Bullet Train and What's Making Us Happy

Pop Culture Happy Hour

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🗓️ 5 August 2022

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

In the new film Bullet Train, Brad Pitt plays an assassin hired to steal a briefcase from a pair of rival assassins played by Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Brian Tyree Henry. Also in the mix are Andrew Koji, Joey King, Bad Bunny, and Hiroyuki Sanada. It's directed by David Leitch (Deadpool 2, Atomic Blonde, Fast and Furious Presents: Hobbs and Shaw).

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0:00.0	In the frenetic and bloody thriller Bullet Train, Brad Pitt is the world's most unlucky
0:08.8	assassin.
0:09.8	He's aboard the world's fastest train to pull a simple heist with as little violence
0:13.4	as possible.
0:14.9	Problem is that the train is full of other assassins who are gunning for him and for each
0:18.8	other.
0:19.8	The film features a murderers' row of murders played by Brian Tyree Henry, Aaron Taylor
0:24.4	Johnson, Bad Bunny, Joey King and Andrew Koji, among others.
0:29.2	I'm Aisha Harris.
0:30.2	And I'm Glenn Weldon and today we're talking about Bullet Train on pop culture happy hour
0:34.3	from NPR.
0:35.3	Joining us today is NPR producer Mallory U. Hey Mallory.
0:37.7	Hey there.
0:38.7	Also joining us is writer Chris Klimak.
0:40.4	Hey Chris.
0:41.4	If I can't have another kiss kiss bang bang, I'll take a ju-ju bang bang Glenn.
0:45.5	Nice.
0:46.5	Alright so let's get to an in bullet train Brad Pitt is a laid back assassin codenamed
0:51.9	ladybug who spent some time in therapy and won't shut up about it.
0:55.8	He's hired to board a bullet train traveling from Tokyo to Kyoto and Steela briefcase from
0:59.9	a pair of assassins codenamed Tangerine and Lemon played by Aaron Taylor Johnson and Brian
1:05.2	Tyree Henry.
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