Overview
A high-speed train becomes a battleground for assassins with intertwined fates and a mysterious briefcase.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Breakneck
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Graphic
- irreverent
- witty
- frenetic
- action movie night
- group movie night
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film entertaining and energetic, with strong ensemble performances and inventive action, while considering its overstuffed plotting and aggressive quirkiness uneven.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The bullet train functions as the primary setting, trapping Ladybug and several rival assassins together while their objectives collide.
Ladybug's belief that he is cursed by bad luck becomes a recurring comic and thematic lens on the mission's escalating accidents.
The film uses blood-spattered action, stylized choreography, vivid production design, and heightened physical gags.
Flashback montages expand the histories of Ladybug, Prince, Tangerine, Lemon, Kimura, and The Elder as their missions converge.
Films like Bullet Train, and why
Snatch
shares a kinetic assassin ensemble, sharply comic dialogue, criminal entanglements, and stylized violence
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum
shares maximalist action choreography, irreverent humor, hitman characters, and graphic comic-book aesthetics
Pulp Fiction
shares interlocking criminal objectives, nonlinear character backstories, witty banter, and heightened violence
Smokin' Aces
shares a confined transit setting, ensemble chaos, assassins, and darkly playful action-comedy tone
Movie Details
- Director
- David Leitch
- Release Date
- 2022-07-20
- Runtime
- 126 min
- Rating
- 7.4 / 10 (7969)
Cast
- Brad Pitt
- Joey King
- Aaron Taylor-Johnson
- Brian Tyree Henry
- Andrew Koji
- Hiroyuki Sanada
- Michael Shannon
- Sandra Bullock
- Bad Bunny
- Logan Lerman
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Hulu, fuboTV, YouTube TV
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand, Plex
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Bullet Train about?
- A supposedly simple briefcase retrieval turns a Tokyo-to-Morioka bullet-train mission into a flamboyant collision of assassins, grudges, and spectacularly bad luck.
- What is Bullet Train like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Bullet Train as breakneck, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Bullet Train violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Bullet Train as graphic.
- What did critics think of Bullet Train?
- Critics broadly found the film entertaining and energetic, with strong ensemble performances and inventive action, while considering its overstuffed plotting and aggressive quirkiness uneven.
- Which films are like Bullet Train?
- Films with a similar feel include Snatch, John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, Pulp Fiction, and Smokin' Aces.
- How long is Bullet Train?
- Bullet Train runs 126 minutes.
- Where can I watch Bullet Train?
- In United States, Bullet Train streams on Hulu, fuboTV, YouTube TV.
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