Punisher: War Zone came out December 5th. I still haven't watched it yet, but here are some reviews of the movie that I found quite interesting. After watching these reviews, I'm a more interested in watching the movie. What did you guys think of the movie?
BSGcast Review
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[superherohype]
Because Avenger related news hasn't sizzled anything new, here's some news on another Marvel related movie. Two Punisher: War Zone posters have been spotted and they look really...plain and boring. A close up on a gun is always cool but the lack of color or explosions just make me disinterested. I have a feeling that this movie is going to be like Hitman, or The Transporter. Not nearly as good as Iron Man or the Incredible Hulk. But we'll just have to wait till December 5th and see. I don't know. It might just be the next Hard Boiled movie. ... Probably not.
[comingsoon.net]
It’s been a slow news weekend as far as Marvel movie news. Now that the Hulk hype has died down, the next two Marvel Studios movies are Punisher: War Zone (Dec. 5, 2008)and X-Men Origins: Wolverine (May 1, 2009). As far as I know, the characters in these movies are completely separate franchises and won’t have any connection to the Avenger Initiative or the Avengers movie.
Though I don’t expect any Iron Man cameos, but there may be some little Easter eggs lying around in the background of these movies; kind of like Captain America’s Shield in Iron Man. This claim is totally based on what I saw in the trailer for Punisher: War Zone so it’s just speculation. If it’s not true, please don’t hurt me.
Above is a screen shot from the Incredible Hulk featuring the blue super-soldier serum(the stuff that made Captain America). Below that are some similar blue canisters in a case from the Punisher: War Zone trailer. Are they the same? Is it just a coincidence? Is Marvel just reusing its props?
The Incredible Hulk made $54.5 million last weekend. It's not too shabby movie wise, but it's nothing compared to Iron Man's opening weekend gross of about $100.7 million. Maybe it's because Iron Man was the better movie or maybe people didn't like the first Hulk film so they decided to skip this one. Who knows, but it seems that Marvel Studios are now 2 for 2. We'll just have to see if their next movie, Punisher: War Zone (Dec 8, 2008) will be a hit even with it's 'R' rating. Below is the newly released trailer.
Just some release dates of Marvel superhero movies. They may or may not all be connected to the Avenger Initiative though I do hope Wolverine is. That would be sick.
* Punisher: War Zone (Lionsgate)- December 5, 2008
* X-Men Origins: Wolverine (Fox)- May 1, 2009
* Iron Man 2 - April 30, 2010
* Thor - June 4, 2010
* The First Avenger: Captain America - May 6, 2011
* The Avengers - July 2011
* Spider-Man 4 - Still in development
* Ant-Man - Writer/Director engaged
