Bullet Train review – Brad Pitt leads the bumpy but comfortable flick

As Bullet Train speeds across the screen, it leaves a trail of atomic colours, succinct action sequences, and jokes that land (and don’t), but all in all, it’s a trip I would take again.

Trailers only ruin a film. While they may boost box office numbers with a surplus of keen new eyes who may not have heard of the film outside of their Youtube recommendations, they tend to accomplish one of three things.
Firstly, an enticing trailer is not the hallmark of a good film, leading to high expectations and low results; secondly, many recent trailers go on for over two minutes and give away half the plot and most set pieces to boot; and thirdly, they can make a film look close to unwatchable. Bullet Train’s marketing falls under the latter, a disappointment as the Brad Pitt-led action comedy may not be the most original nor the most well thought out popcorn flick, but one that doesn’t sour the salt-and-buttery taste.
Like any of its cohorts (Red Notice, Uncharted), the trailer is an overly-edited montage of the film’s greatest hits: various neon action sequences interjected with the odd arguably funny one-liner which, ironically, describes Bullet Train’s core attractions but doesn’t...