Oh, I was warned

[trinityvixen]

But I wasn't able to really know how great the Dolph Lundgren version of The Punisher was until I watched it.

Holy shit, this should be mandatory viewing for everyone on the planet. I laughed, I cried, I flinched! (Okay, so, only that last one at the naked Dolph ass, but still!) I think The Punisher: War Zone, Titus Pullo or no Titus Pullo, is going to be hard-pressed to top this one. It's so bad, it's the best thing I've seen in an age.

Man, I should have watched the sucky-ass Thomas Jane Punisher movie first. Because I swear this is the best thing ever, and nothing is ever going to compare. Not fucking ever. Oh my stars.

Comments

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

No, no, those are just the best things that Dolph does. The best thing in the whole movie is when the ninja KICKS OFF THE GUY'S HAND. BEST THING EVER.

[droidguy1119.livejournal.com]

Well, I haven't seen it for a long time, so I don't remember that. I'm surprised Lionsgate hasn't rolled out a Special Edition DVD yet, as there's a director's cut available in the UK I believe.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

It might still be a rights issue. There was something I was reading about how they couldn't release it in the States when it was in theaters.

Then again, it's equally likely that this is a TASTE issue, though why we can't have this but my family owns fucking Van Helsing, I'll never understand.

And, yes, a ninja kicked a guy's hand off. Maybe with the aid of the ninja boot knife, but I just saw boot-hand-stump. I'll have to rewatch to be sure.

[droidguy1119.livejournal.com]

The fact that there are ninjas at all is almost awesome enough. I remember a lot of exposition from The Fugitive's Dr. Traitor Friend in a room with a bunch of statues, and the stuff I mentioned above. Also I remember The Punisher going into a house that blows up literally like five seconds later as an escape route, and I remember Louis Gossett, Jr. yelling "FRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANK" at the end when The Punisher vanishes.