Bullet Train Movie Details:
Genre | Action, Comedy, Thriller |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Release date | July 18, 2022 (Grand Rex) August 5, 2022 (United States) |
Running time | 2hr 6min |
Starring | Brad Pitt Joey King Aaron Taylor-Johnson Brian Tyree Henry Andrew Koji Hiroyuki Sanada Michael Shannon |
Directed by | David Leitch |
Screenplay by | Zak Olkewicz |
Based on | Maria Beetle (published in English as Bullet Train) by Kōtarō Isaka |
Produced by | Kelly McCormick David Leitch Antoine Fuqua |
Cinematography | Jonathan Sela |
Edited by | Elisabet Ronaldsdottir |
Music by | Dominic Lewis |
Production Companies | Columbia Pictures 87North Productions |
Distributed by | Sony Pictures Releasing |
Bullet Train Movie Cast & Characters:
- Brad Pitt as Ladybug, an American assassin who is suffering from anxiety and considers himself unlucky.
- Joey King as The Prince, a manipulative young assassin disguised as a schoolgirl, who seeks vengeance on The White Death, her estranged father.
- Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Tangerine, a British assassin, Lemon’s twin brother.
- Brian Tyree Henry as Lemon, a British assassin, Tangerine’s twin brother with an obsession with Thomas the Tank Engine.
- Andrew Koji as Yuichi Kimura / The Father, a Yakuza member whose son Wataru was pushed off a building by The Prince.
- Hiroyuki Sanada as The Elder, Yuichi’s father and Wataru’s grandfather.
- Yoshi Sudarso as young Elder.
- Michael Shannon as The White Death, a Russian Crime Lord, who took over a Yakuza group.
- Benito A. Martínez Ocasio as The Wolf, a Mexican assassin, who seeks vengeance on the Hornet.
- Sandra Bullock as Maria Beetle, Ladybug’s contact and handler.
- Zazie Beetz as The Hornet, an assassin who specializes in poisons.
- Logan Lerman as The Son, the White Death’s son.
- Masi Oka as the train conductor.
- Karen Fukuhara as Kayda Izumi, the concession girl.
Storyline:
In Bullet Train, Brad Pitt stars as Ladybug, an unlucky assassin determined to do his job peacefully after one too many gigs gone off the rails. Fate, however, may have other plans, as Ladybug’s latest mission puts him on a collision course with lethal adversaries from around the globe-all with connected, yet conflicting, objectives-on the world’s fastest train. The end of the line is just the beginning in this non-stop thrill-ride through modern-day Japan.
Bullet Train Movie Box Office Collection & Budget:
Budget | $85.9–90 million |
Domestic Collection | $103.4 million |
International Collection | $135.9 million |
Worldwide Collection | $239.3 million |
About Bullet Train Movie:
Bullet Train is an American action comedy thriller film directed by David Leitch and a screenplay by Zak Olkewicz, based on the Japanese novel Maria Beetle (published in English as Bullet Train) by Kōtarō Isaka.
Produced by Kelly McCormick, David Leitch, and Antoine Fuqua, it stars Brad Pitt, Joey King, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Brian Tyree Henry, Andrew Koji, Hiroyuki Sanada, and Michael Shannon.
Principal photography began in Los Angeles in November 2020 and wrapped in March 2021. Bullet Train premiered in Paris on July 18, 2022, and was theatrically released in the United States by Sony Pictures on August 5, 2022. The film received generally mixed reviews from critics.