Bullet Train - When a Cool Main Character is not Enough
Bullet Train is the new action comedy movie from director David Leitch. Operative Ladybug needs to retrieve a briefcase from a train in Japan, but things get complicated.
In this video I break down the elements that worked for the film, the ones that didn’t and I explain why a movie needs more than a charming main character to be good.
Chapters:
00:00 - What's the movie about?
00:20 - The things I liked about the movie
03:38 - What are the issues here? Character problems
06:03 - The Action and Setting
06:46 - Snowpiercer Comparison
08:13 - Atomic Blonde Comparison
08:52 - Epic John Wick moments
10:41 - The Pacing is off
11:39 - The Villain is...
11:53 - Closing Arguments