Dolph Lundgren VS ninjas, geishas, and crippling depression | So Bad It's Good 257 - The Punisher
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Dolph Lundgren returns to SBIG to punish ninjas, geishas, and our livers. Fun, dumb, and annoyingly depressed, this version of The Punisher is an interesting time.
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this is a great movie, that fight with the blonde girl ninja is awesome
@@MariuszMroczek-dd7ku and don't worry about the vase 😉
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It was the '80s. OF COURSE there were ninjas! Ninjas were everywhere in the '80s, I myself barely survived the ninjapocalypse.
I had serious intentions of growing up to be a ninja, as they were widely feared and venerated
I can't believe any of us made it out of the 80s. The ninjas almost got us all.
If it weren't for the imports stores in the mall keeping us supplied with throwing stars and nunchucks, we never would've made it.
@@JasonBrant Funny thing though, I never saw a ninja Halloween costume in the '80s. Bear in mind kids still went trick-or-treating at night without their parents back then.
You guys didn't have traps? They were just those live traps only bigger. Snickers bars, California Rolls anything will lure them right in.
Now you can't actually release an angry ninja, so we just threw the trap in the lake and come back for it a couple days later.
Not an 80s action flick unless the protagonist heals himself with a hot knife
So true.
Rambo 3 had something even more nuts.
@@gzz8551
Was Dolph in that, too?
@@joelspringman523 No he was making Red Scorpion instead.
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I'll bet he didn't emote much in that one, either.
He's stealing the bus so he can transport all the kids at once.
And it's S.T.E.A.L.-ing
Strategically
Transferring
Equipment to an
Alternate
Location.
🤣
@@JasonBrant Also, the villains had the ambulance looking/dog kennel trucks since they were going to sell the kids off as slaves.
I said this before, but living in the New York of the Marvel universe must be a living hell. EVERY day is 911.
Much like the NYC of today come to think about it.
@@dr.burtgummerfan439No, maybe the New York of leaded gasoline days.
Doesn't seem like a good time.
As a tourist I love New York, but it seems every car horn goes off every 10 seconds by law for no reason. Total gridlock and everyone seems to think blaring the horn will do something..
@@clockworkorangecassidy1114
That city is just too densely populated for cars...
As a product of the Cannon era of revenge films, I'd be shocked if they didn't try with Punisher.
The one thing they nailed with him here was the notion of the kid having a chance to kill Castle and be up for it. Then the line about "grow up to be a good man" is true to the character.
They also lifted it directly out of Punisher’s “Circle of Blood” arc. Good stuff.
This movie had several flaws in the writing, but the tone was absolutely spot on to the late 80s and early 90s comics. I'll always respect it for that.
The lack of a skull shirt was unforgivable, but this was a decent 80's action flick. Dolph and Ray Stevenson(RIP)were the two most physically intimidating actors to play Frank Castle.
They still made comic book movies as though they were embarrassed to. Except Tim burton
Yeah, where was the skull?
@@JasonBrantThe director said in Comics Scene Magazine that he didn't want the skull because it would look to much like a comic book.
I thought I had read they didn't have the rights to the infamous skull symbol many many years ago, but perhaps I'm wrong.
Oddly, Dolph doesn't look so huge in this - he looks lean and hard, like a climber more than a bodybuilder. Ray Stevenson looked like a human tank - not graceful, but solid and heavy and frankly mentally unstable. He looks like someone who thinks about nothing other than GETTING YOU. The scene where he fixes his own broken nose by ramming a pencil up it is badass.
5:15 Guy on the right is the main bad guy in The Living Daylights (Koskov) and The Fugitive (Dr Charles Nichols).
Took me a bit, but I got it.
He switched the samples!
This was shot in Australia, the coney island scenes were shot in an old amusement park called Luna Park
Cool I'm Australian and didn't know that
Yeah, the houses in the background are McMahons Point in Sydney.
My favorite Dolph Lundgren story is that a guy once broke into his house and as he was looking for things to steal, he saw pictures of Dolph and his family and left without taking anything and it was all caught on security camera. Not sure if that's a true story but I want it to be so badly. 😂
Three guys, actually
1) Female ninja are known as "kunoichi," FWIW.
2) There's a rumor that the reason for all of the ninja in the movie is that Frank Miller (who was on a serious ninja kick at the time) had written the original script but it was rejected and morphed into Robocop 3 (the one with the cyber-ninja). However, certain elements from that supposed script were kept, most notably the ninja.
The Punisher '89 > The entire Marvel Cinematic Universe. This movie is so fuckin' awesome and for me King Dolph was the best Punisher. I also really liked the story with this underworld showdown between the mafia and the yakuza.
Some interesting facts: the filmmakers didn't skip the origin story, they just cut it out. There are several cut scenes from the beginning of the film that can be found on youtube.
The other thing is Dolph's weird "beard". The filmmakers left out the character's iconic skull t-shirt, which they tried to offset by applying such strange black makeup to Lundgren's face and around his eyes to create the effect of a skull.
I put and Blade as well.
Cool, but if the beard thing was to make his face more skull like they totally failed, it just looks super weird.
@@markgrehan3726 I also think it's a little strange, but it didn't bother me so much, because Dolph is awesome in the role.
As goofy and over the top as it is, the Ray Stevens Punisher movie is the one that got the character the closest. Bernthal is great in the role, but they softened it so much making it about military conspiracies and revenge instead of basically being Death Wish 1 on steroids.
War Zone was diminished by all the goofy stuff they tried to put in, but you're right that Ray absolutely knocked the role out of the park. I also really liked what Jane brought to the role.
Yeah, Bernthal was allowed to play the character the best, but I definitely agree they screwed it all up with the military crap.
@@johnsanko4136Bernthal said Jane's performance in the 2012 ten-minute fan-film Dirty Laundry was an influence on his own version of the Punisher as well. I like that. :)
I agree but thats not as realistic
@@JCole78 They had to change the background for Frank, it the earlier comics he is a Vietnam Vet. Which would make him over 60 in the 2000s. They adjusted some later comics also into the Afghanistan/irak war background. The second punisher movie with Jane was in my opinion the best background they could had come up with. Undercover cop with a military past. But they could had done so much more with that movie. Instead Travolta's Ego played a big part in it. I still hope they make a proper r-rated Punisher movie without any influence of other superheroes in the Marvel Universe. But I doubt they have the balls or proper actor for it.
R.I.P. Louis Gossett Jr., who just passed a few days ago as I watch this for the first time.
I mean, their parents may be filthy gangsters, but they’re still just kids. The punisher is not a TOTAL monster
The Punisher has done pretty horrific stuff in the comics. In at least one iteration he wiped out all of humanity.
@@JCole78 which version was that? I know of The Punisher Kills the Marvel Universe but he just kills heroes and villains in that.
@@carn9507 also, wasn’t it like a zombie apocalypse or something like that?
@jole78 The one you are referring to is Punisher The End. @briancoulombe4517 The one you were referring to was called (if I remember correctly) marvel universe vs the punisher. In that a virus breaks out and infects most of the world and the punisher is immune and hunts them down.
There is also the first version of marvel vs punisher where a group old rich people tricks Punisher that heroes are villians and he goes after heroes the ending is pretty good won't spoil if you find it and want to read that comics.
The crossfire ambush is what Sean Bean proposed in Ronin that got him kicked off the heist.
He got the idea from this movie.
On the Umbrella blu ray there's a workprint cut which gives the Punisher it's origin story & his friendship with his partner it's definitely worth watching as it adds more backstory & relationships with the characters.
Huge Dolph fan I highly recommend Sweepers, The Joshua Tree & Brudge Of Dragons.
Jesus Jason! That shirt is assaulting my childhood!
You're welcome.
I liked it. 🤷♂
Lundgrens first on screen appearance was across from christopher walken in a view to a kill. No lines, just a kgb henchman.
Gotta check that out.
Wasn't he a Russian bodyguard in a James Bond movie with Roger Moore, in 1 scene, without any talking?
🤔 Oh, wait, we might talk about the same thing... 😂
@@eldritchmorgasm4018
He was grace jones' boyfriend so she got him that gig, its the scene where she picks up the other bodyguard and holds him over her head. I have the commentary bonus and roger moore was so embarrassed about how old he was in it and how he didnt like working across actresses young enough to be his granddaughters, and he said he didnt do any other action stuff because they wouldn't spend the money to make him look good. So his self awareness and humility makes his movies even better for me. He always had fun and played pranks on the egomaniacs. And christopher walken's dingbat pycho villian makes it worth a rewatch, enjoy!
1985...huh, the same year he hardly said anything in Rocky 4 :)
Just saw the German trailer for The Last Kumite today
and my head almost Scannered from sheer anticipation.
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@JasonBrant another stupid reaction from this guy
Even in this shape, Dolph Lundgren would make onion latkes out of Segall.
Legend has it if you drink a concoction of Dolphin Lundgren’s sweat, tomato juice, and mint, it would still taste better than Magic Spoon.
Magic Spoon is great. As is Lundgren's sweat.
@JasonBrant that guy in the deodorant commercial doesn't seem to enjoy Dolph's sweat very much
Dolph plays Punisher, as a totally burned out and depressed wreck, which is fitting, considering all the shit his character gone through.
As someone who has been living with depression, that's what you can become. Basically zero emotions, as you just don't have the energy to give a fuck anymore.
So Dolph does a good job in the role.
Brilliantly said 👍
Exactly.
Have you considered going vigilante mode vs some organized crime syndicates? Seems to work for Frank.
Castle might be depressed but he is also filled with a burning need for justice, that's his new purpose in live, so he's a little more lively than Dolph in this film if only by a touch.
In a way, yes. But the conflict and action beats are just dull as all hell in this one and not the least bit exciting to watch. Something the later iterations would at least surpass this film on that front (outside of their own creative issues and liberties taken in those adaptations).
Damn, saying Hewlett-Packard caused Brian's body to realize how long ago that was, and he instantly developed old man voice!
23:12 They were shooting at angles, not directly at each other. The bad guys weren't right in front of where the bullets tore through.
Dude, I'm one of those 4 people that LOVED _Hobo with A Shotgun._ Obviously it wasn't some kind of cinema masterpiece or anything, but it was genuinely fun, funny, over-the-top, and gratifying. It was also ridiculous, had a paper-thin plot, and was so over-the-top with everything that I could see how people were put off by it.
It reminded me of "Would You Rather" and "Death Wish" since it was really in the same kind of vein. In fact, I'd actually like to see y'all do an episode of "Would You Rather."
Make it 5, I genuinely enjoyed that movie so much lol it's campy and over the top but the reverend villain was so entertaining, the Rob Wells cameo at the beginning, the fact that it's Canadian, the ridiculous prep/jock character was so bad, but easy to dislike. It's not a great movie by any means but there's alot to like
Better make it 6. I knew what it was and enjoyed the hell out of it. The movie was definitely so bad its good and Rutger Hauer made it gold.
I worked in the building where the Yakuza meetings were held, the same year the movie was released. If you watch any of the external shots they won’t show the top of the building because it had Qantas signage. The building is still there, and even though there are some cosmetic changes at the front it’s still easily recognisable.
Before all the Marvel nonsense I used to think this film was THE comic book movie ! Say what you like, Dolph does a damn fine job in my opinion 🙂 Great watch guys 🙂
The makeup was supposed to make Castle's face look like a skull. That and the skull headed knives were supposed to be this movie's version of the Punisher's symbol. The director thought at the time having the skull on the chest was too comic bookish. He said later this was a mistake and they should done it to help with marketing. One last thing, the tie in comic from Marvel did have Castle spray paint a skull on his shirt before the final battle.
I was tripped by a ninja once. I never saw it coming.
That terrible stubble they tried to put on him goes right to his cheek bones. I think that's why he looks so sickly, since it's highlighting them more.
Dolph Lundgren is swedish and an action star, two categories not known for their emoting and when combined you get this^^
Also he does look like he's on zoloft.
I have this on VHS somewhere. Watched it multiple times, but had to fast forward through the painfully bad child actors.
They weren’t necessarily shooting at each other in the paper Yakuza hallways. When you clear a hallway that’s wide enough, you pull “cross-coverage,” meaning the guy on the right side is covering to the left and the guy on the left is covering to the right to cover doors and hallway intersections. That requires scanning and shooting 45° to your left or right as you walk down the hallway. The muzzle direction from the two guys on opposite side of the hallways looks like an X.
In a paper hallway, you could hit the hallway in the same fashion from outside the hallway: Be on opposite sides, but shooting forward across the hallway at 45° for an intersecting field-of-fire that doesn’t cross into your homeboy across the hall.
That’s what that hallway shooting looked like to me.
👍 exactly....
It's been a long, long time since I've seen this, but the "Where is Justice" soliloquy stands out, mainly because the NYHC band Biohazard used it in full as the opening to their song Punishment, which put them on the map around the time this came out.
"Dylan, you earworming Sonoma beech"
I think that's how the quote goes lol
Punisher with a m60 is all i wanted to see as a kid and this movie delivered back then : D
I remember loving this movie back when it came out. Now I still love it, but for all the wrong reasons. I think that "beard" was an ill-fated attemp to make him look unkempt, but it made him look sickly.
As for the performance, remember: by the time He-Man came out, Lundgren didn't speak english and had to learn most of his lines phonetically. This is only 2 years later.
My favourite bits were when Dolph turned someone's skull into panko with a pipe and the swiss army ugg boots.
Good job saving it on the fugitive. He was also a bond villian in the living daylights, one of the best james bond movies ever. I think license to kill would be sbig eligible due to the violence and robert davi as the villian, also there were some ninjas and a ninjette, oh and wayne newton too.
Don't forget deuce bigalow European gigolow
Took me a long time to remember that one.
He was also Satan in the 1999 "Jesus" TV movie (with Jeremy Sisto of all people as Jesus). One of my favorite character actors 😊
I like this one. I prefer the workprint as it has a fair bit of back story for Frank and his partner. As well as his origin.
You see him switch between Punisher and the dad Frank (in the cut material) when he saves the kids.
The skull is absent from the shirt, but they attempted to use his face made up to resemble one.
And the ‘worm helping a fisherman’ line seems obvious. But that’s just me.
This is MY Punisher movie. I don't even want to see the newer ones. Dolph Lundgren will forever be MY Frank Castle.
Criminally underrated. I remember watching this on like UPN growing up. I also found a DVD copy of it years ago and have spread the good word to many friends about Dolph Lundgrens Punisher lol😊
I so want you guys to watch ALL the Punisher films. They're all hilarious in their own way.
The Thomas Jayne one is the worst. I've said it before and I'll say it again, the Punisher is not some elaborate revenge schemer like the Count of Monte Cristo. They completely misunderstood the character so fundamentally I'm surprised they don't get called on it more often. The movie's only good thing is the absolutely awesome take on the Punisher logo.
I actually loved the Thomas Jane one, doesn't beat the original but I loved it! lol. That fight scene with him and the Russian was gold imo, but it kinda did feel like a B-movie at parts, I get it!
Eh, the Thomas Jane version was largely based on the Garth Ennis 'Welcome Back, Frank' storyline. And I find it the most enjoyable of the attempts so far. Plus Jane did a great voiceover in the rather good 2004 video game too.
@@carn9507its not great but it’s light years ahead of this turd. I can’t believe anyone likes this version at all. I was a kid when it came out and even as a child I could feel how absolutely garbage this movie was. There’s just nothing good about it.
I’ll be honest with you. I love this one in its own cheesy way. I also love punisher Warzone. That one is brutal.
Also... Thomas Jane starred in a 10 minute Punisher fan-film titled Dirty Laundry (with Ron Perlman) that is pretty violent and fun too. :) Also Jon Bernthal stated that was one of his inspirations for his performance too.
Dolph concentrated on mainly martial arts for this film. The two Japanese bodyguard at the were actual full contact karate champs from japan who spoke no English
I loved this movie .
“Who sent you”
“Batman” 😂😂😂
"It's the '80's"
"That's your answer to everything."
He's not wrong though.
Exactly.
@@JasonBrant It's funny....I was thinking of Beastmaster 2, thinking it was an 80's movie, but it was a 91 sequel to a 82 movie, lol, that looked like it was shot in the 80's still. Bad plot, terrible compared to the first...only two good things. Wings Hauser plays the over the top villain. And Sarah Douglas, Ursa from Superman 2, doesn't get naked, but shows massive cleavage for a lot of the movie.
Finally... this is the only punisher film ill acknowledge, Thomas Jane could never 😂
Dolph's face was carved by the gods themselves... sly stallone confirmed it. Also so glad to finally see this legendary piece on your channel.
I loved this movie when I was a kid.
5:10 - the guy in the light gray suit was played by Jeroen Krabbe, who was the bad guy in The Fugitive (1993), opposite Harrison Ford
Horribly underused actor the guy CAN act if he's let loose. He's got a great face, both for the villain and the hero. Him in UniSol is one of THE best villains in film history.
One of my favorite old school low budget Cablevision comic movies! Yes, 10 Dolph Lundgren butt cheeks out 10!
Could see some ballsack too. Didn't notice it until editing.
The posters were up and the trailers aired in 1989, but this movie never made it to US theaters. Apparently, it was shelved as multiple parties claimed distribution rights. It was finally released on VHS a year later and was the number one rental the month it premiered.
I actually defend Dolph Lundgren's performance as he's playing him burned out, depressed and suicidal, and I get it that such kinda goes against the Cannon nature of the 80s Action, but this movie is awesome. It's a genuinely well made fun Bad Movie like America Ninja and Revenge Of The Ninja, perfect triple bill in my opinion. Unfortunately Lundgren and Gossett Jr's second team up Cover-Up is a total misfire. Indeed, that it's sandwiched between This, I Come In Peace,Red Scorpion, Showdown In Little Tokyo, Universal Soldier and Army Of One doesn't help its cause.
I remember renting this at Blockbuster while hanging out with friends as a kid. I had gotten into The Punisher comics and was excited about the movie. We ended up laughing at the insane plot and my main memory is Dolph Lundgren driving through sewers on his motorcycle.
The punisher might just be the most appropriate character for a Golan Globus movie
For real.
@@JasonBrantThe really cool alternate reality to ours, Golan and Globus made Spiderman with Michael 'American Ninja ' Dudikoff directed by Invasion USA's Joseph Zito. )Which was the plan before Cannon went down) literally would've been the greatest double bill with this.
This movie is the best punisher movie made so far. Saw it as a kid (prob shouldn’t have) and loved it! Still watch it once or twice a year. Then again I also loved Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat, so maybe I’m not the best judge here haha.
I think the beard comes out the same spray can as Seagals' Hair line
“That ninja’s going to be real upset you assumed her gender” - best line on the internet today.
“Christopher Lambert was the original choice for the role of Frank Castle. But an ankle injury forced him to withdraw. Steven Seagal was interested in playing the role. […] In 1989, Dolph Lundgren revealed that he was trying something different and he liked the Punisher.”
I'm thinking the 2nd explosives survived the first explosives also. If each explosive was out of each others detonation range when detonation occurred, then yes. The 2nd explosion can survive the first one. But if the explosives were overlapping in their detonation ranges, the first explosives will set off the 2nd explosives, thus creating just one large explosion and defeating the purpose of having the explosives planted to go off in a certain timely order.
Dolphin Lundgren, Aquapunisher we never got.
🤣
"If he drowns, he drowns"
😂😂😂😂
I remember seeing this back in the days and thinking Dolph really looks bored all the time but that’s probably him trying to be seriously stoic. Punisher doesn’t really work unless it’s obvious how broken he is inside only held together by his immense hatred and quest for vengance
The movie was shot in Australia.
Absolutely gotta love all the Hip fire weaponry with that exact facial expression that was used widely in the 70-90s action flicks.
the drunk guy who help's the punisher with info speaks in rhymes
Even in the new zoomer managements version of Capcom, someone was a big enough fan of the Dolph Lundgren Punisher movie that in the Resident Evil 2 REmake the final upgrade handgun kit for the desert eagle is a giant Desert Eagle from The Punisher with the red dot sight from The Terminator.
Fun fact: Luna Park in Sydney, Australia stood in for Coney Island. That wheel thing he fights the dude on is still there and functional.
Apparently the weird car/truck thing hit by the bus was a Ford F-100 Ambulance.
@23:53 How'd you know there was a guy in there? "Dhere'z uhlveyz agai in dere!!"
Glad you enjoyed this piece of 80s cheese! I think Dolph did a decent job as Punisher, a depressed man with a deathwish version, but still decent in my opinion. This was filmed in Sydney, Australia and released same year as Tim Burton's "Batman" with Michael Keaton. It hits all the points of an 80's action flick with a surprisingly lean Dolph and another great performance from Louis Gossett Jr. Hope you enjoy the other film I sent with this one!
-Scott
The second explosives surviving the first makes complete sense.
Actual explosives don't just blow up when lit on fire(though they may burn up). They have to reach a certain temp which won't automatically happen if eg a grenade or something goes off.
Of course it's 'movie-convenient' that there's two sets of explosions that look the same but it's not ridiculous.
Thank you for taking the time to watch one of my favourite Dolph Lundgren movies! You guys are awesome. 🙂
In the comic books he had a dude who built all his gadgets and maintained and improved upon his arsenal. And the punisher would conduct thorough surveillance where necessary, so 4 hours is not a stretch. Just a coupla tidbits. Enjoy the channel, thanks.
"Fortunately, they were only going 2 mph so OH HE'S NOT OKAY."
Not the most dynamic Dolph performance, but he still did plenty of damage. I agree that the thought of being punched in the face by him is horrific. xD
This was a pretty rough adaptation of the Punsisher. But, as an 80’s action flick, it kind of rocked. I’d put Lundgren’s take on Frank Castle against Thomas Janes and Ray Stevenson’s versions, in a fight to the death, at the same time. Dude was a total beast.
Say what you want about this movie, but Lady Tanaka was a badass villain; her plan to eliminate her competition was COLD. BLOODED.
Also it's always a good thing to cast Jereon Krabbe.
Thomas Jane will forever be my punisher, The movie was awesome and the game completed that story
Dolph's face looks like a skull that's why he's so skinny, his stubble is cut a certain way, and he's pale as hell. They didn't have the rights to the Punisher skull logo somehow, that's why his face looks like a skull and the custom knife handle.
I'll rewatch this one over that Thomas Jane abortion anyday. For me, the best screen "Punisher" is Frank Grillo in one of the Purge sequels. I'll get me coat ....
"That's like a ninja star ball" is a keeper if you collect out of context clips for your show.
Christopher Lambert was supposed to play the punisher but broke his ankle so they got Dolph.
great, one can talk, the other can't see... *snickers*
This was the 80s when villains were all mobster drug dealing ninjas with fantastical weapons and heroes were kid friendly gun toting muscle men.
Also I guess the beard and eye makeup was supposed to give his face the look of a skull like the punisher logo. The director refused to use the iconic skull logo bc it would “look too silly and comic booky”
You can always soften up your friends by showing them a Tom Cruise version of Reacher, first. It’ll make the Stallone-voiced Dredd-Punisher seem like the ultimate casting.
hahahah as small as Tom Cruise Reacher is- they need a milk crate for him to 'reach' anybody
The 1989 Punisher is awesome! I had a bootleg VHS or the workprint and then the VHS, DVD and the Blu-Ray. I need it in 4K.
"That sewer thing was familiar. I've definitely seen this. For some reason that shot I remembered."
That bodes well for this movie. The only thing you remember is going through the sewers like sh!t.
haha
I've been avoiding this movie since the first time I saw it on a video store shelf. Thank you for watching it for me.
I just watched The Punisher two days ago (still have my copy from the 90s) and I still love it to this day. I even have the comic book adaptation of it. Seriously, this was probably the best Marvel film at the time until Blade came out.
Since you saw this and Fantastic Four, you all should watch the Captain America film from 1990 (which I have on Laserdisc).
Jeroen Krabbé who plays the mob boss was also one of the Bond villains in The Living Daylights.
The big baddie is also the big baddie in Deuce Bigalow 2 European Giggalow. The best role of his career.
Another movie who fits perfectly to SBIG with Louis Gossett Jr. is "Firewalker", with him and Chuck Norris. Is a Cannon movie.
Thank you for the video. Always had a soft spot for comic books' anti-heroes like Punisher and Lobo. This movie scores high on my nostalgia-meter.
Dolph didn't speak English well so they restricted his dialouge. It comes across as strung out as opposed to depressed.
Also the mute ninja chick was adopted. They mention it in tye info dump about yakuza
Did you know that in Tom Jane's punisher there was a prop knife mix-up, and he actually stabbed the Russian. His reaction to being stabbed was so nonchalant, they actually kept it in the movie. The look of dread on Tom Jane's is priceless.
I love how you frame this as a Thomas Jane story, when it’s really a Kevin Nash story.
@@Russelshackleford what? Was that the Russians real name? Either way, that dudes a beast.
@@DansBuddhaBodega yeah, he’s a famous pro wrestler and also an actor.
then in 'John Wick', Keanu Reeves gives Kevin Nash the night off...so it works out :)
Cheers from Australia, gang. Love your work, although I have to elevate early Seagal to at least B grade. Hard to Kill, Marked for Death (Keith David!), Out for Justice (William Forsyth!), we’re great.
I literally jump for joy when a new episode comes out. Thank you guys for being a bright spot.
Dolph is playing punisher from the time this movie came out, who was basically a burnt out shell of a man and just fighting the mob because he's punishing himself for not being able to protect his family. he's not supposed to be angry. in that light he plays this punisher pretty well: tired and aimless. the issue with the kids brings a little of his inner dad back to the surface.
Soooo close to 100k. Looking forward to you getting there.
Just a little backgound on Dolph and the movie's release. Some of this information may have been mentioned in previous comments, so I apologize if I am duplicating any posts.
Dolph was having a bit of a rough patch after "Masters of the Universe". His film just before "The Punisher" was "Red Scorpion". That film was meant to be his breakout role in adult action films. However, it went way over budget, had sketchy funding, and was barely released in the US. After "The Punisher", Dolph made "I Come in Peace" but "The Punisher" was still in distribution limbo while "I Come in Peace" was having its own distributor problems.
Dolph's gaunt appearance and low energy was probably due him losing 25 pounds for the role and staying up through the night before shooting his dialogue scenes. In one interview, Dolph mentioned that the latter half of the film was shot first with his downbeat appearance. Then they planned to shoot the beginning of the film with him looking healthy and tanned.
New World Pictures, the owner of Marvel at the time, was in bad financial shape. The film was originally planned to made in Seattle but New World signed a deal with the Australian government to open a film studio in Sydney, so the production was moved there. You can still find references to Seattle in the movie. The producers wanted the film to be "more realistic", so they did away with some of The Punisher's features from the comic. The film cost about 15 million to make.
Just before "The Punisher" was set to be released, New World Pictures was sold but the purchasing company was not interested in the movie business, only the TV production side. Four movies were shelved while waiting for new distributors: "Meet the Applegates", "Warlock", and two comic films... "Brenda Starr" and "The Punisher". The rest of the world saw "The Punisher" in 1990 but it only received a single screening in L.A. before being released here on video in 1991.
You had one job Brian!!! How did you not know what the green truck/van thing was? Your the expert! 😜😜 Great vid as always Gents 😁👍👍