Punisher 2

[Flexor the Mighty!]

For a movie about the Punisher there was suprisingly little punishment dealt out IMO. The whole plot with the two losers and the superhot chick was very lame and totally ruined a lot of the movie. I honestly preferred the Dolph L. version, as bad as it was.

The only punishment was to the viewer in the second version.

 

[Mystery Man]

The Punisher, good flick.

 

[Wolv0rine]

Plastic Man (yelling): "He tells us to stay hidden! He orders us to stay hidden! He COMMANDS us to stay hidden!!! And what does HE do? Does he STAY hidden or does he spend FIFTEEN MINUTES beating up a psycho is black leather?!?!?!"

Batman: "..."

Oh man, I am so sorry I missed that. But I have to wonder, did Batman actually spend 15 minutes beating the h3ll out of the Punisher... or did it TAKE him 15 minutes to beat the h3ll out of the Punisher?

(I prefer the first version, myself)

 

[Klaus]

Since Batman is shown without as much as a scratch on him, we are led to believe that he treats Frank to an unhealthy dosage of b33tch-sl4ppin'...

And hey, the man has to deal with Deathstroke and Deadshot, so the Punisher doesn't really rank that high on the threat-o-meter, right?

Another great part is Quicksilver, visiting DC-Earth, flippin' out because the local speedster has a frickin' MUSEUM!

 

[mac1504]

I'd like to see Tom Jaine kick Ben Affleck's butt in a Punisher vs. Daredevil movie.

 

[The_Universe]

I thought Tom Jane was excellent in the film - but Travolta really brought the movie down. I wish it had been a different villain. I'd watch another movie with the same main character, as long as there was NO CHANCE it would deal with the previous films' villains.

 

[TracerBullet42]

My only hope for the sequel would be that Amy Lee and Seether hook up for another sweet song like "Broken" for the movie...

That song is friggin' great!

 

[Dark Jezter]

I'd like to see Tom Jaine kick Ben Affleck's butt in a Punisher vs. Daredevil movie.

There was actually a scene in the "Welcome Back, Frank" comic series where Punisher and Daredevil fought it out. Daredevil was trying to stop Punisher from killing a mafia scumbag named Dino Gnucci (whom happened to be a client of Daredevil's lawyer alter-ego) with a sniper rifle. After unsuccessfully trying to talk Punisher out of the assassination, Daredevil unleashed his martial arts moves on Punisher. Punisher takes the beating for a little while (knowing that he has no chance of beating Daredevil in hand-to-hand combat) before triggering an ultrasonic sound device that unleashes hell on Daredevil's enhanced senses. While Daredevil is still reeling from the sonic attack, Punisher knocks him out cold with a left hook.

Daredevil wakes up shortly thereafter to find himself chained to a pillar with a revolver in his hand and the Punisher nearby getting ready to snipe the mafia scumbag. And the following exchange takes place...

Daredevil: "What is this?"
Punisher: "One bullet. One Shot. One chance to stop me from killing Dino Gnucci. It's time for that choice you were telling me about.
"You can't break loose in time. You haven't the space to throw the gun, maybe knock me off my aim.
"I've got my back to you. I'm wearing kevlar. It's got to be a headshot."
Daredevil: "Now wait a minute --"
Punisher: "If you don't shoot you've got a death on your conscience. A death you could have prevented.
"If you do shoot, you're a killer."
Daredevil: "What kind of choice is that?"
Punisher: "The one I make every time I pull the trigger. The one I'm making right now."

Daredevil then tried again to talk Punisher out of killing Dino Gnucci, but Punisher refused to listen. So Daredevil reluctantly points the revolver at Punisher's head and pulls the trigger, only to discover that the firing pin had been removed. Punisher picks off Dino Gnucci with the sniper rifle. Tells Daredevil "You can leave the killing to me" and then knocks him out again and unties him.

It was an awesome scene.

 

[megamania]

I liked the recent Punisher film. Granted, it was no X-Men 2 (in my opinion the best comic book movie ever) and I never read the actual Punisher comics, but I liked it. I agree with Villano that the whole

Spoiler

"Made you kill your best friend, made you kill your wife"

thing was excellent.

The only thing I would've asked for from Punisher was more developed villains. Who the hell was the honky-tonk assassin? Or the ginormous Russian guy? We didn't even really get a feel for Travolta and family, other than they were rich, evil criminals. In contrast, the first X-Men movie really set up who Magneto was and why he does some of the things he does. Hopefully Punisher 2 will flesh out the villain some more, which should be easier since they don't have to go through the Frank Castle backstory again.

But the X-men let Magneto live...

 

[megamania]

Tom Jane's Punisher was more believeable and likable. He wasn't as cold as the first movie. I liked the second one much more than the first. As for the sequal, I have heard it will be done and have heard rumors of Jigsaw being the villian but it is just that- rumors.