It’s tempting to describe Bullet Train Explosion as a spiritual successor to Speed, but the truth is that Speed itself was the copycat. Twenty years before Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock got trapped on that runaway bus, a Japanese film titled The Bullet Train introduced a similar premise: Held to ransom by an anonymous bomber, a crowded passenger train will explode if it slows below 80 km/h. Directed by Shinji Higuchi (Shin Godzilla; Shin Ultraman), Netflix's new remake increases the minimum speed to 100 km/h, committing to an engagingly silly type of disaster movie.
