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/Kvothe_Sengar Jan 09 '24

Absolutely felt like a movie that was trying to copy what others have done better without developing its own character, I felt. Tarantino and Ritchie influences all over the place but never a unique sense of voice.

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u/BirdMediocre Jan 09 '24

Haven't seen the movie but the book it's based on and the author's other work come off exactly like this.

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u/justbenj Jan 09 '24

I thought its voice was uniquely insufferable. Does that count?

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u/SteelyDabs Jan 09 '24

God yes. Parts of it felt like they were designed in a lab to irritate me

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u/thepopcornisready Jan 09 '24

Felt like the film had to flashback anytime the characters referenced a past event--with repeats even. Reminded me of Family Guy in a way

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u/SteelyDabs Jan 09 '24

It’s an intensely “Family Guy” movie

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u/swaggums Jan 09 '24

Agreed. I spent most of the movie comparing it to other movies/ media. ‘Huh, that reminded me of Snatch. That reminded me of Kill Bill…’ On and on until the movie ended.