Bullet/Bullet seemingly is Mad Max inspired setting where civilization has crumbled expect for this cities of scrap collectors. Gear, our 15 year old garbage-collecting, mechanic expert, heist-extraordinaire protagonist, is one of those scrap collectors but we first see him participating in a heist. The first episode is dedicated to the heist and then spends a lot of time retroactively trying to explain how they got to that point. I understand the importance of having a big hook in the first few minutes, but dragging the viewer through a poor explanation does the opposite in my opinion. Very quickly we go through Gear's backstory and hisrelationship with his adopted father figure, just for him to leave his life behind in episode 2, which is treated as this big emotional moment, for characters that we don't know and don't care about yet.

The rest of the show is just as confused. The car focus gets dropped for more than half the show to bring very cookie-cutter revolutionary-coded story beats. Don't get me wrong, the show obviously has something to say and that something could have been more impactful if it was written or directed better. It seems the plot looses itself and what we get is a ham fisted plot that neither delivers the message correctly nor paces its actions scenes the proper way. They're literally all in the beginning and end, with the middle of the show feeling barren.

Is it a "bad" show? Maybe not. I think something enjoyable can be derive from it, but I do think it is subpar. Enjoy at your own risk.