Next time I'll say I'm 113 so that no one walks away thinking I'm actually 57. I'm in my 30s with a voice in the 20s and a spirit in the teens! (Humor of an 8yo)
I absolutely adored Wolf's entire dramatic backstory montage only for him to get bodied minutes after boarding the train. It's great black comedy and easily my favorite sequence in the movie.
A detail I always loved in this movie is that both of the twins reacted to their brothers’ death as the personality of that dead brother. Tangerine, normally the brash and louder one, quietly tears up at Lemon’s “death” and Lemon, the quiet and contemplative one, lets out a primal scream when he sees Tangerine’s death. It was almost like they were honoring the other with their last moments together
When people lose a loved one they often acquire a lot of their traits in an effort to keep them alive, like in God of War:Ragnarok when Brok dies, Sindri takes off his gloves, he curses, and he fights with Broks sword
Not only that but Tangerine, who was worried about being shot in the chest, is shot in the neck and Lemon, who is worried about being shot in the neck, is shot in the chest
I think part of it is that a lot of stylized action movies have been coming out in the last couple of years, and most of them have been pretty good. So the "wow, a cool stylized action movie"-effect had less of an impact on people compared to if it had been released 5 years ago.
I'm still dumbfounded this movie only got a 54% critic rating on RT, this was one of the most fun action thrillers I've seen in a while who's pacing on top of it all felt as tightly brisk as its titular setting!
They probably can't have two thoughts on a movie and so chose the "Its stupid" one. Where yes it kind of is stupid and ridiculous, but it's also so much FUN.
To be fair, most critics seemed to have problems primarily with the story, which, to be honest, wasn't the most creative and is a bit cluttered with plot points at times compared to other, more streamlined stylized action films like John Wick or Kill Bill. It's a bit cliche and thematically rather light, but it's a functional narrative vehicle for the fun and engaging action scenes and performances, which are really the major highlights here, and the fact that the plot manages to keep track of so many characters all at once is not too shabby. It was a box office hit nonetheless, so it found it definitely found its audience.
18:18 As a swordsmanship trainee and fellow Hiroyuki Sanada fan, I'd say that the Elder's sword would probably be classified as a shikomizue, a cane sword. Similar to a shirasaya but disguised as a cane, often with thinner blades than a classic katana, which the Elder's sword seems to have too
Wow okay I've finally realized that the sword was inside the cane. The entire movie I expected that but because the tsuka wasn't the handle of the cane (the bird) I thought he had hidden the sword somewhere else. I just watched it back and realized that the sword is drawn from the bottom of the cane. Somehow I missed that.
@@CinemaWins You catch so so much stuff in your reviews and somehow you miss that it was a cane sword? I find that hilarious, and great review like always.
@@fancyslayer99 Using it reverse-grip is nearly strictly a 'rule of cool' thing, the biomechanichs of a human body functions far better holding it normally. So no, he's NOT using it properly. He could've done the exact same swings and cuts but with _more_ power, because he still has ample room for his arm and by simply not eggregiously overswinging he'd have easily avoided the walls. If he's so restrained that he can't even put his arm out to the side then sure, then reverse grip is slightly less bad, but that's not the case here.
I lost it at the moment Lemon called Logan Lerman’s character a ‘Percy’. Mainly because that line felt like a dig at Logan Lerman playing Percy Jackson.
@@FrequentUser99i was raving about this movie to my friends for days but every single one of them was like eh it looks terrible. Yea it flew under the radar
"Hiroyuki Sanada is always a win" is a new standard quote for this channel Also giving out a japanese sword lecture amidst all the action is an unexpected yet welcome surprise
At one point Ladybug says "He pops up everywhere" in reference to the ticket collector played by Masi Oka, who played the teleporting Hiro in Heroes. Such a great movie to rewatch and catch the little things.
One really fun detail is how each of the assassins on the train get killed by their own weapons. Wolf's knife, Hornet's poison, and Tangerine's gun. Technically not his own, but the White Death does end up dying to the gun he was using and, a lot more abstract than the others, the Prince did use Lemon at one point to dispose of Yuichi, and he ended up killing her as well.
I always recommend this one to people that might have missed it. There's not a single wasted scene and it rewards you for paying attention. Excellent cast, entertaining fights, fantastic dialogue, fun soundtrack... Great movie.
Gun Win that you missed, Joey King's handgun is a TT-33 (aka Tokarev) a relatively uncommon Russian handgun. So we got a bit of a hint about her true origin pretty early on.
57?! It’s not old but in my head you’ve just been perpetually 30. You have a REALLY youthful energy that is truly infectious and it’s been amazing to experience over the years.
I'm not even joking when I tell you that this movie instantly became one of my favorite movies of all time. The acting, the pacing, the action, the comedy, all the characters whose story lines intersect so beautifully. This movie deserved more than it got. I'm not even saying it's all that original. It's just a damn good time, even on multiple re-watches.
Bullet Train has the 80's "Just made for pure entertainment" that modern movies miss. At no point in this movie did I feel like I was being sold anything or preached to, I just had a lot of fun.
One small thing you missed: When the bullet train jumps the tracks, a version of the Thomas the Tank Engine theme plays. I watched that show to death when I was a girl, so I noticed lol.
I remember coming into this movie thinking it would be okay-average, but as soon as the Japanese 'Staying Alive' came on I was in the grove for it, and the movie just never fell from that point. A really good cast of characters, great pacing, horrifically good action and comedy, and a weird amount of Chekhov's Guns that go off weirdly (All the Boomslang ended up actually doing was getting Ladybug out of the way so the Elder could scare off the Prince).
This is 100% my favorite movie I’ve seen this year! I’m not a big Brad Pitt fan so I went in thinking ‘this looks kinda interesting but who knows’ and it blew me out of the freaking water! Obviously Tangerine and Lemon are the best part but everything about this film just works! Every actor is perfectly chosen, every scene is shot perfectly, and everything just works together so freaking well! I’ve been bugging my friends with how much I talk about it but I can’t help it it’s just such an amazing film!
Bullet train is a fun movie. I liked it more then expected. Pitt is such a veteran and has so much range as an actor. Yay I’m excited for the blade 2 video next week can’t wait!
I went to go see this with some friends on a whim because I want to see more trains in movies, and it very quickly became a favorite. The fact it interweaves all the assassin's stories and together so elegantly and injects flat-out hilarity into some of its scenes makes the movie. And you're absolutely right, not a single actor misses, it's just cooking all the way through.
One moment I love is when the White Death comes face to face with the Elder and honestly seems happy to see him, like they’re old friends rather than enemies.
I'd just like to say that CininaWins is always a win. When I came across your channel I guess a few years ago, I was really dismayed at the huge trend toward negativity among review and discussion and I don't know if the other channel that rhymes with yours came before or after yours, but you were exactly what I was looking for. You and Mikey Neumann have both brought me so much joy and I thank you so much for what you do. 🙏
same! I use to watch sins videos all the time, till cinemawins came up on my page. Now I cant watch sins videos at all. its just not fun or funny to me. but I am on pins and needles waiting for the EGA video. and if he does a movie I haven't seen yet, you can guarantee by the end of that weekend I've seen the move and his video.
really glad this finally came out! 2 things I noticed that you didnt mention are, that you can actually see how Lemon sticks the 'Diesel' sticker on to The Princes back, as he becomes uncontious from the sleeping powder in the water bottle. And also how during 'the ol' Punch and Judy' Tangerine lights a Cigarettes, but throws it away right after, because there is a 'no smoking' sign in the background. Thank you again, it truely was worth the wait. You again showed me stuff I missed and gave me new reasons to love this movie.
Super late but here’s a fun thing that I noticed- When the Prince first meets Yuichi and calls her associate to threaten him, you can see the woman who kills said associate walk by the window and glare at him. It’s super subtle and fast, buts it’s already a good key-in that the Elder already has eyes watching over his grandson
I absolutely love when movies use both great original score and real/recognizable songs. Both have incredible effect on a scene and the viewers connection to it, but in different ways and using them in juxtaposition works so well especially here
I always still have these requests: 1. The Lost World: Jurassic Park 2. Jurassic Park III 3. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) 4. Shrek (2001) But I understand that you must be bracing yourself for making EGA Barbie, Oppenheimer, Mission: Impossible 7.
Bullet Train was my favorite movie of 2022, and I love so much how there's basically no Red Herring and it's all Chekov's Gun!! Just a ton of fun with the snappy, witty dialogue, and very nice action scenes!
Ridiculous coincidence but i just finished the book literally yesterday and was looking for the ega and eww for the movie. I was honestly surprised you hadn't done this one yet but i was responded to in 12 hours. I was sort of surprised by the huge changes from the book to the movie(or vice versa, im not actually sure which came first) but they have masterfully carried over the tone and bloodiness from the og version. The situational comedy and just the theme of bad luck throughout was just *mwah*.
I'd also recommend the book, it's one of my all-time favorites from a phenomenal author (fun fact, there is a series of books taking place in the same universe, all written by said author). Very different from the movie, but both are great.
Oh man am I glad to see you talk about this film. Definitely my favorite in the past few years. The writing, the acting, the directing, the AESTHETIC???? It's so good! I was so glad when it came to Netflix, because I remember watching it non-stop for a good while. 😂❤
I saw this movie with my wife, we just wanted to give it a try, the cast appealed, and we ended up loving it the whole way through. Then a week later I hyped it up to my friends, and we went to see it as a group, and they all loved it too. I recommend this film to everyone. ATJ is also dumb hot in this.
honestly this movie is legit one of my newest favorites, like I've never seen a movie so well tied together where every single detail is important and gets called back, every character is intensely likeable and iconic, and all tied up in a pretty picture for a nice bow on top!
I'm so grateful you did this movie. My mom has been showing me R-Rated movies to bring me up to speed with culture now that I'm an adult. She showed me this one and it immediately became my favorite movie of all time! The scene in The Princess Bride where Montoya and Wesley fight, where beforehand, they have a genuine moment to respect each other is one of my favorite feelings in any story, and this movie is full of that! I love that every plot line is expertly planned out, and that Lemon and Tangerine are so dangerously likable that they threaten to steal the show at every turn! Really hoping they make a spinoff with them!
I interpreted the White Death's Russian Roulette flair to be something different than establishing him as a psycho unafraid to die. If he always puts the bullet in the same chamber, and it's *his gun*, he conceivably could have either practiced the trick before hand to know when to start and stop on his arm to put the bullet where he wants it, or he could have counted the clicks as he rolls the cylinder. It's all for show, a way to make it look like something is up to the whims of fate while he rigs the game, tying in to the movie's themes of chance and coincidence.
Got to see this in theaters and my Uncle and I were the only ones in there. Made for a really unique experience and I couldn’t believe the theater was empty by the end since it was a half off day and it was a damn good movie that had only been out for a week. They played a trailer for Smile before it where the chicks head falls over in front of the window and it got my Uncle and I to both jump hard asl and then laugh about it 😂 We jumped when the snake bit him too
I'm a big fan of this novel(yes, it is based on a japanese novel 'Maria Beetle'). So I was rly worried at first about this movie. I worried that movie would erase every charm of the novel. But when the movie came out, i love it. It has the subtle detail from novel and deliver the humor. It's a well adaptation as an action movie. But still i recommend the novel. The author is rly good at weaving seperate character into a whole fine story.
This is a movie that I love to watch just for the characters.. watched it on a whim and then 3 more times in the same month lol. I'll definitely re-watch it every few years.
The ‘CinemaSins’ video by Jeremy about this movie is obnoxious bullshit as usual, so it’s great that the chad CinemaWins channel is finally covering this lovely movie.
I think this movie is so under-rated. It does not get the attention it deserves. I had so much fun in the theater with the awesome sets and colors, the great pacing, the fantastically weaved together stories, and even with the extreme violence it was fun and funny
This movie is easily one of the best of 2022 and its a great ensemble cast and despite the plot holes it remains one of the most enjoyable and fun comedies ever while having some really emotional beats at times
I LOVE this movie!! I actually gasped and squealed when I saw this come up on my timeline. It’s my second favourite film set on a train and easily in my top 5 movies of all time.
There has never been a movie that's entered my top 10 movie list faster than this did. I took one step out of the theatre after and immediately just thought "this was one of the greatest movies ive ever seen". Ended up watching it again like a week later. Such a good movie
I saw 100 new films last year and this took my #2 spot on my favorites. Glad more people are talking about it now because I didn’t understand the mediocre scores from critics.
Awesome! Two questions, out of curiosity: 1. What film took your number one spot last year. 2. Did you also watch Everything, Everywhere, All at Once last year? If so, where did that place?
@@MagikanVearlae 1 My personal favorite of the year was Death on the Nile. Im a big fan of whodunnits and I love the old-fashioned style with the sleek modern filmmaking. Other ones near the top were Puss in Boots 2, The Bad Guys, Vengeance, and See How They Run 2. Oh you just assume it made my list? Lol jk I gave it the 10 spot. My feelings are polarized with that film. I was enjoying the film until the last 30-40 minutes where I felt it dragged SO slowly and repetitively and that really dampened my overall score of it. Trust me, I really was like “Movie, why can’t you just let me love you like I want to?!” The overwhelming praise for it kinda made me dig in my heals in on that. BUT, I can’t deny the amazing filmmaking, and how it somehow managed to pull off being a genre free-for-all. For that I put it at my #10.
I got lucky and saw a great trailer for this movie when seeing another movie and so glad I went to see it. Went from a random seems like a good movie to being in my top 3 movies of the year
This movie means a lot to me personally, it was the last movie my dad and I got to watch together all the way through before he passed away from covid January 2023. We laughed so hard in his hospital room the nurses came in and watched a bit.
This movie is genuinely one of my favourite movies now, I remember watching it and started geeking out about how the movie was like if Edgar Wright made an American Action Movie. One of my favourite details of the game is how the movie subtly shows how the Prince, the Son and the White Death are connected cause they all have Orthodox Cross tattoos, the Prince on her Wrist, the Son on his face and the White death on his back. The amount of details in this movie is genuinely one of the best I've seen that it more than warrants hundred of rewatches
if you have anything resembling a 'me and bro:' type friendship with anyone it is imperative that you watch this movie with that person as soon as possible because the Lemon and Tangerine moments are just that iconic
Actually so happy you covered this I watched this film with a friend and on the way home from the cinema I got hit by a car and forgot the entire the film even forgot the name and then couldn’t find a place to watch it this was a good way to re watch it so thanks man !
