Bullet Train movie review: What is Brad Pitt doing in this tiresome Japan-set post-Tarantino knock-off? It’s a train wreck

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Sony PicturesBrad Pitt rarely makes mistakes, but Bullet Train is a major misfire.

A two-hour orgy of bloodshed tempered only by the occasional half-decent sight gag, it's a film that derails very early on.

Sporting a bucket hat and an attitude that says he's been consuming self-help books by the carriage-load, he's taken time out from the game, only to be brought back by his handler to collect a silver briefcase from a train speeding its way from Tokyo towards Kyoto.Naturally there are other interested parties on board, including two hitmen, Tangerine and Lemon , who have been hired by a gangster known as The White Death to keep both the case and his son safe and sound.

Oh, and if that's not enough, there is a deadly reptile, the Boomslang, with a venom that makes blood pour out of your eyes slithering around. Snake on a Train indeed. On top of that, Pitt's New Age truisms grow tiresome, and there is a self-conscious soundtrack married to the film's casual ultra-violence.

 

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