Earlier today, I watched the action comedy film Bullet Train—starring Brad Pitt, directed by David Leitch (of Deadpool 2) and based on the Japanese novel Maria Beetle by Kōtarō Isaka—at AMC theaters.
It was definitely enjoyable...with Bullet Train basically being Pulp Fiction if it took place on a high-speed railway line in the Land of the Rising Sun.
Bullet Train is about a peaceable assassin codenamed Ladybug (Pitt) who has to retrieve a briefcase from aboard the high-speed vehicle, and ends up running into other colorful killers (played by Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Brian Tyree Henry and Zazie Beetz) who are after Ladybug's precious cargo as well.
It doesn't help that Ladybug confronts other lethal assassins (played by Andrew Koji, Hiroyuki Sanada, Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio and Joey King) aboard the train during this increasingly-complex mission!
Of course, despite these unfortunate circumstances, Ladybug manages to survive this trip aboard the bullet train and reunites with his handler (played by Sandra Bullock) at the end.
What makes Bullet Train so fun is that it's Ladybug's huge amount of bad luck in this flick that got him through all of the confrontations with the killers mentioned above, as well as the main antagonist who brought all these assassins aboard the train in the first place: the White Death (portrayed by Michael Shannon).
If I had the same amount of bad luck that Ladybug had in Bullet Train, I'd probably go on to win the lottery, pay off my credit card debts (again) and maybe even get my favorite job back! I lost it over a decade ago. Happy Sunday!
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