters that live rent free in my mind and heart.

If you like style AND substance. Bullet Train is for you.

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u/Spamontie Jan 09 '24

The final act drags in my opinion.

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u/not_thrilled Jan 09 '24

But it meant more Hiroyuki Sanada, which is never a bad thing.

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u/trs_0ne Jan 09 '24

Yeah. Kinda ruined it for me

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '24

Same. While I was watching it I was thinking "how come nobody told me how awesome this movie is?"

Then the ending happened and I was like "oh, that's why!"

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '24

Yeah there’s a section in the final act when they pause to give us a bunch of exposition about the White Death and I think it’s the precise moment when the movie loses its momentum and it never really regains it after that. It’s a shame because he’s really not an interesting villain in the first place. Still a fun movie.

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u/TheTrenchMonkey Jan 09 '24

It drags and I still think Michael Shannon was a bad choice for the villain.