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Bullet Train TRIVIA!!!

  • Writer: Matt Palmer
    Matt Palmer
  • Aug 16, 2022
  • 2 min read

The latest action-comedy Bullet Train is loads of explosive action-packed fun and can be quite humorous as well! My review for the movie will be available in this week's print and/or online edition of the Examiner and on here!

So, here are some little tidbits about the action-packed movie!!


  • Director David Leitch and Brad Pitt had a long working relationship before Bullet Train (2022). Leitch has worked as Pitt's stunt double in multiple films including Fight Club (1999), Ocean's Eleven (2001), Troy (2004) and Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005). Pitt also made a cameo in Leitch's second directorial effort Deadpool 2 (2018).

  • Brad Pitt did 95% of his own stunts in this film according to stunt coordinator Greg Rementer.

  • Bullet Train is based on the Japanese novel "Maria Beetle" by Kôtarô Isaka, which was first published in 2010. The visibility from the film production lead to Harvill Secker's acquisition of the novel's English publishing rights, bringing Isaka's work to English for the first time.

  • Sony executives reportedly reached out to Aaron Taylor-Johnson after being impressed by his scenes in Bullet Train, to star as the title character in Kraven the Hunter (2023).

  • The first trailer for Bullet Train featured Bee Gee's song "Stayin' Alive" in three languages: Japanese, Spanish, and English.

  • Bullet Train had been initially developed by Antoine Fuqua —who co-produced the film— through his Fuqua Films banner. It was originally intended to be a serious action thriller in the vein of Die Hard (1988), but the project turned into a light-hearted action comedy during the development process.

  • As of August 14, 2022, Bullet Train has grossed $54.5 million in the United States and Canada, and $60 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $114.5 million.

  • Production for Bullet Train began in October 2020 in Los Angeles, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Filming started on November 16, 2020,[23] and wrapped in March 2021. The producers constructed 3 full train cars, and LED screens with video footage of the Japanese countryside were hung outside the windows of the train set to help immerse the actors.

  • Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale, while PostTrak gave the film an 82% overall positive score, with 63% saying they would definitely recommend it.





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