Brad Pitt is ready to face the very savageness of nature in an all-new action spectacle from director David Ayer (Fury, End of Watch, Sabotage) in Heart of the Beast, and this is an adrenaline charging watch that will leave you overrun with energy and emotion.

Take your first look at Heart of the Beast below:

Here’s the official synppsis:

After a harrowing plane crash, retired U.S. Special Forces officer James Belmont (Brad Pitt) and his combat dog, Odin, find themselves stranded deep in the Alaskan wilderness. Together, they are forced into a brutal fight for survival against the elements. From acclaimed filmmaker David Ayer, Heart of the Beast is an intense adventure thriller that explores the unbreakable bond between a man and his best friend as they face their greatest battle yet.

Bringing Academy Award-winner Brad Pitt back together with former collaborator David Ayer, whose first effort produced the lauded WWII tank epic, Fury, Heart of the Beast takes audiences directly into the sacage heart of darkness of man vs nature as dormer US Special Forces Green Beret James Belmont (Brad Pitt), and his retired combat dog Odin, a Belgian Malinois, find themselves on the edge of the unknown in Alaska, as they are forced to suirvive by any means together in order to find their way back to home, and the edge and emotion of this piece os really gong to tap hold.

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Recalling the likes of Rambo and Lone Survivor, Heart of the Beast is engaging and very moving thriller that not only is set to deliver edge of your seat action, but also focuses in on the emotional connection between veterans and the animals they serve with, along with the distressing elements of PTSD, and there’s going to be plenty of heavy dramatic pieces in thsi film from death-defying natural environments, to wild, feral animals, and the gut-wrenching journey of man and dog to find their way back home.

Shot in Southern New Zealand, Heart of the Beast is a stunningly beautiful film, and it offers a perfect canvas to explore just how far and man dog will go together in their extraordinary will to survive.

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Get ready for the ultimate tale of man and dog vs wild when Heart of the Beast arrives in cinemas later this year.

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Sonny Hayes (Brad Pitt), a Formula One driver who raced in the 1990s, has a horrible crash, forcing him to retire from Formula One and start racing in other disciplines. A Formula One team owner and friend, Ruben (Javier Bardem), contacts Hayes and asks him to come out of retirement to mentor rookie prodigy Joshua Pearce (Damson Idris) for the Apex Grand Prix team (APXGP).

Filmmaker Joseph Kosinski has demonstrated his talent for blending narrative and spectacle into explosive blockbuster filmmaking. Following the incredible success of Top Gun: Maverick, he is now turning his attention to the pinnacle of motorsport excellence, inviting audiences to experience the excitement of Formula One. This cinematic journey is best enjoyed on the largest screen possible, as it delivers a jaw-dropping, epic experience!

In partnership with Formula One and with the support of renowned producer Jerry Bruckheimer, eight-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton, and the Mercedes Petronas F1 Team, Kosinski has gained exclusive access to the world of Formula One. He tells an inspiring underdog story about a new team striving for greatness. From the opening scene, F1 accelerates forward, maintaining a dramatic intensity and adrenaline-fueled excitement that never lets up.

With unfiltered access to the inner workings of Formula One, director Joseph Kosinski creates exhilarating racing scenes that immerse audiences in iconic racing venues. The adrenaline rush never stops. Utilizing an innovative camera system specifically developed for the film, Kosinski places viewers right in the heart of the action as Brad Pitt and Damson Idris buckle in and accelerate. The entire experience is thrilling.

F1 starts with the intensity of a rocket and continues to build, delivering an intense sports drama filled with underdog courage and determination that leads to a heart-pounding and unexpected finish. While audiences may come in expecting one type of story, Kosinski’s attention to detail and skilful handling of the film’s dramatic elements provide a more nuanced and character-driven narrative than typically found in a blockbuster of this size and scale. Viewers will be both surprised and delighted by the experience.

Stepping out onto the grid and into a race car is Academy Award-winner and Hollywood superstar Brad Pitt as Sonny Hayes, a one-time racing prodigy who crashed and burned in the early 1990s and who has been living a rough and tumble life ever since. Sonny is not a has-been; he’s a never-was. A fast-charging young buck who was poised for greatness right out of the gate but who, after a terrible accident, was forced to abandon his dreams of Formula One superstardom and instead has fallen by the wayside to addictions and bad choices. But through all of it, the call of the track has kept him in line, and now he makes a living as a journeyman driver who will turn up for a race and a check, and now he gets one final shot for greatness behind the wheel. For Pitt, Hayes offers him the chance to bring out his natural-born Americana Cowboy charisma, and he’s effortlessly cool as this hard-charging man of action.

Brash, competitive, and driven by an intense desire to win, Hayes is the perfect character for Pitt to portray. He exudes an effortless coolness on the track. Initially introduced as a racing drifter who lives solely for the sport, the layers of Hayes’ character are gradually revealed throughout the film, showcasing a thoroughly complex and haunted individual. Pitt brings a raw honesty to Hayes, aware that this is his last chance to prove himself as a talented driver, which keeps the story engaging.

With his natural charisma and competitive edge, Hayes stands out as the coolest guy on the track. However, viewers will encounter several surprises along the way, particularly in how Pitt approaches his role on the APXGP team as Hayes. This film marks the first time we’ve seen Pitt assume a ‘mentor’ role, adding another deeper layer of interest to the character.

Paired with Pitt’s Hayes on the track is Damson Idris as Joshua Pearce, a talented young driver eager to make his mark in the racing world with APXGP. Like Pitt, Idris showcases his acting skills, making him a talent to watch. While some may view his character as merely a clone of Lewis Hamilton, this interpretation fails to capture the complexity Idris brings to the role. He portrays Pearce as a nuanced and compelling figure who presents a confident front but battles his own insecurities and demons as he navigates the cutthroat nature of the racing industry. This depth keeps the audience engaged as Pearce embarks on a transformative journey both as a driver and as an individual. His ego is challenged, and he ultimately learns the importance of trusting his team and believing in something greater than himself.

Giving F1 a hearty dose of fire is Academy Award-nominated actress Kerry Condon as Kate McKenna, APXGP’s technical director, who is responsible for giving the team an edge and represents the often-overlooked technical talent that powers the drivers on the grid. As a key figure in the team, she embodies the often-overlooked technical talent that supports the drivers on the grid. Kate is focused, sharp, clever, and savvy, determined to find an advantage that could propel the team from last place to first. Condon is entirely convincing in this role, showcasing exceptional skills in aerodynamics while also having the ability to see the bigger picture and communicate effectively with ego-driven drivers, serving as the voice of reason throughout the film. Additionally, she brings a touch of romance to the story, and the chemistry between Kate and Sonny certainly heats up and sizzles on screen.

Finally bringing everything together is Academy Award winner Javier Bardem as APXGP owner and former racer Ruben Cervantes, who presents Sonny with one last shot at greatness and turns in a scene-stealing performance. Bardem is incredibly smooth and charismatic with the natural charisma that he brings to the picture. Whenever he’s on screen, Bardem instantly grabs your attention, and as Ruben, he’s easily the best character in the whole picture. He’s the man with the plan, the vision behind APXGP, and the man who believes when no one else does, and putting his trust in Sonny, Joshua, and his team makes his play for greatness alongside all of them. Both Bardem and Pitt share an effortless chemistry together, and their on-screen bromance leads to plenty of fun moments that just add to the joy of F1.

Technically, F1 is a cinematic marvel, showcasing the impressive work of Kosinski, Bruckheimer, and their creative team, who really push the film to its limits. With specially designed cameras created by both Apple and Sony CineAlta, fitted to a modified car built in collaboration with the Mercedes-AMG F1 team and Carlin Motorsport, audiences truly feel the thrill of Formula 1 racing, getting up close and personal with the action.

The excitement on the track is palpable as Pitt and Idris tackle some of Formula One’s greatest circuits, including Silverstone, Hungaroring, and Monza. The result is a fast-paced adrenaline rush that keeps the momentum going, featuring key sequences such as the film’s opening at Daytona and the climactic race at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The entire experience is wildly exhilarating, making it a must-see blockbuster for anyone seeking excitement.”

But F1 is more than just racing, and the film’s dramatic narrative is layered with complex character moments and examines themes of ego, legacy, and the power of real teamwork. While the speed hits hard, this examination of the deeper elements of the sports genre makes the F1 experience that much richer, and the film’s dramatic and sometimes shocking moments hit that much harder. Kosinski has really delivered a full picture with F1, and it delivers on the cinematic experience.

F1 takes off like a rocket and doesn’t let up for a moment. It’s fun, exciting, awesome and just a straight-up cool watch for those who love the cinema and the big screen, and it delivers the blockbuster movie experience at full speed!

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Joseph Kosinski’s full-throttle, Formula One motorsports drama, F1, is far and away our most anticipated film of 2025, and trailer by trailer, we’ve witnessed what is shaping up to be one of the year’s most exciting, rock n ‘ roll movie experiences! Kosinski, who, along with Tom Cruise, just happens to be “the man who saved cinema” according to Steven Spielberg, and who now, with the grand master of blockbuster cinema, Jerry Bruckheimer, is ready to unleash sheer spectacle upon the big screen with F1. And this new trailer is packed full of intensity and drama and will cause your adrenaline to spike!

Watch the final trailer for F1 below:

Here’s the official synopsis:

Sonny Hayes (Brad Pitt), a Formula One driver who raced in the 1990s, has a horrible crash, forcing him to retire from Formula One and start racing in other disciplines. A Formula One team owner and friend, Ruben (Javier Bardem), contacts Hayes and asks him to come out of retirement to mentor rookie prodigy Joshua “Noah” Pearce (Damson Idris) for the Apex Grand Prix team (APXGP).

With the strength of its cast, epic dramatic narrative and collaborative production with Formula One, F1 is shaping up to the movie of the year, and this new trailer hypes up the atmosphere and vigour of what audiences can expect in a cinema experience that us going to go 200 kilometres an hour!

Hollywood A-lister and Academy Award-winner Brad Pitt is front and centre as burnt-out former hotshot Sonny Hayes, who is gifted one final chance to make his mark on the sport of Formula One. And it’s going to be a hard-won battle for this veteran racer. Pitt plays the part of the outlaw cowboy who doesn’t play by the rules, but who, when push comes to shove, will go all the way and then some to get the checkered flag! There’s an energy, stoicism and raw toughness to Sonny, and he’s gonna find his test as he comes into the APXGP team, and has to start playing by their rules.

Pitt’s Hayes is contracted by the youthful phenom racer Joshua “Noah” Pearce, played with youthful arrogance and antagonism by Damson Idris. Idris Pearce is equally well balanced with a chip on both shoulders, and enters into a ruthless competitiveness with Hayes, and to put it likely, these two don’t get along. But it’s clear that this golden boy prodigy might not know everything, and after he’s taken for a ride by Hayes, the two will have to square up their differences if they are to make it to the podium.

Bringing the balance to the film, and a whole heap of romance to the picture, is APXGP’s Team Principal Kate (Kerry Condon), who sees through the macho dance between Hayes and Pearce and who is ready to do everything she needs to in order to straighten them both out. There’s also a burning romance that flutters between her and Pitt Hayes, and it’s getting downright scintillating and all kinds of sexy in F1!

Plus we have to mention Academy-Award winner Javier Bardem as as Ruben Cervantes, Sonny’s former teammate, friend and APXGP team owner, and he brings a great sense of banter, along with a ruthless business acumen to the picture, and he’s ready to do anything to win!

 

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This trailer rockets forward, and the drama and rigidity are high. Kosinski has worked to put the audience right at the heart of the action, including strapping IMAX cameras to the cockpit of a Formula One car. This experience on the big screen will be something to behold!

The film’s production alongside Formula One also sees Pitt and Idris on track on some of the world’s greatest tracks, and an assortment of some of the world’s best racers including Max Verstappen, Sergio Pérez, Lewis Hamilton, George Russell, Charles Leclerc, Carlos Sainz Jr., Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri and Fernando Alonso, will all feature heavily within the film.

F1 is going to be an utterly explosive cinematic experience, and audiences will be in for a wild ride when it arrives at the cinema on June 26.

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Watch the full trailer for F1 below:

Here’s the official synopsis:

Sonny Hayes (Brad Pitt), a Formula One driver who raced in the 1990s, has a horrible crash, forcing him to retire from Formula One and start racing in other disciplines. A Formula One team owner and friend, Ruben (Javier Bardem), contacts Hayes and asks him to come out of retirement to mentor rookie prodigy Joshua “Noah” Pearce (Damson Idris) for the Apex Grand Prix team (APXGP).

Kosinki’s F1 is far and away our most anticipated release of 2025, and following on from the first look teaser trailer, we now have a better look at what awaits audiences in F1. And it’s an explosion of pure adrenaline as Hollywood A-lister and Academy Award winner Brad Pitt’s washed-up racer and ‘never been’ contender, Sonny Hayes, finds one last chance in a gamble for the podium that could take a faltering Formula One team, Apex Grand Prix team (APXGP), right to the top.

This new trailer not only showcases an awesome new bout of footage, which has seen filmmaker Kosinski strap IMAX cameras to real performance Formula One vehicles, but also highlights the tension and drama at the base of the story, along with a wild romance for Pitt’s Hayes with APEX Team Principal Kate (Kerry Condon), and his last shot at glory along the arrogant, but potentially hot shot young racer Joshua “Noah” Pearce (Damson Idris).

Kosinki has pulled out all the shots for F1 alongside mega producer Jerry Bruckheimer, who have worked tirelessley with both Formula One, the Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team and 7-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton to bring the true experience of Formula One racing to the big screen. And this new look footage is incredibly impressive.

There’s an incredible energy and excitement about this film that this trailer captures, and set to thumping rifts of Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain’, you can feel the rush of energy that both Pitt and Kosinski have worked to capture with this picture. The buzz and energy of the trailer is sure to fire you up, and we’ve got what could be 2025’s ultimate blockbuster event present in F1, and there’s no doubt that you’ll have to see this on the BIGGEST screen possible.

 

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Brace yourself for one hell of a rush when F1 arrives in cinemas on June 26.

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Watch the new spot for F1 below:

Here’s the official synopsis:

Sonny Hayes (Brad Pitt), a Formula One driver who raced in the 1990s, has a horrible crash, forcing him to retire from Formula One and start racing in other disciplines. A Formula One team owner and friend contacts Hayes and asks him to come out of retirement to mentor rookie prodigy Joshua Pearce (Damson Idris) on the Apex Grand Prix team (APXGP).

Building off of that first teaser trailer that was released last year, this 30-second spot paints an adrenaline-soaked picture of what awaits with Pitt cast as burnt-out former racer Sonny Hayes, who is given one last shot at glory as a part of the Apex Grand Prix team (APXGP) as he mentors hothead racer Joshua Pearce (Damson Idris). From the footage its clear that Kosinski has crafted a film that honours the intensity and passion of Formula 1, along with placing a great deal of drama and romance into the picture as Hayes falls for APXGP’s Team Principal Kate (Kerry Condon).

Kosinski’s commitment to authenticity has also seen him mount 15 separate cameras to the body of the film’s cars, which were built in partnership with the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team, and audiences will see Pitt as Hayes on track and right in the thick of it, and all of this will add to the thrill that awaits in F1.

F1 is far and away our most anticipated release of the year, and this is one film you’ll definitely want to see on the big screen!

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Following on from its debut poster, a first-look teaser trailer has arrived and showcases the action of F1, and damn, does this look like one hell of a rush! Brad Pitt looks ultra cool as the film’s central character, Sonny Hayes, a one-time Formula 1 great and full-on burnout who gets a shot at redemption and a chance to prove himself on the track, and it’s full-on war from there.

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Here’s the official synopsis:

Sonny Hayes (Brad Pitt), a Formula One driver who raced in the 1990s, has a horrible crash, forcing him to retire from Formula One and start racing in other disciplines. A Formula One team owner and friend contacts Hayes and asks him to come out of retirement to mentor rookie prodigy Joshua Pearce (Damson Idris) on the Apex Grand Prix team (APXGP).

This first-look footage places audiences right in action. Filmmaker Joseph Kosinski mounted 15 separate cameras to the body of the film’s cars, which were built in partnership with the Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team. The cars were built off the chassis of a Formula 2 car and then designed to look like F1 cars. This has allowed the driving to take place on track, with the rig capturing everything, and both Brad Pitt and Damsen Idris were trained for three months to drive in both Formula 3 and Formula 2 before hitting the track.

Alongside the authenticity of the world on the track, F1 also has a stacked cast featuring the likes of Kerry Condon, Tobias Menzies and Academy Award winner Javier Bardem, who portrays the owner of the Apex Grand Prix team (APXGP). With such talent both in front of and behind the camera, you know this will be an incredible watch. Kosinski also finds his stride between the action on the track and the film’s heavy drama; plenty of emotion is present in this picture.

The film has been made in collaboration with Formula 1, specifically with the full support of Seven-Time World Champion Lewis Hamilton (who also serves as a producer on the project), Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team Principal Toto Wolff, and the larger Formula 1 organisation, which has given them unique access to the paddock and the track. The trailer even showcases cameo appearances from the likes of Max Verstappen, Carlos Sainz Jr., Sergio Pérez, and, in a scene-stealing moment, Guenther Steiner!

The first-look teaser trailer arrived during the 2024 British Grand Prix, which saw Hamilton win for the ninth time and had Pitt film additional scenes earlier in the week.

This teaser is only a first look at what is to come, but it looks damn impressive, and we think audiences will be in for a hell of a rush when F1 arrives in cinemas on June 25, 2025.

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Here’s the official synopsis:

Sonny Hayes (Brad Pitt), a Formula One driver who raced in the 1990s, has a horrible crash, forcing him to retire from Formula One and start racing in other disciplines. A Formula One team owner and friend contacts Hayes and asks him to come out of retirement to mentor rookie prodigy Joshua Pearce (Damson Idris) on the Apex Grand Prix team (APXGP).

F1 is shaping up to be one of 2025’s biggest blockbusters. With its focus on on-track action and the camera again capturing the fury that occurs right in the moment, this is going to be a film you won’t want to miss out on.

The film also has an incredible cast assembled for it, including the likes Kerry Condon, Tobias Menzies and Javier Bardem, who will be joining Brad Pitt and Damson Idris and it has been made with the full commitment and blessing of Formula One, with eight time World Champion Lewis Hamilton serving as a producer on the film. Filming also took place at the 2023 British Grand Prix, and F1 will include appearances by the likes of drivers, including Hamilton, Max Verstappen, Carlos Sainz Jr., George Russell, Charles Leclerc, Pierre Gasly, Sergio Pérez and Fernando Alonso, alongside other current Formula One Racers.

Prepare for the rush of the track when F1 arrives in cinemas next year on June 25, 2025.

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Watch the all-new trailer for Wolfs below:

Here’s the official synopsis:

Global superstars George Clooney and Brad Pitt team up for the action comedy Wolfs. Clooney plays professional fixer Jack, hired to cover up a high profile crime. But when a second fixer, Nick (Pitt), shows up and the two lone wolves are forced to work together, they find their night spiralling out of control in ways neither one of them expected.

As a pair of mismatched fixers who are thrown together and face one hell of a traumatic night, George Clooney and Brad Pitt are in their element in this quintessentially cool noir-thriller/broey comedy, and there’s plenty of tension and a good heap of hijinks that will keep audiences hooked in Wolfs.

Spider-Man: No Way Home filmmaker Jon Watts directs, and you can feel the energy and composed style of the picture that Watts wanted to imbue the production with. There’s a very real vibe to this picture, and we reckon audiences are going to be in for a hell of a surprise when Wolfs arrives in cinemas.

Get ready for a hell of a sophisticated ride when Wolfs will arrive in cinemas on September 19.

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A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, it traces the rise and fall of multiple characters during an era of unbridled decadence and depravity in early Hollywood.

With his work on Whiplash, La La Land and First Man, Damien Chazelle has shown himself to be a auteur in the making, and now he takes the art of cinema to the extreme with Babylon, and his story of the boozy, drug-induced, sex-crazed, party-tastic time of the early 1920s and the dawn of Hollywood. Incorporating elements of a pre-code Hollywood, when the champagne flowed and the morals were looser and he’s got a terrific canvas to tell this grand story upon.

Hollywood A-lister and Academy Award-winner Brad Pitt stars as Jack Conrad, a hard-partying “über-movie star,” who Chazelle says was inspired by the likes of John Gilbert, Clark Gable, and Douglas Fairbanks. Conrad is also a man who best days are behind him, and he’s trying to find a new place to settle into his career as a leading man.

Pitt’s Conrad is juxtaposed with Margot Robbie’s Nellie LaRoy, a scrappy aspiring actress who’s an amalgam of early stars like Clara Bow, Jeanne Eagels, Joan Crawford, and Alma Rubens. Declaring that she ‘just wants everyone to party, forever”, Robbie’s Nellie is the first original ‘It Girl’, and this wild child is ready to make Hollywood serve her in every possible way.

Bold, bright, and bombastic, Babylon is shaping up to be film that will completely light up your senses with its flashy, brazen imagery, but behind the glamour is a compelling multi-character story, and Chazelle’s handling of drama will be on full scale in this new feature.

Get ready to break all the rules and party to when the sun comes up when Babylon arrives in cinemas on January 19.

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Trained killer Ladybug (Brad Pitt), who wants to give up the life of an assassin, but is pulled back in by his handler Maria Beetle (Sandra Bullock) to collect a briefcase on a bullet train heading from Tokyo to Kyoto. Once onboard, he and the other competing assassins onboard discover that their objectives are all connected.

Let it be said that stuntman turned director David Leitch is a force of nature when it comes to the action genre. With a list of stellar credits to his name, he’s a filmmaker who knows and understands the beats of the action genre succinctly and better yet is a proponent of what I like to call ‘action as narrative’, with the film’s action rhythms driving the force of the narrative. And that’s exactly what he gives us with Bullet Train. He takes a menagerie of deranged assassins, places them on a speeding bullet train and starts the clock! And it’s one hell of a riot.

Looking to rev things up with a solid mix of action-comedy, Leitch draws on his years of experience as a stuntman and principal at Eighty-Seven 11, the renowned action stunt-house that has revolutionized action cinema, when it comes to realising the experience of Bullet Train. This life as a stuntman gives him a unique eye for performance and the movement of this film, and Leitch’s narrative, doesn’t stand still. He has fun with the premise of packing a host of despicable bad guys into a small confined space, where there’s nowhere to escape and simply lets them have at it. He then turns the speed, volume and velocity up and this result is a crazy cocktail of action fun.

Hollywood superstar Brad Pitt is front and centre in Bullet Train as the film’s central character, the embittered, accident-prone SoCal assassin Ladybug, and Pitt has the time of his life with this very distinct character in this full-on movie. Pitt’s performance as Ladybug has a quality that I can best describe as ‘imagine if The Dude from The Big Lebowski decided he wanted to be an assassin’. Laid-back and looking for good vibes only, Pitt’s Ladybug is a character who is trying to make the most of his new zen-outlook on life. What should be a simple ‘snatch and grab’ turns into a desperate fight for survival as Ladybug tries to stay out of trouble, and well, alive, as he contends with a host of dangerous and deranged villains who are ready to take him out. And the complexity only builds for Pitt as the train moves down the line.

Adding to the fun of Pitt’s involvement is the meta-ness of his and director David Leitch’s partnership as once upon a time Leitch served as Pitt’s stunt double. It’s an intriguing fact that adds to the fun and appeal of Bullet Train and you feel the shorthand between Pitt and Leitch through the making of the film. Along with his zen persona, Pitt also jumps headfirst into the action, and he’s certainly put through the wringer in this one. Pitt also gets to flex his considerable comedic timing with Ladybug, especially concerning the character’s accident-prone, bad-luck nature, and he’s a hoot to watch because of it.

Providing a key level of support to Bullet Time are Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Brian Tyree Henry as Tangerine and Lemon, a pair of fraternal assassins who have a job to take care of, but who in the process get mixed up with Ladybug before it all goes to hell. Taylor-Johnson brings a whipsmart cockney style as Tangerine, who’s snappish and energetic in a Mick Jagger kind of way, while Henry is the more astute of the pair and has a very ‘unique’ frame for reading people that is sure to get a few giggles out of the audience. They make a killer pair on screen and get their share of the action, and it’s a lot of fun watching them bounce off one another.

Bullet Train also sees some great performances courtesy of rising newcomers Joey King and Andrew Koji. As sociopathic schoolgirl The Prince, King has a glee and glare to her character and this calculating psycho is a tremendously dangerous adversary who has all the angles worked out. Then there’s Koji who made a solid impression on audiences thanks to his work in Warrior, and who takes on the role of distraught father Kimura, who is forced into a situation he can’t escape from. And a desperate man will do anything to keep his family safe. King and Koji add considerable edge to Bullet Train’s cast of characters, and their presence and part in the narrative will keep audiences on their toes.

As an action cinema experience, Bullet Train is a product of the Eighty-Seven 11 school. And it shows. From beginning to end, this film is wild in its gunplay, fight scenes and just general, uncontrolled chaos that is brought to the big screen. It’s simply a riotous bit of fun! The focus of Bullet Train is embedded in the action-comedy genre, and Leitch and his team take a lot of inspiration from the great Jackie Chan in their presentation of this movie. The action is cartoonish, with an almost ‘live-action anime’ style, and minute by minute something daring and new flashes before your eyes. There’s also a good level of distorted gore thrown onto the screen, and this heap of blood and guts adds to the comedy, and seriousness of the action.

From the start of the line to its final stop, Bullet Train is a massive rush and audiences looking for a zany cinema experience will be rewarded. This is a straight-up bit of fun, and it’s cool to see Brad Pitt play with new material and try something different. In short, buy a ticket and take this ride, because there’s so much to enjoy with this one.

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