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    Punisher War Zone

    I went in to this movie expecting next to nothing. I never thought Ray Stevenson looked the part for Frank Castle. Although this is coming from someone who doesn't read punisher comics, and I did really dig the guy on Rome so I figured I'd give him a shot. I liked the fact the trailer looked more "comic book" than the Thomas Jane version did, but I also know how risky that is. I was expecting this to be a piece of shit, and you know what? I was right. No wait, I was wrong. This movie fucking rocked!!!!

    Ray Stevenson IS frank castle. Granted like I said before I don't read punisher, but I've read him a lot as a side character in a lot of other comics. I felt like Ray really pulled him off. He doesn't even speak for awhile in the beginning of the movie. And speaking of the beginning, this flick starts off with a bang. Literally. The Punisher shows up and lays waste to the bad guys around him, and he doesn't even hesitate. He kills them all, and very violently. Big thumps up for the violence in this flick, very very bloody when it needs to be. This movie is very over the top but in all the right ways. I will tell you now this is NOT anything like the Thomas Jane verison. Dare I say......this ones better. I've always felt like Comic books can pull something off a hell of a lot better than most movies can. And thats mix seriousness with cheesiness. Well this movie throws in both, and pulls it off. Stevenson does way better as The Punisher than I ever thought he would. I loved the way the city is portrayed, all the colors of the neons signs and the rest of the city lights are really bright against the extreme darkness of the rest of the city. I dig that look.

    DEATH SPOILER AHEAD!! And did I mention the cheesiness? Theres a scene where a guy flips into the air, and Pun shoots him with a rocket launger. Had me laughing my ass off. DEATH SPOILER END.

    And Dominic West portrayel of Jigsaw was great. I don't know how he is done in the comics, but I loved him in this movie. He's really funny and very psychotic. And his Brother....loved him. Lonney Bin Jim my friends, Looney Bin Jim. And its funny how much har dye can change a person. Julie Benz who plays Dexter Morgans girlfriend on ( the most awesome show ever) DEXTER is in this movie, and I'm a fan of hers so that I was happy about. But just because she died her hair a dark color it took me forever to figure out who it was. It was eating at me through half the movie. And the ending shot. I LOVE the way it looks. I won't spoil it for you, but the skull in the end shot with whats going on around it. Beautiful shot. Theres a shot towards the beginning of the movie when he is standing in a dark room on a table, he lights a flare and just for a few seconds the brightest thing in the room is the punisher skull on his shirt. It sent chills down my spine, and I'm not even a hardcore punisher fan.

    Now I love the Thomas Jane version, I own that movie. But this was what a comic book flick should be in my opinion. I will own this on DVD, and if I get a chance I'll go watch it again in theaters. If you felt like the Thomas Jane flick was lacking in the violence department, or felt it was trying to be to serious of a movie. This punisher is what you've been waiting for. I know your gonna think "damn dude why such a high rating". I guess its just because I was expecting a complete 180 from what I got. I was expecting Montezuma's revenge style diarrhea from this flick, and I was pleasently suprised. I love when that happens, and it doesn't happen often enough. Crippie gives this bitch a 9 out of 10

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    fuck! I forgot Micro Chip. It was good to see Nedri (sp?) from Jurassic Park back I thought. And it was different to see him play a good guy. And the old lady......that wast just......wow.

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    so he is the one that plays micro

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    Sounds good from how you describe the overall film. I'm gonna go and check it out this afternoon should be fun either way.

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    My brother does reviews for his college's newspaper. I asked him where it ranks among the Lundgren and Travolta movies. His answer: "the worst of the three."

    I'll wait until it's a cheap rental.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Luris Blear View Post
    My brother does reviews for his college's newspaper. I asked him where it ranks among the Lundgren and Travolta movies. His answer: "the worst of the three."

    I'll wait until it's a cheap rental.
    its deffinatly a different cup a tea, but theres no way its worse than the lundgren version.

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    I've heard 50/50, you eaither love it or you hate it.

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    Sweet movie, pretty much right from the start of the film lot's of blood and violence throughout most of the movie almost started to come close to Rambo but not quite though. It's a good sequal but it's alot better as a punisher film and yeah it blow's both earlier punisher film's away in my opinion good solid probably one of the better one's this year i might end up getting it on Blu-ray most likely.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chief Falling Rock View Post
    fuck! I forgot Micro Chip. It was good to see Nedri (sp?) from Jurassic Park back I thought. And it was different to see him play a good guy. And the old lady......that wast just......wow.
    Huh. Not having seen it, yet, sounds like an interesting choice for 'Chip.

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    Just got back from it and I loved it!

    A few key points:

    Stevenson IS Frank Castle... I enjoyed Jane version, but he just wasn't quite Castle... Stevenson looks like Castle should look and kicks the FUCK out of people the way Castle does. Anyone in this movie that gets the upperhand on him, doesn't keep it for very long and they pay a terrible price.

    The movie was full of WarBeast "FUCK YEAH!!!" moments...

    It has always been a matter of annoyance for me that in the other two Punisher flicks, that they didn't have Castle's origin right. In both, Castle was law-enforcement and his personal tragedy was a matter of Mob-revenge... in the comics it wasn't that way at all.

    This movie did it right! A former Special Forces soldier just happened to be having a picnic with his wife and kids at the wrong place and wrong time. Why the hell the other two movies felt the need to throw all the other bullshit in there was always beyond me. I always felt the Mafia-revenge aspect of the slaying of his family sort of took away from the tragically random aspect of his origin. He had done nothing to deserve what happened to him and his family, besides just being there.

    One of my only minor beefs with this movie was that I felt they could have done more to develope Jigsaw a bit more BEFORE he became Jigsaw... He was just sort of portrayed an arrogant asshole... I would have liked to have seen him doing some heinous shit deserving of my absolute loathing... but other than that, he was an enjoyable villain and it was nice that the Punisher was actually going up against one of his actual nemisises from the comics.

    All in all, I recommend going and checking it out.. it wasn't oscar-calibur fare, but it was definately worth the big-screen treatment.

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    hmmm. I am a big Thomas Jane fan..I thought he was awesome as The Punisher. I am hearing good things about this film....I am gonna check it out.

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    I agree.
    Looks nice and violent, but I'm bummed T. Jane isn'y coming back.

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    i do wanna see this, despite what i've heard about stevenson i would of rather seen jane back. i doubt i will catch this in theaters but i will definitely rent this

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    unfortunatly it bombed, I was hoping to see atleast one more with Stevenson back as Pun. Doubt if that will happen now.

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    I might have to check this out when it hits my town's $2 theater. With Christmas coming up I wont have too much extra cash to throw around, so I'm deffinitely going to see The Day The Earth Stood Still and Valkryie, but this MAY have to wait although I do want to see this one in a nice theater.

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    Quote Originally Posted by steelba View Post
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    I thought the same thing when I first heard that Jane wasn't gonna be in this, but I went ahead and gave it a shot....

    I thought Jane made a righteous Punisher... until I watched this one... Then I saw just how wrong Jane's Punisher was... He really didn't have the right look for the Punisher... He didn't behave like the Punisher... In comparison the Stevenson, he just WASN'T the Punisher...

    The Jane Punisher movie is feel good kiddy flick full of warm-fuzzies and pixie sunshine rainbows compared to this one.

    Man, I would not steer you wrong on this... Punisher: Warzone is a dark nasty ultraviolent treat! It's faithful to the comicbook and just kicks all kinds of ass.


    I think the makers of PWZ knew that they had a huge mountain to climb in the form of Jane... I think they knew there was going to be a lot of people who liked Jane's portrayal and would not be happy with his absence... That's why I think they threw off the kiddy gloves and just went balls-to-the-walls with this flick... it's the only chance they had to make a successful flick without Jane.

    For those who think that Stevenson could not fill Jane's shoes as the Punisher... I personally think that Stevenson took Jane's shoes, shot them with a rocket-launcher then replaced them with his own blood-soaked heavy-treaded combat boots.

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