Comments on: Director Lexi Alexander Gives Quick Punisher Update

By: Ken J

Ken J — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 07:51:22 +0000

Lol, I said the same thing about the weak villains, especially LBJ, his acting was just atrocious. I think if they make a sequel to this instead of rebooting again (people might be getting sick of reboots), they should hand it over to someone other than Lionsgate and give the sequel the villain he deserves.

That Russian guy that delt with Jogsaw seemed pretty decent, maybe he would be pissed that Castle & Co. used his father and the gang to fight part of their war for them, and maybe send out “The Russian” after Castle like in the second attempt of the movie, in what a lot of people consider probably the only good part of that movie.

By: Blah Blah Black Sheep

Blah Blah Black Sheep — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 07:18:09 +0000

Just saw it opening night. Ray does an awesome job as The Punisher, with brute-force efficiency, just as the old-school Punisher from the comics had. The violence in this one is over-the-top by some critics’ standards, but I personally think it’s on-par with just out brutal The Punisher is. But then they go and screw the movie up by bringing in these hokey bad guys, Jigsaw and his gang of idiots. It’s just a strange dichotomy of a realistically believable Punisher played by Ray, matched against this lame, over-the-top, comic-bookish, almost Batman-style villain. This could have been really, really good if they had stuck with a more realistic villain, and one that was also smarter, and more calculating. Instead, these villains walk around acting like idiots, but plot holes let them seem like a bigger threat than they really are. Seriously, if you’re going to hire an army to take on the Punisher, why the hell would you hire both gang-banger black guys along with racist skinheads? It doesn’t make sense. If they would just edit out every scene Ray’s not in, it’s be a damn good movie, albeit about 60 minutes long.

By: Dallas

Dallas — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:23:00 +0000

Eh…if you’d ever seen Ray Stevenson next to anyone before, you’d know he definitely isn’t weak or out of shape. He’s a big man. It just so happens that the stunt man on the left is monstrously huge.

Also, in the current comics, Frank Castle isn’t exactly youthful. He’s aged normally since his family was killed in 1975…putting him in his mid fifties to sixty.

An older Punisher is fine by me.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 23:44:12 +0000

the punisher returns from retirement

By: Frank Castle

Frank Castle — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 22:09:14 +0000

C’mon this Punisher is so weak and out of shape… and old to much! Look this arms, this guy is Olive Oyl brother’s the girlfriend of Popeye The Sailor? Put this guy to workout right now to start the movie in 2018!!!

By: Vic Holtreman

Vic Holtreman — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:10:21 +0000

“God bless the internet.”

Amen.

Vic

By: Eldo Spinks

Eldo Spinks — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:27:05 +0000

I love the way that people can judge an ENTIRE movie from a minute or two of footage and a few publicity photos.

God bless the internet.

By: Lexi Alexander Punished By Lionsgate? - Screen Rant

Lexi Alexander Punished By Lionsgate? - Screen Rant — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:03:03 +0000

[...] The rough cut of Punisher: War Zone seemed to go down well - after it was shown to the studio she said: “Well, thank God it went well and, although I’ll probably have to compromise on a few minor notes, it’s not nearly as bad as some of my filmmaker friends predicted it would be. I guess I got away with an actual okay studio experience (knocking on wood since it’s not quite over yet).” [...]

By: The Glove

The Glove — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 22:40:32 +0000

They should just give up on this character, the films stink big time! this new one will as well!
thank god for Dirty Harry!

By: rastaZen

rastaZen — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 19:35:22 +0000

has anbody else here seen Rome ?
cuz I think Ray Stevenson is the guy on the right with the crazy grin.
I think the stunt guy is the one wearing the skull shirt.
what do you guys think?

By: Screen Rant

Screen Rant — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 14:45:49 +0000

Kieren, lol, I have to admit I had the same thought.

Actually he looks like a crack-up, always making jokes.

Vic

By: Kieran

Kieran — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 07:26:14 +0000

Ok, i’ve tried to resist this.

Is it just me or does Jeff Wold look REALLY damn creepy!? almost freekin scary!

By: Mike V

Mike V — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:02:12 +0000

Outside of the casting (Thomas Jane’s leaving aside), I haven’t heard or seen anything too good about this one. The photos that have been released have been pretty bland I guess would be the word.

Plus word was the script was pretty bad, and rewrites didn’t add much to fixing it. Finally throw in the fact that I thought Alexander’s last movie wasn’t all that good. Does not bode well for me.

By: 790

790 — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:45:11 +0000

I can’t say I’m a big fan of this kind of “comic book anti-hero”. At the end of the day its usually a big helping of graphic voilent revenge. And that means I have had to sit thru scenes of graphic violence against innocents.

I get enough of that at starbucks.

By: Screen Rant

Screen Rant — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:20:55 +0000

Yeah, I’m adopting a hopeful, wait and see attitude on this one. You never know for sure until the movie actually comes out.

Vic

By: rastaZen

rastaZen — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:53:05 +0000

I really enjoyed Thomas Jane’s performance as the Punisher , but I felt that the plot was not as strong as Jane’s performance.

and don’t F*&cking get me started about Dolph’s disaster.

I’m hoping for a much better storyline this time around and I’m very excited to see Ray Stevenson’s version of The Punisher.
Ray was AWESOME as Titus on HBO’s Rome.
I think Lexi is a good director ; so I feel all of this bodes well for the return of The Punisher !!!

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:58:37 +0000

Colorful metaphors, as per Spock in The Voyage Home. Got a good laugh out of that one.