Ladybug (Brad Pitt) is filling in on a snatch-and-grab in Tokyo. His instructions were simple: get on a bullet train, retrieve a briefcase with a train sticker on the handle, and get off at the next stop. Easy peasy lemon squeezy. But the train is filled with assassins, kidnappers, the vengeance-obsesessed, and an extremely venomous snake. Now Ladybug is stressed depressed lemon zest. And just when his therapy was going so well.
This is another John Wick/Gunpowder Milkshake clone from director David Leitch. It's fine. The action sequences are good. The trailer made it seem like it was going to be funnier, but it's funny enough. The psychotherapy-New Age-babble gets a little old but just press mute and all will be better. Brian Tyree Henry is fantastic, the stand-out performance for me, and Joey King has a very bright future ahead. The final reveal of the Big Bad was a little anticlimactic and took me right out of my suspension of disbelief, but I don't regret the watch. It's a decent enough action comedy.
Bullet Train is currently streaming on Netflix.
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