Considering Dolph Lundgren got famous playing a blond Russian and can definitely act better than Kevin Nash, who doesn’t even have any lines and is terrible, it’s telling Jonathan Hensleigh didn’t bring him back for a small role, an acknowledgment of the far superior 1989 Punisher adaptation.
Whereas that film–and to some extent, the one following […]
Entries Tagged as 'John Romita Sr.'
The Punisher (2004, Jonathan Hensleigh)
August 15th, 2009 · No Comments
Tagged: Ben Foster· Gerry Conway· John Romita Sr.· Jonathan Hensleigh· Lions Gate Films· Michael France· Ross Andru· Roy Scheider· Thomas Jane· Will Patton· ⓏⒺⓇⓄ
Punisher: War Zone (2008, Lexi Alexander)
April 1st, 2009 · No Comments
Punisher: War Zone got a theatrical release (sorry for the passive voice, but pointing out Lionsgate released it in the theater sort of kills the emphasis). I’m not sure I have the vocabulary to describe the terrible script. Watching an early exchange between mobsters, I kept wondering if Italian American associations were aware of the […]
Tagged: Art Marcum· Gerry Conway· John Romita Sr.· Lexi Alexander· Lions Gate Films· Matt Holloway· Nick Santora· Ross Andru· ⓏⒺⓇⓄ
The Punisher (1989, Mark Goldblatt)
May 24th, 2006 · No Comments
Back in the late 1980s, The Punisher was part of that period’s comic book movie wave. Most of these films had little to do with Batman’s success and most of them failed, both commercially and artistically. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, of course, succeeded financially. Watching this Punisher film (I have no interest in the new […]
Tagged: Boaz Yakin· Gerry Conway· Jeroen Krabbé· John Romita Sr.· Louis Gossett Jr.· Mark Goldblatt· New World Pictures· Ross Andru· ★½



