Netflix: This violent and little-known Marvel film enters the Top 10

The indestructible “Punisher”

For superhero cinema, 2008 is a fundamental year, with the inauguration of the MCU and a first film, Iron Manwhich will open a glorious decade for Marvel Studiospurchased by Disney in 2009. The success of this first MCU film will be followed by others, many others, so much so that everything that Marvel was able to produce and distribute first as a film will gradually fade into the background in the collective memory.

This is the case of The Punisherthe 2004 film with Thomas Jane, and even more so its reboot The Punisher: Warzone, released in 2008 in U.S. theaters and starring Ray Stevenson in the title role. This arrived discreetly November 15th on Netflix and, surprise, it settled into the The 10 best films in France.

Surprise, because when it came out in 2008, The Punisher: Warzone set a sad record. On a $35 million budget, it just makes money 10 million worldwide box office receipts…Worst performance for a film adapted from Marvel Comics. But really, Ray Stevenson’s performance, he had the difficult task of replacing Thomas Jane, much appreciated, is more than honorable. And alongside him Dominic West does the job in the role of the main antagonist: Puzzle. If audiences avoided this reboot upon its release, it seems to have found a second wind on Netflix, 15 years later.

What is he talking about?

The story of The Punisher: Warzonedirected by Lexi Alexander and written by Art Marcum, Matt Holloway, Kurt Sutter and Nick Santora, is as follows:

During his bloody crusade against organized crime, vigilante Frank Castle – aka The Punisher – disfigures and leaves for dead the Godfather of the underworld Billy Russoti. From that moment on, the latter foments a terrible revenge against Castle. Under the new alias Jigsaw, the criminal recruits a veritable army of bloodthirsty henchmen. The Punisher leaves again on a crusade…

Self The Punisher: Warzone Visually it looks a little dated, however it is still a pleasure to look at the violent and brutal Frank Castle kills his enemies with all his might, still full of anger and an unquenchable thirst for revenge after the murder of his family. It is also an opportunity to see the actor Ray Stevenson again in his works, unfortunately passed away in May 2023. This is enjoying great posthumous popularity today, with the Star Wars series Ahsokain which he plays one of the main roles.

Source: Cine Serie

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