Brad Pitt stars as an unlucky hit man who’s assigned to acquire a suitcase on the titular Japanese transit. Of course, he runs into numerous obstacles in the form of others who have their own objectives. Echoes of Guy Ritchie are obvious with the off-kilter situations, funky characters and snappy violence. Pitt, working a goofy edge with a bucket hat and glasses, handles the action and the humor well, but it’s Channing Tatum’s cameo that generates the best laff (look for other familiar faces too). Director David Leitch (Atomic Blonde, Deadpool 2) certainly knows his way around the genre and mostly nails it here. Even with a slight lag in the middle, there is sufficient witty dialogue with rowdy encounters to keep the movie barreling down the track.
Cool story about guest stars: Sandra Bullock made a deal with Pitt that if he’d do a small part in her latest The Lost City she’d return the favor for this film. 
(4 / 5)
