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Bullet Trainfeels like someone crossbredKill Billwith aFinal Destinationmovie.
Theres also a deadly snake on the loose.
And a big bouncing pink mascot for a popular childrens show.
There is … well, theres more, but Ive probably already said too much.
Not unlike the aforementionedFinal Destinationpictures, there is nothing particularly organic in this movie.
It doesnt take itself seriously, which helps a lot.
Its not afraid to let you simply enjoy it.
Plus its expertly made.
Through it all, some ideas do emerge, hazily and lightly.
Everybody on the train is there, in some ways, because family led them there.
Some are there to avenge their loved ones, some to kill them.
Some are there because theyarefamily.
All of the films coincidences, in other words, start to look like they were actually fated.
Its clever casting, to be sure, leaning into the hippie-dippie, happy-go-lucky side of Pitts persona.
Theres also a moving conflict here between a world of duty and responsibility and a world free of attachments.
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