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Post by héad.casé on Nov 23, 2014 19:06:57 GMT -5
I absolutely love the character of the Punisher/Frank Castle, so was stoked when I heard he was coming to the big screen. Gotta say I loved Tom Jane in the lead role, hated the stuff with Joan, Dave and the other dude (don't remember his name). All that just didn't serve a purpose to me except to show that Castle had people watching his back. The fight scene with Kevin Nash as the Russian still makes me laugh, Travolta was a good heel of the movie, even though he hammed it up a tad.
Overall I really enjoyed the movie. One of my favourites. What did other people think of it?
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Post by wakko on Nov 23, 2014 19:34:53 GMT -5
I loved the movie as well. Don't know a lot about the comic cannon, but the movie was fun to watch. As far as the neighbors went, they were in there to show that Punisher still had feelings for those in trouble. To help set up his vigilante role for a sequel that never happened.
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Post by BorneAgain on Nov 23, 2014 19:37:07 GMT -5
Put Thomas Jane in the Punisher Warzone movie and you'd have one fantastic film.
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Post by Lupin the Third on Nov 23, 2014 19:38:23 GMT -5
"Those who do evil to others-the killers, the rapists, psychos, sadists-you will come to know me well. Frank Castle is dead. Call me...the Punisher."
Loved this movie. Highly underrated.
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Post by Mr PONYMANIA Mr Jenzie on Nov 23, 2014 19:43:30 GMT -5
couldn't find it on bluray, so wen i saw it in the basket in morrisons for £2 i snapped it up  jane's punisher is awesome |
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Nov 23, 2014 19:44:11 GMT -5
Not great by any stretch, but perfectly decent. I picked it up on dvd for a couple bucks.
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Post by hotshotalex on Nov 23, 2014 19:45:30 GMT -5
Put Thomas Jane in the Punisher Warzone movie and you'd have one fantastic film. Disagree. That movie had a lot of things wrong with it but Ray Stevenson wasn't one of them. Stevenson was the perfect Punisher he was just in a terrible Punisher movie. Don't get me wrong I liked Jane too and over all I enjoyed the 2004 movie but Stevenson was like Frank Castle ripped from the comic book page and come to life. |
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Post by mizerable on Nov 23, 2014 19:46:20 GMT -5
I could have done without the secondary comic relief neighbors but overall a pretty good movie.
The very ending was extremely over the top and unnecessary though. Travolta should have lived, given that his entire family was dead, giving him death was merciful.
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Nov 23, 2014 19:52:58 GMT -5
The skull made out of flames was so wonderfully stupid. You just think of him spending an hour out there parking all those cars.
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Post by mizerable on Nov 23, 2014 19:57:50 GMT -5
The skull made out of flames was so wonderfully stupid. You just think of him spending an hour out there parking all those cars. Exactly. I'm sure he anxiously watched the news afterward, hoping that someone would noticed. Plus, even planning it would seem like a painstaking task, thankfully it wasn't crooked or anything... |
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Post by Jiren on Nov 23, 2014 19:57:29 GMT -5
I liked it
It's funny how some people dislike this because it's too comedic but the book it's somewhat based on (Welcome Back Frank) is more comedic, Frank kills the russian by suffocating him with the fat neighbor.
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Post by héad.casé on Nov 23, 2014 19:58:31 GMT -5
Put Thomas Jane in the Punisher Warzone movie and you'd have one fantastic film. Don't get me wrong I liked Jane too and over all I enjoyed the 2004 movie but Stevenson was like Frank Castle ripped from the comic book page and come to life. This I agree with. First time I saw Stevenson in the Punisher get up, I said to myself - "Now THAT'S the Punisher!". I didn't have much of a problem with Warzone just because Stevenson was so awesome. I wish they'd call him back up for a reboot. |
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Post by Mr PONYMANIA Mr Jenzie on Nov 23, 2014 20:04:18 GMT -5
WARZONE was so one dimensional i thought it was gonna slip through the drain it was slurrying itself into!!!
far FAR away from from thomas janes
hell DOLPH LUNGDREN'S version is miles better!!!
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Nov 23, 2014 21:06:15 GMT -5
They should've made a movie based on the Avenging Angel version of Punisher instead. That would've made tons of money.
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Post by agent817 on Nov 23, 2014 21:08:35 GMT -5
Wow, I must be the only one here who actually liked War Zone despite some of the problems like the super punch of death, the over-the-top portrayal of Jigsaw and the concept of Castle helping out that woman and her daughter despite the fact that he killed the woman's husband, not knowing he was undercover initially. I can admit that movie's flaws, but I still liked it. I still remember actually seeing it in theaters, five days before Christmas no less, not to mention that it flopped at the time.
Anyway, I saw the 2004 film in theaters as well. I remember enjoying it, despite some of the changes in the origin and such. I liked how the 2005 game is sort of connected with this film, yet it involved many elements from the comics. Plus, Thomas Jane did the voice of Castle in the game. By the way, has anybody seen the extended cut? I own that version. It seemed to have had more stuff with the old FBI partner of Castle's in that version.
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Post by Brood Lone Wolf Funker on Nov 23, 2014 21:17:51 GMT -5
Great soundtrack as well. Mark Collie was great in that one little scene as well
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Post by Mozenrath on Nov 23, 2014 22:18:41 GMT -5
The flaming skull scene just made me think "I, too, have seen The Crow."
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Post by AFN: Judge Shred on Nov 23, 2014 22:30:57 GMT -5
I love all 3 for different reasons. Jane and Stevenson both did a fantastic job of different versions of the character (and Frank has more different portrayals in the books than damn near any other character). And Warzone is my favorite. It is just balls out stupid ass action.
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Nov 24, 2014 0:01:41 GMT -5
The flaming skull scene just made me think "I, too, have seen The Crow." Daredevil did the same thing as well. Hell Batman in Dark Knight Rises--hero's just like making flaming versions of their logos. Human Torch is over going: "...Hey!" |
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Post by Cela on Nov 24, 2014 0:35:31 GMT -5
Loved it, awesome little flick.
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