*A few spoilers will be discussed* Reviews of David Leitch’s Bullet Train have definitely been split so far; critics claim that the film’s comedic stunts and charming characters don’t compensate for its curious combination of convoluted backstories and overall shallowness, in the end. Meanwhile, the audience’s reactions can be summed up in a chant like “toot-toot, the movie’s a hoot”. The same old question would be whom we should credit more. What can be established instantly is that both sides do acknowledge the film’s entertaining side, supported by the actors’ skilful approach to a story that could have easily been deemed familiar. Aboard a Shinkansen bullet train in Japan, diverse assassins seek to complete their separate missions, only to gradually discover that they are all strangely connected to one another, through a briefcase with ransom money, a fearsome leader (the White Death) in the criminal underworld and his unpretentious son. So how does this outline provide us wit