Seven low-level assassins find themselves on a train, ready to do battle: welcome aboard the “Bullet train”, a grating police comedy with a Brad Pitt at the height of self-mockery.
In theaters on August 3 in France and in the United States two days later, “Bullet Train”, directed by David Leitch (Deadpool 2 and Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw), is an adaptation of the successful Japanese novel “Maria Beetle” by Kotaro Isako. Dark humor and gags punctuate this police comedy anchored in a high-speed train between Tokyo and Kyoto and in which seven murderers, more or less pursued by bad luck, try to liquidate themselves. Alongside superstar Brad Pitt, the public will find a slew of rising stars like Brian Tyree Henry and Aaron Taylor-Johnson or the presence of Oscar-winning actress Sandra Bullock. “It’s a police comedy and for me it’s much funnier because there are not only scenes of violence but also humor”, explained Brad Pitt, 58, during an exchange with the French press in mid-July. The film “is clearly meant for the theater, to elicit that contagious laughter that happens when you’re in a group, you know, when you’re having a good time,” he continued. – “Like a therapy” – The interpreter of Benjamin Button embodies “Ladybug”, a contract killer convinced of being pursued by bad luck. “Ladybug is the king of the simpletons,” he quipped. The film is interspersed with combat scenes in the style of Jackie Chan, a star of martial arts but a comic version, which has a special place in the heart of the actor. “I don’t have enough words to pay tribute to what Chan has done” for comic cinema, Brad Pitt said again. Scenes designed by an expert in the field. Before being a director, David Leitch was Brad Pitt’s understudy in films like “Fight Club” or “Troy”. “We had a relationship of trust. This trust was renewed in the sphere of production,” the director told the press. Brad Pitt “knows my background. It gave me the confidence to lead it,” he continued. Shot in the midst of a pandemic linked to Covid-19, the film was mainly shot in the studio. “We couldn’t go to Tokyo. It was a particularly dark time for all of us,” the ‘Ladybug’ singer revealed. Still, the shooting “was like therapy”. “We had the chance to leave our respective little bubbles to immerse ourselves in that of the film and shake each other up,” Brian Tyree Henry told the press. Brian Tyree Henry – “The Eternals” – forms an unlikely duo with Aaron Taylor-Johnson, who will star in 2023 in “Kraven”, a Marvel blockbuster. They embody “Lemon” and “Tangerine”, two thugs on whom luck does not smile either in the film. “David (Leitch) knows what he wants to put on the screen (…) His experience in the world of dubbing and the fact that he is a fan of that world brings a lot of legitimacy to the film”, has pointed out Brian Tyree Henry. (Belga)
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