“Bullet Train,” a John Wick-Ian romp with Brad Pitt in the aisle seat, arrived in theaters with a 30.1 million (US Dollars) opening weekend. That’s enough to top the domestic box office chart, but it’s only a so-so result given “Bullet Train’s” 90 million (US-Dollar) price tag and Pitt’s star power. The Sony Pictures release will need to maintain its momentum in the coming weeks as it tries to break even or turn a profit.
“Bullet Train” is trying to prove that an action flick that isn’t based on a comic book or a toy line can defy the odds and resonate with audiences. But part of the issue for the film is that critics weren’t on board. “Bullet Train” landed a mediocre 41% approval rating on the review-aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, with many reviewers faulting the movie for being overly derivative of the work of Guy Ritchie and Quentin Tarantino. Variety chief film critic Peter Debruge was…
