Which characters die in Bullet Train?

Bullet Train is a violent, action-packed romp, but which of these crazy characters dies in the movie? Let’s break it down.

Brad Pitt’s action film opened to mixed reception — you can read our Bullet Train review here — but one thing that people seem to agree on is how fun the action is.

That being said, the action isn’t super light-hearted. there are some real bloody deaths in this film, between all the zany martial arts and explosions.

So if you want to know beforehand who doesn’t make it out of the film alive, here are all the characters who die in Bullet Train, along with exactly how they went out. This is no longer a new movie, so spoilers ahead.

The main characters who die in Bullet Train:

• The Wolf
• The Son
• The Hornet
• Tangerine
• The White Death
• Prince

The Wolf (Bad Bunny)

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The Wolf’s death is sudden and surprising, as you’d expect such a deadly hitman with such a tragic backstory to be in the film for longer. The Wolf enters the Bullet Train to kill the Hornet, who poisoned his family at his wedding. However, he runs into Ladybug (Brad Pitt) and the pair begin to fight.

Ladybug, who doesn’t wish to fight anyone, has a bad habit of people always dying around him on missions. This fate befalls the wolf, as when the Wolf tries to stab Ladybug through the briefcase that he’s carrying, the blade bounces back and stabs him in the chest. Not only that, but he falls backward onto the case, breaking his neck.

The Son (Logan Lerman)

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The White Death’s son also kicks the bucket relatively early. Logan Lerman’s character proves to be a liability from the get-go, and hitmen twins Lemon and Tangerine must rescue him from being held ransom by another mob.

However, they can’t keep him safe for long, as during the one moment they leave him unattended on the Bullet Train, the Hornet manages to poison him with deadly snake venom, causing blood to seep out of every hole in his body. Though why he was assassinated is a mystery we won’t spoil.

The Hornet (Zazie Beetz)

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The Hornet, who has a habit of poisoning her victims with snake venom, remains hidden for most of the movie, dressing up as the train’s anime mascot to remain undetected. But eventually, she has a skirmish with Ladybug, and things don’t end well for her.

The Hornet manages to jab him with the venomous needle, however he can stab her back. There is only one vial of antidote, and through sheer luck, Ladybug is able to get it first. This leaves the Hornet to die in the same way her victims do, in pain from the poison and choking on her blood, while Ladybug tries in vain to offer her some water.

Tangerine (Aaron Taylor-Johnson)

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While it initially appears that his “twin” Lemon (Brian Tyree Henry) is the brother destined to die after being shot by Prince, turns out Tangerine is the one who never makes it off the train. After spending the majority of his journey looking for a briefcase full of money, hunting Son’s killer, and fighting Ladybug, Tangerine meets his end at the hands of the other assassin.

After Lemon’s supposed death, Tangerine realizes that Prince is the one who killed him. But just before he can shoot her, Prince can manipulate Ladybug into protecting her, which leads to the men wrestling over a gun, The gun goes off, shooting Tangerine in the neck, and he dies while desperately trying to warn Ladybug about Prince.

The White Death (Michael Shannon)

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The film’s big bad, an imposing Russian mob boss is surprisingly easy to get rid of, and he dies at the hands of his blood. To clarify, the White Death has the habit of killing anyone who tries to assassinate him with their own weapon. Prince knows this, and thus fashions a gun that will explode should anyone pull the trigger.

And explode it does when the White Death attempts to shoot Ladybug. The moment is rather comical, as it turns out that Ladybug isn’t the person the White Death is after. Ladybug attempts to calm down the villain by calling him dude, to which the White Death yells, “Do not call me dude!” He then fires the gun, which naturally explodes in his face, killing him.

Prince (Joey King)

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Prince is the final death of the film, and she goes out similarly to her father, the White Death, in that her death is rather sudden and comical. She doesn’t partake in much of the film’s action, preferring to manipulate others into doing her dirty work, but she isn’t afraid of grabbing a gun, with which she attempts to shoot Lemon to death.

However, while she later holds a machine gun up at Ladybug and our other heroes, claiming that she is more important than all of them, Lemon gets his revenge by suddenly running a tangerine truck over her, seemingly killing her.

Minor character deaths in Bullet Train

• The White Death’s wife
• The Elder’s wife
• The Wolf’s entire family
• Prince’s hitman
• Mob goons

The White Death’s wife

The wife of the Russian Kingpin dies in a car crash that was orchestrated by a hitman. Many poor twists of fate led to her not being able to receive protective or surgical help, and this event is ultimately what kicks off the plot of the film.

The Elder’s wife

As is often the case with media about mobs, there are a lot of dead wives. In a flashback, the White Death orchestrates a fiery attack on the Elderly mob member’s home and family. While the Elder was able to save his son, his wife wasn’t so lucky, and the Elder carries that regret with him for the rest of his life.

The Wolf’s entire family

In a red wedding-esque scene, the Wolf’s entire family, including his bride, are gruesomely poisoned by the Hornet at his wedding. The Wolf avoids this by sheer luck and then seeks revenge aboard the Bullet Train.

Prince’s hitman

Prince, the daughter of the White Death, blackmails one of our main characters by pushing his son off a roof and then has a hitman sent to kill that same son in the hospital. However, the Elder predicted this plot and hired an assassin of his own to take care of the former hitman.

Many, many, mob goons

Throughout the film, faceless goons are as disposable as they come. We see the drug lords holding The White Death’s son hostage get shot down by the twins Lemon and Tangerine, along with seeing The White Death cut down the Elder’s mob family in flashbacks. The final battle of the film is a massacre of the White Death’s men, which sees them get shot, stabbed, crushed by the train, split in half by railway stands, and blown up by explosive briefcases. It’s certainly a gory sight to behold.

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