The Punishment Begins Soon
I admit it: I am a fan of the 2004 Punisher film. Was it cinematic gold? No, of course not. But it was dark (as much so as Miami allows), gritty and it showed a real regression of Frank Castle into the Punisher. And yes, I even laughed at Spacker Dave.
However, there are too many elements in the new Punisher: War Zone film that have me worried. Chief among these is the fact that Tom Jane refused to come back if they didn't improve the script and who's that wearing the skull? Some guy from HBO's Rome.
(No offense to Ray Stevenson, who wasn't bad in Rome, but Tom Jane is just who I see as the >Punisher now.)
Lexi Alexander's film brings Frank to Hell's Kitchen, New York and pits him against Jigsaw and the NYPD in the form of Det. Soap. Even Microchip, Punisher's sidekick from the 90s pops up. While the movie seems to have the right ingredients, I'm going to remain cautious about getting my hopes up.
Hit the jump for the teaser poster (which is actually pretty good) from UGO.com and a couple of new images from the film (which are not so good).
The film opens December 5th.
Goblin
Posted to Other on 16 May 2008
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i don't know.... He looks like the punisher to me. Haven't seen the 2004 one yet (its on it way) but I like this guy. They got the age right this time too. I never liked the younger looking guys they've used before.
I really enjoyed the previous punisher. It wasn't like the other comic movies at all. The tone was compeltely different as is Punisher in general. As MAX series at least.
I will still give this try, but you're right about it being a bad sign that Jane did not return. He seemed like he was really into playing the character right.
it wasn't miami, it was filmed in tampa
Bah. Dolf Lundgren or bust.
Getting you fanboys thinking Jane was one of you was a really smart career move on his part. Too bad it wasn't true. But the myth dies hard.
Jane wanted to make the Punisher into a Travis Bickle character. Presumably Jane had pretensions to the De Niro throne. It wasn't gonna happen.
So when he threw a hissy fit, Lion's Gate let him go and REPLACED HIM IN A NEW YORK MINUTE.
The old script went with him and after two dismal failures, you're finally going to get The Punisher you always wanted. Straight from MAX.
I can't wait!