Well-Worn Clichés Get Shiny New Packaging in Bullet Train
There are few things as annoying as a firm belief in your own edginess, but nearly every damn movie now, regardless of genre, feels obligated to stake a self-righteous claim in inclusion as a kind of essential ingredient for modern filmmaking. It’s not exactly a bad thing, but when you regard diversity as a trend that must be adhered to for success, not as something which should be a given, old prejudices tend to be repackaged to a disturbing degree.