Honestly, this movie is a blast. The action is incredible, the choreography and cinematography are on point. The characters remain believable and motivated. I just wish, when it was all done, we were in a different place. There is resolution here, and I don’t mean to take away from that, but the resolution feels like it lacks impact. Largely because despite all John does, at the end of the film, the world is more or less unchanged.

Bullet Train is what happens when you blend Ocean’s Eleven and Murder on the Orient Express. If you were to then look to me for another sentence or two more I would follow that by simply saying, If you let the guy who directed John Wick and Deadpool 2 direct it. Boom. Sold. That is this movie. Its wild, irreverent, harebrained, and a great time.

Liam Neeson, in my approximation, can be attributed with reigniting America’s fervor for the solo action hero flick. Sure, there are others that started to come out around the same time as the first Taken, but Wanted, Rock n’ Rolla, and The Bank Job hardly captured the attention of moviegoers like Neeson’s kidnapping revenge flick. His most recent, Memory, is a great addition to a summer season that is getting properly spun up.

Bloodroots positively oozes style.From the music to the art direction, from the level layouts to the animations. Vibe Avenue’s score also absolutely rips and quickly found its way into my music library. Bloodroots is a devilishly smart, chaotically creative jaunt through fields of blood and mayhem well deserving of your twenty dollars.