Bullet Train Movie Review

"Bullet Train" is an action film that could easily have been an animated movie, and often looks and feels like one.

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The story takes place on a bullet train careening across Japan, but most of the movie was shot on green-screened sets,

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The film is directed by David Leitch, a former stunt coordinator and screen double for Jean-Claude Van Damme and this film's star,

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"The Usual Suspects." Even in a fantasy, the latter seems a stretch, although the actors all sell it like the professionals they are.

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