Finally saw Punisher: Warzone

Maybe my expectations where so low there was no where to go but up? I didn't think this was anywhere near as terrible as a lot of people made it out to be, I didn't notice any real holes in the script. Then again I didn't think the last one with Tavolta and Thomas Jane was that bad either. Ray Stevenson definitely felt more like the Punisher in this though, Maybe it was as simple as less character building and more killing bad guys IS more character building. Less is more? On another issue one of the main problem people had with this movie was the moral conundrum of Castle causing "Collateral Damage?" That must have been the big sticking point loyalists had. The Punisher doesn't cause "Collateral Damage." If your gonna be such a stick in the mud about being true to the character I'd like to point out Tim Burton's Batman killing the joker maybe? I didn't hear a lot of whining then. See Castle does his homework and only kills those who deserve it, in a lot of ways he is Marvel's answer to Batman when it comes to planning ahead he is prepared for just about anything, he just almost exclusively deals with the street thug scumbags partially because it's in his nature but mostly because no superhero team will have him. I always thought Batman was a cut above Punisher for a long time, until recently when Punisher pulled a fast one on the Sentry made me realize that Castle actually is on the level With Bat's. They also both have that one place they won't actually go, for batman it's killing anyone, for the punisher it's killing the a good guy, but they both want the badguys to think they're crazy and don't give a shit. And frankly anyone who's not totally into the character's could easily look at them at a glance and think they don't give a shit. Which has a lot to do with why Burton's Batman got such acceptance.

But it is what it is. Anyway back to Warzone. Now that I think about it some of the effects and combat sequences did feel a little silly. Spinning from the chandelier looks neat in commercials, but stupid in the movie and punching holes in peoples faces felt bad ass but looked silly looking back on it. In retrospect now... Maybe my expectations were too low. But I get the feeling this script with the last directer would have been a lot better or even with some good editing it might have been salvageable. Had they done away with spinning from the chandelier and literally punching holes in people it definitely would have been a much better movie.