Bullet Train Is 2022's Perfect John Wick 4 Replacement

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Bullet Train is a very promising action movie that has the potential to be the perfect replacement for the rescheduled John Wick: Chapter 4. Slated to hit theaters on July 15th, Bullet Train follows Brad Pitt's assassin Ladybug. After he's hired for one final job to retrieve a briefcase on a bullet train in Japan, he comes to realize he's not the only operative aboard the train who is pursuing it.

While Brad Pitt's upcoming movie is on the way with its first trailer hitting the internet, John Wick fans will have to wait a little longer for his return. John Wick 4 was originally slated to debut on May 21, 2021, and production delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic led to it being pushed back to May 27, 2022. It was later pushed back again to March 23, 2023, which obviously disappointed action fans around the world, especially with the setup of John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum,

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WhileJohn Wick 4's delays (the latest moving it away from the even more delayed Top Gun: Maverick) are quite unfortunate, Bullet Train could make up for it. The train-bound action movie, as evidenced by its trailer, and assassin movie premise, has quite similar DNA with John Wick. Here's how Bullet Train could not only be one of 2022's best action movies, but could fill the void left by John Wick 4 being pushed back.

Right off the bat,Bullet Train has John Wick ties through director David Leitch, who co-directed the first John Wick with Chad Stahelski. Though Leitch was uncredited, he jumped into the game of directing action movies right alongside Stahelski with the exact same material. With a growing number of stunt performers graduating to directing action movies,