Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Bullet Train Explosion’ on Netflix, a Tumescent Remake of Beloved Japanese Thriller ‘Bullet Train’ By John Serba Published April 23, 2025, 6:00 p.m. ET ...

Several new Bullet Train Explosion characters with connections to characters from the 1975 film appear. Firstly, a retired officer who was a responder to the original hostage situation appears.

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Netflix reboots the 1975 classic 'Bullet Train' with unprecedented access to Japan's bullet trains, and a star-studded cast led by Tsuyoshi Kusanagi.

LOS ANGELES, April 23 (UPI) -- Bullet Train Explosion, on Netflix Wednesday, captures the thrill of a diverse ensemble of characters working together, and sometimes against each other, in a crisis.

It’s tempting to describe Bullet Train Explosion as a spiritual successor to Speed, but the truth is that Speed itself was the copycat. Twenty years before Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock got ...

Higuchi says that he has wanted to make Bullet Train Explosion for nearly 20 years. Besides Kusanagi, the film also stars Kanata Hosoda, Non, Jun Kaname and Machiko Ono.

Shinji Higuchi’s action thriller Bullet Train Explosion debuted on Netflix on April 23 with something of a bang, with the movie enthusiastically embraced by viewers and climbing as high as No. 2 ...

But “Bullet Train Explosion” feels like a blockbuster made for adults — or let’s say, not for a lowest-common-denominator audience — where the priority is throwing challenges and ...

In that regard, "Bullet Train Explosion" meets a believability threshold that feels virtually unparalleled. Like his previous film "Shin Godzilla," director Shinji Higuchi's follow-up to the 1975 ...