Bullet Train

Original title: Shinkansen daibakuha

1975
PG
2h 32m

IMDb RATING

6.8/10

1.9K

YOUR RATING

Criminals plant a bomb on a high-speed train. It will explode when the train slows down, unless a ransom is paid.

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Criminals plant a bomb on a high-speed train. It will explode when the train slows down, unless a ransom is paid.Criminals plant a bomb on a high-speed train. It will explode when the train slows down, unless a ransom is paid.Criminals plant a bomb on a high-speed train. It will explode when the train slows down, unless a ransom is paid.

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IMDb RATING

6.8/10

1.9K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination total

User reviews15

Featured review

8/10

Even aft almost 50 years of its release I enjoyed it.

This movie made 20 years before Speed has only 13 reviews while Speed has more than 500 reviews. Of course I am angry cos this is much better than Speed.

The villain in this one is better than Dennis Hopper. The background stories of the terrorists/villains r very well done in this movie compared to Speed.

Note that one has to see the 150 mins version of this movie.

I saw this for the first time recently n that too almost 50 years of its release n still enjoyed it.

Surprisingly Sonny Chiba got a very miniscule role. He doesn't get to make his weird constipated facial expressions in this one nor does he gets to fight anyone.

This movie inspired many movies -Speed, Runaway Train borrowed few elements, The Bollywood offspring The Burning Train borrowed some elements n another Bollywood offspring Tezz directly copied it.

Even Michael Mann's Heat borrowed few elements, the last airport scene n the wife called in to spot the guy.

Trivia
The movie is considered to be the film that inspired the Hollywood action movie Speed (1994).

Goofs
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Alternate versions
This film was released in the United States in a English dubbed version as "The Bullet Train." This version was heavily cut which reduced its running time to approximately 115 minutes.