Witty but silly with banal one-liners

Shinkansen: Witty, but banal one-liners and silly

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The fast-footed style, coupled with a really fun script, makes Bullet Train a lot of fun, says Tom Einarsson.

heats up quickly man in gray come bullet trainanother A-lister action movie that can’t boast more than a colorful cast of characters.

Both serve the purpose of entertaining. But in the realm of action movies where you don’t have to think too much about characters, plots, etc. man in gray Competition is fierce.

For what it’s worth, Brad Pitt is attractive as LadybugA hired assassin who taught therapy and anger management classes, he never felt like re-entering the criminal underworld of guns, fistfights and briefcases full of cash.

Tasked with stealing a briefcase containing $10 million on a Japanese bullet train, Ladybug tries to keep her composure by remembering what her therapist said and refuses to bring her a gun. But that doesn’t mean it doesn’t come loaded with a slew of other zany characters ready to fight tooth and nail for the briefcase-shaped McGuffin.

Encountering twins on the Shinkansen lemon When tangerine, operating under a questionable codename and played by the charismatic Brian Tyree Henry and Aaron Taylor-Johnson respectively. next, prince, a psychotic young woman with a talent for explosives who acts like a frightened girl. Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny also participated.

All of these characters circle briefcases and viciously beat, stab, and shoot each other. However, they have always remained codenames, all of them exaggerated comic book-esque characters who regularly blurt out one-liners and sarcastic sarcasm.

When it comes to fistfights between characters, there will always come a moment when people say, “It’s not cool!” After being hit or after uttering “So it happened!” When things don’t go according to plan.

It’s a sure way to make you laugh. But just as we look back at the action movies of the 80s and laugh or cringe at corny one-liners with good guys and bad guys alike, from the late 2010s onwards he’s taken a liking to the action movies of the 2020s. In retrospect, you might do the same.

When Pitt asks, “Did you stab me?”

This style is by no means unique bullet train, every character looks like aspiring stand-up comedians who are always looking for a chance to smash a joke-filled notebook for the occasion. It certainly makes you laugh, but you may not necessarily remember much about the plot or the people in it.

Having said that, bullet train It’s the kind of filmmaking exercise that’s hard to pull off. remind me. big short Also snatch Also hot fuzz In terms of quick editing and subtle winks to the audience.

If you step into either area, it will appear. Sometimes bullet train Like a middle-aged father who recently took up yoga, Brad Pitt is surprisingly grizzly in a movie that can’t seem to stop repeating clichés about mindfulness. Sometimes one of the key characters, Lemon, do not stop The story of Thomas the Tank Engine. It’s cute to be sure, but all it does to the script itself is display a slightly finicky overzealousness that comes across as lighthearted and quirky.

But the fast-footed style, coupled with a really fun script, bullet train Other than that, it’s really a lot of fun.favorite man in grayit sticks to what it knows and takes advantage of it.

A fast balancing act that keeps things simple and fun, bullet trainThe plot, characters, set-pieces, and twists of .

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