His stops and starts, flashbacks and reveals all effectively build a rhythm that flows and doesn't feel oppressive. Thunderous, nonstop movies filled with constant fighting can get exhausting - see Free Fire, for example - but director Leitch, a former stunt performer and coordinator who turned to filmmaking with John Wick, has a good sense of rhythm. Suspense is generated when characters sometimes come back from certain defeat (such as one who's thrown off the train, jumps back onto its tail end, and then tries to work his way back inside) or when a previously planted item - like a poisonous snake - pops up again. The movie delights in pitting its many trained fighters and killers against as many obstacles as possible. Directed by David Leitch and based on a novel by Kotaro Isaka, Bullet Train is a little like a multiple-character heist movie such as Ocean's Eleven or Logan Lucky, except that the why and how is less important than the what, which in this case is the fight scenes. With gleefully excessive violence and little depth, this oversized action thriller executes its many moving parts with skill, but it's Pitt's dopey, languid performance that keeps the balance. I'd say teens 16 and up, if they're (or you are) fine with the numbing violence and excessive profanity. Overall, Bullet Train is a very fun time that more than entertains although, its last 20 minutes go off the rails and isn't half as fun as the rest of the film. There's smoking, a single drug reference, and some alcohol consumption as well. Other PG-13 scale sex references are said infrequently. In the first 10 minutes, two random characters have sex with the man being behind the woman thankfully graphic nudity is blocked by a window and it lasts two seconds. Sexual content is brief, but extremely unnecessary it adds nothing to the story. Other milder terms include d**k, s***, a**hole, and more. Profanity is overshadowed by the foul play, but is still there and is quite rough most of them come from two characters, the "Twins." F-bombs are casually dropped and it's probably near the three digit count. It's mostly played as comedic, but it is so excessive that it becomes bothersome. One man's head is completely demolished when hit by a train sign, another has a chunk of his face completely removed and it's as violent as it sounds. Gallons of blood are on display with some throat slicing, graphic stabbings, fatal gunshots, and head explosions. Violence is the worst offender of the lot there's a high body count. As for the content, it's not for young teens and DEFINITELY NOT for kids. The film is shot beautifully and is entertainingly stylish! It's funny, but not hilarious. To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weeklyīullet Train stars Brad Pitt as a wisecracking assassin who is sent on a mission to obtain a briefcase only it's not as simple as it seems. There's brief drug-related dialogue, wine at a wedding, and sleeping powder in a bottle of water. There's a brief but graphic sex scene that shows a woman on all fours and a man thrusting from behind her. Language is also strong, with frequent use of "f-k," "motherf-r," "s-t," "a-hole," and more. Poisoned characters bleed from their eye sockets and vomit before dying. A person's face is blown off, and another's face is impaled with a meat hook. Violence is almost comically intense, with guns and shooting, heavy blood sprays, knives, swords, and punching. It's weightless but well made and a fun ride, if you're mature enough for the content. Parents need to know that Bullet Train is an extremely bloody, violent action thriller starring Brad Pitt about criminals and murderers who are trying to kill each other and stay alive on a high-speed Japanese train.
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