You donÁ¢€â„¢t get much of that here, though: Though she has a charming, listenable, accent, she and Gainer high-five everyone, in typically dull DVD commentary way.ħ:04: Back in action. The German-born Alexander has a compelling backstory: A former mixed martial arts world champion, she was an Academy Award nominee for a 2002 short film and made her feature debut with a not-bad football louts picture, Green Street Hooligans, starring Elijah Wood as a guy who gets in touch with his inner Punisher. Time to listen to the commentary, by DP Steve Gainer and the director, Lexi Alexander. Relocated from Miami, the Punisher (aka Frank Castle, grieving undercover agent turned retribution specialist) now lives in the bowels of the New York subway systemÁ¢€”New York, Quebec, to judge by the stray details the camera catches.īoring parts. Lock and load! Here comes the Punisher, 2008 variety: Ray Stevenson, the likable lummox who played Titus Pullo on HBOÁ¢€â„¢s Rome, encased from neck to toe in bulletproofed leather that must be hell to get off in bathroom emergencies. Now that the throat clearing has endedÁ¢€¦ġ:26: First gun picked up. We start with the trailers: Crank 2 (repeat: what burning need was thereÁ¢€¦), The Haunting in Connecticut (Moldy food in the fridge! Scary!), and, straight-to-DVD, a slightly promising Old West-meets- The Descent mash-up, The Burrowers. Let us begin then, with a minute-to-minute anatomy of a film that failed.
Like The Spirit, from the same studio, it showed that there is foolÁ¢€â„¢s gold scattered amongst the riches of comic book adaptations then again, what burning need was there for a C-grade continuation to a more upscale (well, John Travolta was in it) original? The boss nicked the best DVDs off the pile this week, leaving the lowly, cringing film editor to consider Punisher: War Zone, a Christmas season sequel that was out of theaters by New YearÁ¢€â„¢s Day and is bowing just in time for its makers to drown their sorrows on St.
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