Usually, right after I watch a movie, I’ll go visit IMDB to rank it and then I look at the Message Boards to see what everyone else is saying. You see a lot of the typical BS forum stuff, but normally you do get a decent sense of real criticisms of the movie as well, and that makes me think sometimes, âHmmm, maybe I overrated this thingâ.
And so with Punisher, it might be a little like that, especially because I gave it a fairy high 8/10 ranking.
Some of the criticisms were:
- Ultra, possibly pointlessly violent
- No character development
- Lousy plot
All of these things are true. At the same time I donât give out high rankings that easily either, so I must be crazy?
Iâm a big fan of Garth Ennisâ Punisher run. Iâve read all his issues, and Iâm guessing, so has Kyle. And this movies gets at the core of the character that Ennis portrays: mostly silent, deadly, serious, extreme.
There is no inner conflict. There is no need save the city (as in Batman with Gotham City). Just pure punishment to the worldâs evil. They all die, but absolutely no collateral damage.
Ennis writes his Punisher in way that you can watch the movie and feel like you know what Ray Stevensonâs Punisher is thinking in the movie. You understand why he did this versus that, and that he knows it was a dumb movie, but sometimes he has to do it this wayâŠ
For me, War Zone is a live action look into Ennisâ Punisher. It sometimes feels like a cheesy 80âs action movie, but it works. It entertains. Itâs brutal Rated R.
8/10 on IMDB.
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