The Punisher

CaligulaPolk
CaligulaPolk Posts: 1,650
edited March 2009 in Music & Movies
Which "The Punisher" movie do you like the most? Who was the most baddest **** Frank Castle??


The Punisher (1989) - Dolph Lundgren

The Punisher (2006) - Thomas Jane

The Punisher: War Zone (2008) - Ray Stevenson



I VOTE for 1989's The Punisher with Dolph. It was badass, and voted for second best, with Thomas Jane. I saw the new one today and thought it was allright, fun but prefer the 1989 one better.
I am 100% BORN DEAF and No I am not kidding! :D Why am I here? My wife's hearing! :p

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  • kuntasensei
    kuntasensei Posts: 3,263
    edited March 2009
    I know people hated on it... but man, Punisher: War Zone was AWESOME to me. He beat Lundgren and Jane hands down, and the over-the-top violence was perfect for this movie. I went into it with suitably low expectations, and I loved it.
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  • metal83
    metal83 Posts: 1,219
    edited March 2009
    I just finished watching the Punisher: War Zone. I thought the acting was horrible, worst acting I have seen in a recent movie for quite some time. Just listening to most of the dialog was hard.

    Had it not been for the over the top violence, I probably would have turned this off. But.......The action/violence one me over and I stayed along for the bloody ride..lol

    I personally liked the 2006 version the best.
    The 1989 version second best.
    And the 2008 version the least, but I certainly loved the action. :D
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  • metal83
    metal83 Posts: 1,219
    edited March 2009
    Just a slight correction.
    The Punisher with Thomas Jane was 2004...;)
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  • CaligulaPolk
    CaligulaPolk Posts: 1,650
    edited March 2009
    metal83 wrote: »
    Just a slight correction.
    The Punisher with Thomas Jane was 2004...;)

    METAL ****!!! LOL ooooooopsies!!!!!:p:p:p
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  • metal83
    metal83 Posts: 1,219
    edited March 2009
    Whooaa!.....Take it easy there killer! LOL...:p:D
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  • CaligulaPolk
    CaligulaPolk Posts: 1,650
    edited March 2009
    did your xpa 5 give the punisher's gun more juice?
    I am 100% BORN DEAF and No I am not kidding! :D Why am I here? My wife's hearing! :p

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  • metal83
    metal83 Posts: 1,219
    edited March 2009
    I'm using an XPA-3, I sent the XPA-5 back.
    The movie had great audio, gun shots sounded fantastic.
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  • CaligulaPolk
    CaligulaPolk Posts: 1,650
    edited March 2009
    metal83 wrote: »
    I'm using an XPA-3, I sent the XPA-5 back.
    The movie had great audio, gun shots sounded fantastic.

    Awesome, and you have rti a9 or 7 right?? hows the bass with xpa during the movie?

    i m currently using my tv's speakers and i actually can feel it, im impressed but i could imagine the juice from xpa with a9's.. yeah....
    I am 100% BORN DEAF and No I am not kidding! :D Why am I here? My wife's hearing! :p

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  • metal83
    metal83 Posts: 1,219
    edited March 2009
    CaligulaPolk wrote: »
    Awesome, and you have rti a9 or 7 right?? hows the bass with xpa during the movie?

    i m currently using my tv's speakers and i actually can feel it, im impressed but i could imagine the juice from xpa with a9's.. yeah....

    I have the RTi A7's. The bass during the movie was fantastic, and i'm not even using a sub yet.
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  • CaligulaPolk
    CaligulaPolk Posts: 1,650
    edited March 2009
    metal83 wrote: »
    I have the RTi A7's. The bass during the movie was fantastic, and i'm not even using a sub yet.

    That was excellent review!! :D
    I am 100% BORN DEAF and No I am not kidding! :D Why am I here? My wife's hearing! :p

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  • metal83
    metal83 Posts: 1,219
    edited March 2009
    CaligulaPolk wrote: »
    That was excellent review!! :D

    It was quick and to the point! lol :D
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  • kuntasensei
    kuntasensei Posts: 3,263
    edited March 2009
    metal83 wrote: »
    I have the RTi A7's. The bass during the movie was fantastic, and i'm not even using a sub yet.

    I'm running RTi70 mains, CSi40 center, RTi28 surrounds, with a SVS 20-39CS+ sub (dB12.3 woofer) and Buttkicker LFE running off of a Samson 1,000w rackmount amp. The bass was INSANE in Punisher: War Zone, and I was at like -15dB from reference.
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  • Sherardp
    Sherardp Posts: 8,038
    edited March 2009
    Just watched this on Blu last night. DTS sound track is insane, very good bass. My dual Plus/2's were slamming me in the chest. Movie was pretty good too.
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  • metal83
    metal83 Posts: 1,219
    edited March 2009
    Here's a review.

    http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/2065/punisherwarzone.html
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  • Early B.
    Early B. Posts: 7,900
    edited March 2009
    Great movie!!!!!

    Fantastic SQ and PQ, excellent hard core action flick. Best I've seen in a long time.
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited March 2009
    Worst I've seen in a long time. What a stupid movie. Some nice sound, but it was so bad that it was comical (IMO)
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  • max997
    max997 Posts: 33
    edited March 2009
    The Punisher: War Zone (2008) - Ray Stevenson

    will be watching this tonight
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  • AndyGwis
    AndyGwis Posts: 3,655
    edited March 2009
    I had high hopes for this movie, at least thought it would be better than the two previous attempts.

    Maybe I didn't play the game enough to truly enjoy the gratuitous violence, but it almost seemed like a parody of bad action movies at time. Terrible acting, terrible plot, totally over the top. Everyone's head exploded upon contact.

    I think I watched 45 minutes and then returned without finishing, and I typically will watch all of even the worst movies.

    Just my 2 cents, though. I probably like a bunch of movies that would make most people's "worst ever" list.
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited March 2009
    The new Punished movie sucked. Good heavens was it terrible.
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  • leroyjr1
    leroyjr1 Posts: 8,785
    edited March 2009
    Shizelbs wrote: »
    The new Punished movie sucked. Good heavens was it terrible.

    Took the words right out my mouth. It sucked big time
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  • Ron Temple
    Ron Temple Posts: 3,212
    edited March 2009
    There certainly wasn't much meat on this bone. Too bad, I really enjoy Ray Stevenson. If you guys ever watched the HBO series "Rome", he played Titus Pullo, a terrific character and a real badass. He's a very engaging actor, but this role, while he looked the part, was only 1.5 dimensional. Audio and picture quality were excellent and from what I gather, many of the scenes were lifted straight from the "hard" Punisher comics. However, the character really is too dark and stark to pull for and the revenge centric backstory has been done to death.

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  • Hardtail67
    Hardtail67 Posts: 52
    edited March 2009
    This took terrible to a new low. Very bad! I had high hopes too, because of the successful re-invention of the Hulk.

    One of the things that really made this hard to watch was the freakin' lighting. Every scene looked like it was shot in Spencers Gifts in the mall. Wierd blue, red, and gold lighting. Didn't work at all.:mad:
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited March 2009
    Ricardo wrote: »
    Worst I've seen in a long time. What a stupid movie. Some nice sound, but it was so bad that it was comical (IMO)

    Everytime I think of you Ricardo, **** music starts playing in the background.
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