{"id":19690,"date":"2022-08-03T15:00:42","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T13:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1690046"},"modified":"2022-08-03T15:20:10","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T13:20:10","slug":"bullet-train-ending-explained-who-survives-brad-pitt-action-movie","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/bullet-train-ending-explained-who-survives-brad-pitt-action-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"Bullet Train ending explained: Who survives Brad Pitt action movie?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Patrick Cremona\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 03 August 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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It\u2019s probably fair to describe the plot of Bullet Train<\/a> \u2013 the new Brad Pitt-starring film from John Wick co-director David Leitch \u2013 as a little complex.<\/p>\n

The action flick follows five assassins on board the titular Tokyo locomotive as they each attempt to carry out seemingly separate missions, only for it to soon become clear that each of their goals are very much connected.<\/p>\n

A number of flashbacks spread out amongst the fast-paced action fill us in on various backstories, and the emergence of a big bad later down the track nicely fits everything together.<\/p>\n

But given how fast the train moves \u2013 and just how many characters zip in and out of the action \u2013 you\u2019d be forgiven for being a little muddled by the time it reaches its destination.<\/p>\n

With that in mind, read on to have the Bullet Train ending explained \u2013 be warned: spoilers follow<\/strong>.<\/p>

Bullet Train ending explained<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In order to grasp the events at the film\u2019s climax, it\u2019s necessary to first outline the various figures involved \u2013 especially the five assassins on board the train.<\/p>\n

Those assassins include Prince (Joey King), an English-accented young woman posing as a schoolgirl, and Yuichi (Andrew Koji) the Japanese man she is holding hostage and blackmailing after she pushed his son off a rooftop. Yuichi, we learn, is part of a crime syndicate headed up by the elusive crime lord named the White Death (Michael Shannon), whom Prince is hoping to take down.<\/p>\n

Also on the train are Lemon (Brian Tyree Henry) and Tangerine (Aaron Taylor Johnson), two code-named cockneys who have been tasked with escorting the White Death\u2019s son to him along with a briefcase containing substantial amounts of cash.<\/p>\n

And finally in the Bullet Train cast<\/a>, there is Ladybug (Brad Pitt), a down-on-his-luck agent completing his first job back after a brief hiatus, whose comparatively straightforward task is to nab the aforementioned briefcase and get off the train as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n

Only it isn\u2019t quite so easy \u2013 although Pitt initially gets his hands on the briefcase easily enough, his every attempt to disembark from the locomotive is curtailed by a range of unexpected obstacles, as the various assassins begin to collide and do battle.<\/p>\n

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Benito Mart\u00ednez Ocasio as The Wolf<\/span><\/figcaption> Sony<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

In the process, we are also introduced to a couple of other assassins who get caught up in the carnage but are quickly dispatched, including The Wolf (played by Benito Mart\u00ednez Ocasio, aka musician Bad Bunny) and Hornet (played by Zazie Beetz).<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the White Death\u2019s son is killed off with help from a poisonous snake, Channing Tatum makes an uncredited cameo<\/a>, Thomas the Tank Engine gets several shout-outs, and Yuichi\u2019s father \u2013 known only as The Elder (Hiroyuki Sanada) \u2013 arrives on the scene. There\u2019s an awful lot going on, in other words.<\/p>\n

Anyway, it\u2019s only when Michael Shannon appears as The White Death that we really get a handle on exactly what\u2019s going down \u2013 and why these assassins are all on board the same train at the same time.<\/p>\n

Earlier on, we were told that the White Death has for a long time been mourning the death of his wife, who died after she was caught up in an assassination attempt aimed at him, and it turned out that he was eager to ensure everyone who could in any way be considered responsible for her death was on the train \u2013 predicting that they would end up in a battle and kill each other.<\/p>\n

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Joey King as Prince<\/span><\/figcaption> Sony<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

He\u2019s especially annoyed at Ladybug \u2013 thinking he was the man primarily responsible for the assassination, failing to realise that he is in fact simply filling in for another agent known as Carver (a Ryan Reynolds cameo) who had been the real culprit but called in sick from this mission at the last minute.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, we also learn that Prince \u2013 surprise, surprise \u2013 is actually not really an English schoolgirl but a Russian who happens to be the White Death\u2019s daughter, and she is especially eager to kill off her own father.<\/p>\n

Anyway, slowly but surely, the assassins that have survived the ordeal so far \u2013 including Lemon, Ladybug, and Yuichi \u2013 realise that they are really on the same side: they each want to see the White Death dead, and so join forces to ensure that they achieve their goal.<\/p>\n

And so an almighty battle ensues, with Lemon now desperately trying to drive the out-of-control bullet train. Despite some tricky moments \u2013 including Lemon being ejected off the train into some deep water along with the man he was fighting \u2013 the assassins are eventually able to win, with the final blow coming courtesy of a water bottle that has been surprisingly involved throughout (and which even gets its own montage).<\/p>\n