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'''''Bullet Train''''' is a 2022 action comedy film. It is directed by [[David Leitch]] (''[[John Wick (film)|John Wick]], [[Atomic Blonde]]''). It is a [[Live Action Adaptation]] of [[Bullet Train (novel)|the novel of the same name]] (originally titled ''Maria Beetle'') by [[Kōtarō Isaka]].
"Ladybug" ([[Brad Pitt]]), an assassin just returned to work following a hiatus, is in Tokyo, Japan at the behest of his handler Maria Beetle ([[Sandra Bullock]]), who has given him a simple assignment of grabbing a briefcase on board a westbound bullet train and getting off immediately afterwards. Unfortunately, he soon finds that things are never that simple. Yuichi Kimura ([[Andrew Koji]]), a
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* [[Absurdly Sharp Blade]]: The Elder's katana slices through train seats without slowing.
* [[Archnemesis Dad]]: {[spoiler|The White Death, who the Prince wants to kill, turns out to be her father.}}
* [[Black Dude Dies First]]: {{spoiler|Inverted! Despite two fakeouts, Lemon survives the whole film.}}
* [[Contrived Coincidence]]: Seriously, what are the odds of so many killers being on the same train? {{spoiler|Subverted. The White Death arranged for them to be there as part of his plan to avenge his wife.}}
* [[Demoted to Extra]]: Minegishi was an important character in the original novel, and the son being escorted by Lemon and Tangerine was his. Here, he was killed in the backstory by the White Death during the latter's takeover.
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* [[Mundane Made Awesome]]: A seemingly ordinary Fiji Water bottle gets a title card and backstory.
* [[Only Known by Their Nickname]]: Almost everyone goes by codenames. Yuichi is the only clear exception, since "Maria Beetle" is ambiguous enough that it could go either way.
* [[Race Lift]]: Most of the named characters in the original novel were
* [[Ruthless Foreign Gangsters]]: The White Death is a Russian who climbed the ranks of Minegishi's organisation until he could secretly form a rival group, do a violent takeover, and supplant his former superior as head of the Japanese underworld.
* [[Soft Water]]: {{spoiler|Lemon tackles a mook off the train and down quite the fall from elevated tracks into water. Both of them survive.}}
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