Punisher 2

[Barendd Nobeard]

from http://www.superherohype.com/news.php?id=2246

"They're really hot on the sequel since the DVD has sold so well," said Jane....

Wow. The first one looked so bad I haven't even rented it yet. Heck, I haven't even watched the Dolph Lundgren version someone lent me (on VHS).

Any hopes for P2?

 

[Capellan]

Any hopes for P2?

Given that the Dolphy Lundgren version was IMO actually better than the recent version, my only hope for P2 is that it won't happen

 

[Tarrasque Wrangler]

Hmm. I haven't seen the Tom Jane one but could a sequel be any worse? I mean, they killed Travolta off, right? So it's not like he'll be anywhere near this one, which can only mean good things.

 

[Acid_crash]

Despite Travolta's rather weak performance in Punisher (after he did such a great job in both Broken Arrow and Face/Off), I thought Punisher was a pretty cool movie for what it was. It ended on a good note and I hope that P2 will just continue where the first ended.

I am glad that they are making a sequel, sometimes they do better (not often) and work from the mistakes of the first one.

 

[Klaus]

I wanted to see this movie (it can't be as bad as some Charles Bronson movies I've seen in my time), but Columbia decided not to release it in theaters here, settling for a direct-to-video approach. How can they decide that after releasing Anaconda 2 in theaters is beyond me, though...

 

[Mark Chance]

I wanted to see this movie (it can't be as bad as some Charles Bronson movies I've seen in my time), but Columbia decided not to release it in theaters here, settling for a direct-to-video approach. How can they decide that after releasing Anaconda 2 in theaters is beyond me, though...

Well, in terms of the my-enjoyment-index, Anacondas ends up ranking higher than Punisher. Frank Castle basically bored me. At least with Anacondas, I had something to laugh at.

IIRC, the latter films box office take in the U.S. was about $33 million. Anacondas pulled in about $31 million. Considering production costs, both haven't made their studios any money worth mentioning.

 

[Villano]

I was hoping that they would make a sequel since I really enjoyed the first one. It wasn't perfect. The director tried to mix the old, serious Punisher comics with the new, black comedy ones. You end up with the feeling like you're watching two movies.

I know that a lot of fans were upset that Castle went through this elaborate plan to take down Saint by making him destroy everyone he loved, but I thought that was the best aspect of the movie. Sure, the comic Punisher would have just waltzed in and shot everyone, but that doesn't make for a good movie. Considering how many of his series have been cancelled, it doesn't make for a good comic either, apparently.

Rumor is that the sequel is going to feature Jigsaw as the villain. I've even heard an actor's name mentioned, but I can't recall who it was.

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

The Thomas Jaine version of the Punisher exceeded my expectations by a substantial margin. However, I will say that my expectations were very low.

If it hadn't been cursed with a post-Get Shorty Travolta, it might have been good. Even as it was, it was better than average.

 

[Klaus]

Well, in terms of the my-enjoyment-index, Anacondas ends up ranking higher than Punisher. Frank Castle basically bored me. At least with Anacondas, I had something to laugh at.

IIRC, the latter films box office take in the U.S. was about $33 million. Anacondas pulled in about $31 million. Considering production costs, both haven't made their studios any money worth mentioning.

The only part of Anaconda 1 (never saw 2, 'cause hey, there aren't any anacondas in Borneo, etc etc) I laughed at was when a character gets eaten in the beginning and he manages to utter a perfect-accent curse in Portuguese!

Oh, and Eric Stoltz is still laughing because the earned his pay by *sleeping* through the entire movie!

 

[Enforcer]

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.