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Sandra Bullock should not be listed as she is a surprise cameo at the very end of the film.
The result of the move request was: Consensus to move ( non-admin closure) BegbertBiggs ( talk) 19:43, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
Bullet Train (upcoming film) → Bullet Train (film) – The 2012 film Tezz is not commonly known or translated to Bullet Train, it's just based on a film of that name, so I'm requesting we move this article to "Bullet Train (film)" and redirect "Bullet Train (upcoming film)" once its moved. Some Dude From North Carolina wanna talk? 21:32, 19 November 2020 (UTC) —Relisting. Heart (talk) 16:55, 27 November 2020 (UTC)
As currently written, the Controversy section is problematic. Wikipedia articles should present views published by reliable sources. This section states "characters are whitewashed" based on one source which uses more subtle language like, "possible whitewashing", "whether the movie ... is whitewashed", "allegations of whitewashing", and "charges of whitewashing". IMO, it needs to be rewritten with more sources and more careful language. -- Pemilligan ( talk) 22:48, 8 April 2022 (UTC)
This is a potential source to use in such a section. Considering that it is not outright criticism, it may be worth renaming the Wikipedia section into something that encapsulates different arguments per WP:STRUCTURE. Erik ( talk | contrib) ( ping me) 17:30, 8 August 2022 (UTC)
How reliable is The Numbers for budget? I know that Rebecca Rubin from Variety is usually the reliable source for budget numbers. Wheezythewave ( talk) 22:51, 4 August 2022 (UTC)
If there are conflicting estimates, do not cherry-pick; list each estimate either as an individual value or as a number range." It is not up to Wikipedia editors to decide which sources are right or wrong or to exclude sources. Both figures should be included. Also I would point to WP:INFOBOXPURPOSE
to summarize (and not supplant) key facts that appear in the articleThe article body (usually the Production section) should do the best it can to explain the different budget figures if at all possible. (Variety is not infallible either, they've posted different budget figures for the same film as recently as this year, and they do not appear to have published any retractions or corrections or explanation of any kind.)
The production companies in the infobox ( Columbia Pictures, Fuqua Films, 87North Productions) do not match those on the IMDb company page of the film (87North (US), CTB Inc. (JP), Hill District Media (US), Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) (US)). I suspect that the WP infobox contains old information (2020 / early 2021). — Vincent Lefèvre ( talk) 16:07, 9 August 2022 (UTC)
Brad Pitt is emphatically not an assassin, "strictly smash-and-grab". Drsruli ( talk) 07:53, 11 August 2022 (UTC)
He states explicitly, more than once in the film, that he is not an assassin. Also, his job isn't to kill anybody. Drsruli ( talk) 19:52, 18 April 2023 (UTC)
"the film stars Brad Pitt as an assassin" - He is not an assassin in the film; he is an ex-assassin. He doesn't assassinate or attempt to assassinate anybody as part of the plot of the film. The fact that he is no longer an assassin, IS a plot element of the film. The statement is incorrect as it is. Drsruli ( talk) 21:49, 15 October 2023 (UTC)
Are there credits for the grandson (son of Yuichi), the grandson's assassin, the grandson's nurse, young Yuichi, Kimura (Elder)'s wife, the old Yakuza Don, the train driver, whoever was under the creature suit (I assume it wasn't Zazie), Wolf's wife, Wolf's boss, young Wolf, young Lemon, young Tangerine, White Death's wife ? -- 64.229.88.43 ( talk) 21:13, 11 August 2022 (UTC)
Unless there is something I did not understand in the movie David Leitch’s character is not killed in Bolivia but in Japan as the son of White Death is being rescued 82.132.218.198 ( talk) 22:38, 22 August 2022 (UTC)
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Several of the references use an upper case "Of" instead of "of" and "To" instead of "to". The references should be looked at to see the original title used the reference's news article. 2600:1700:D591:5F10:6D6A:AF20:54F6:DD8 ( talk) 23:27, 13 October 2022 (UTC)
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The article previously mentioned the factual inaccuracy of the use of boomslang venom in the film. [7] In reality it is a slow acting venom rather than fast acting. It would be nice to note this somewhere but the sources weren't good enough. -- 109.76.132.217 ( talk) 17:14, 4 December 2022 (UTC)
"After seeing that The Son was poisoned in the same way as his entire wedding party, The Wolf mistakenly believes Ladybug to be their killer." That is not why Wolf mistakenly believes Ladybug to be their killer. I don't think Wolf even ever sees how The Son was poisoned. He attacks Ladybug immediately upon entering the train. Wolf remembers Ladybug having been at the wedding, the guy who bumped him. 2601:980:C004:5410:105D:FAC0:2F93:3578 ( talk) 23:12, 9 December 2022 (UTC)
I cannot tell if it one editor using different addressess or multiple editors who are making the same misunderstanding (like this edit) but Ladybug is a "former assassin" or "former hitman" . His efforts not to kill, and his assignment as a courier, does not change the fact that he is a hitman attempting to reform (who nonetheless does kill several people). Please stop trying to remove it. Please do restore it if editors have attempted to remove it again, it is an essential plot point and it should be unambiguously clear that "operative" means he is a trained killer. -- 109.79.65.152 ( talk) 06:41, 12 January 2023 (UTC)
The film presents two very different looking people and calls them twins, but the film never explains why they look so very different. This is a joke, [8] but the film does not explain and also Fraternal twins exist. This is supposed to be an encyclopedia so we should not speculate ( WP:OR) or add any doubt by using "scarequotes" ( MOS:DOUBT). -- 109.79.66.134 ( talk) 08:03, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
One category was missing from the bottom which was Category:Columbia Pictures films since Columbia Pictures had involvement in that film. 148.252.158.145 ( talk) 20:07, 28 May 2024 (UTC)
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Sandra Bullock should not be listed as she is a surprise cameo at the very end of the film.
The result of the move request was: Consensus to move ( non-admin closure) BegbertBiggs ( talk) 19:43, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
Bullet Train (upcoming film) → Bullet Train (film) – The 2012 film Tezz is not commonly known or translated to Bullet Train, it's just based on a film of that name, so I'm requesting we move this article to "Bullet Train (film)" and redirect "Bullet Train (upcoming film)" once its moved. Some Dude From North Carolina wanna talk? 21:32, 19 November 2020 (UTC) —Relisting. Heart (talk) 16:55, 27 November 2020 (UTC)
As currently written, the Controversy section is problematic. Wikipedia articles should present views published by reliable sources. This section states "characters are whitewashed" based on one source which uses more subtle language like, "possible whitewashing", "whether the movie ... is whitewashed", "allegations of whitewashing", and "charges of whitewashing". IMO, it needs to be rewritten with more sources and more careful language. -- Pemilligan ( talk) 22:48, 8 April 2022 (UTC)
This is a potential source to use in such a section. Considering that it is not outright criticism, it may be worth renaming the Wikipedia section into something that encapsulates different arguments per WP:STRUCTURE. Erik ( talk | contrib) ( ping me) 17:30, 8 August 2022 (UTC)
How reliable is The Numbers for budget? I know that Rebecca Rubin from Variety is usually the reliable source for budget numbers. Wheezythewave ( talk) 22:51, 4 August 2022 (UTC)
If there are conflicting estimates, do not cherry-pick; list each estimate either as an individual value or as a number range." It is not up to Wikipedia editors to decide which sources are right or wrong or to exclude sources. Both figures should be included. Also I would point to WP:INFOBOXPURPOSE
to summarize (and not supplant) key facts that appear in the articleThe article body (usually the Production section) should do the best it can to explain the different budget figures if at all possible. (Variety is not infallible either, they've posted different budget figures for the same film as recently as this year, and they do not appear to have published any retractions or corrections or explanation of any kind.)
The production companies in the infobox ( Columbia Pictures, Fuqua Films, 87North Productions) do not match those on the IMDb company page of the film (87North (US), CTB Inc. (JP), Hill District Media (US), Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) (US)). I suspect that the WP infobox contains old information (2020 / early 2021). — Vincent Lefèvre ( talk) 16:07, 9 August 2022 (UTC)
Brad Pitt is emphatically not an assassin, "strictly smash-and-grab". Drsruli ( talk) 07:53, 11 August 2022 (UTC)
He states explicitly, more than once in the film, that he is not an assassin. Also, his job isn't to kill anybody. Drsruli ( talk) 19:52, 18 April 2023 (UTC)
"the film stars Brad Pitt as an assassin" - He is not an assassin in the film; he is an ex-assassin. He doesn't assassinate or attempt to assassinate anybody as part of the plot of the film. The fact that he is no longer an assassin, IS a plot element of the film. The statement is incorrect as it is. Drsruli ( talk) 21:49, 15 October 2023 (UTC)
Are there credits for the grandson (son of Yuichi), the grandson's assassin, the grandson's nurse, young Yuichi, Kimura (Elder)'s wife, the old Yakuza Don, the train driver, whoever was under the creature suit (I assume it wasn't Zazie), Wolf's wife, Wolf's boss, young Wolf, young Lemon, young Tangerine, White Death's wife ? -- 64.229.88.43 ( talk) 21:13, 11 August 2022 (UTC)
Unless there is something I did not understand in the movie David Leitch’s character is not killed in Bolivia but in Japan as the son of White Death is being rescued 82.132.218.198 ( talk) 22:38, 22 August 2022 (UTC)
An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect
Bullet Train (upcoming film) and has thus listed it
for discussion. This discussion will occur at
Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 August 30#Bullet Train (upcoming film) until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion.
Steel1943 (
talk) 23:29, 30 August 2022 (UTC)
Several of the references use an upper case "Of" instead of "of" and "To" instead of "to". The references should be looked at to see the original title used the reference's news article. 2600:1700:D591:5F10:6D6A:AF20:54F6:DD8 ( talk) 23:27, 13 October 2022 (UTC)
Template:Bullet Train has been
nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at
the entry on the Templates for discussion page.
InfiniteNexus (
talk) 18:48, 6 November 2022 (UTC)
The article previously mentioned the factual inaccuracy of the use of boomslang venom in the film. [7] In reality it is a slow acting venom rather than fast acting. It would be nice to note this somewhere but the sources weren't good enough. -- 109.76.132.217 ( talk) 17:14, 4 December 2022 (UTC)
"After seeing that The Son was poisoned in the same way as his entire wedding party, The Wolf mistakenly believes Ladybug to be their killer." That is not why Wolf mistakenly believes Ladybug to be their killer. I don't think Wolf even ever sees how The Son was poisoned. He attacks Ladybug immediately upon entering the train. Wolf remembers Ladybug having been at the wedding, the guy who bumped him. 2601:980:C004:5410:105D:FAC0:2F93:3578 ( talk) 23:12, 9 December 2022 (UTC)
I cannot tell if it one editor using different addressess or multiple editors who are making the same misunderstanding (like this edit) but Ladybug is a "former assassin" or "former hitman" . His efforts not to kill, and his assignment as a courier, does not change the fact that he is a hitman attempting to reform (who nonetheless does kill several people). Please stop trying to remove it. Please do restore it if editors have attempted to remove it again, it is an essential plot point and it should be unambiguously clear that "operative" means he is a trained killer. -- 109.79.65.152 ( talk) 06:41, 12 January 2023 (UTC)
The film presents two very different looking people and calls them twins, but the film never explains why they look so very different. This is a joke, [8] but the film does not explain and also Fraternal twins exist. This is supposed to be an encyclopedia so we should not speculate ( WP:OR) or add any doubt by using "scarequotes" ( MOS:DOUBT). -- 109.79.66.134 ( talk) 08:03, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
One category was missing from the bottom which was Category:Columbia Pictures films since Columbia Pictures had involvement in that film. 148.252.158.145 ( talk) 20:07, 28 May 2024 (UTC)