Bullet Train (2022)

Set in Tokyo, a professional assassin (Brad Pitt) is assigned to retrieve a briefcase from a bullet train traveling from Tokyo to Kyoto. What seems like a simple assignment turns into a nightmare when the clueless assassin discovers that fellow passengers include several other assassins as well as an innocent looking schoolgirl (Joey King) with a diabolical plan. Based on the novel MARIA BEETLE by Kotaro Isaka and directed by David Leitch (JOHN WICK). This action comedy is over the top and over complicated and doesn't know when to stop as it piles absurdity after absurdity onto its plate. That being said, I don't think I've had so much pure fun at any other movie in 2022. Like the bullet train of the title, the film races rapidly and it becomes a task to keep track of the characters and who's who and who's doing what to who, etc. But it's best just to let your mind take a break and enjoy the craziness of it all. Still, if you insist on realism and logic, this is not the movie for you. With Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum, Ryan Reynolds, Michael Shannon, Aaron Taylor Johnson, Brian Tyree Henry, Andrew Koji, Hiroyuki Sanada and Zazie Beetz.