Frank Castle is one of the major reasons Daredevil 2 is my favourite of the 7 Netflix seasons and he doesn’t disappoint here. His inherent violence and rage is constantly echoing through the show and it generally results in great action scenes or impressive sniper shots, but he has a lot more depth than you’d think. I really liked
The Defenders but I think The Punisher was the missing element that would make me love it. Similarly, I feel like this could have used just a little fantasy, although defeating magic with guns would have been stupid and uncreative. Hear that, 2016 onwards Batman? It’s a great crime thriller. It’s just barely Marvel and I would have at least liked The Punisher to have a ridiculous gun at one point. I guess the security cameras that pick up sound perfectly will have to do for the mystical itch.
Justice League had barely any justice in it,
Ragnarok was light on the Ragnarok for half the film, there was virtually no Homecoming in
Homecoming and
The Defenders took its sweet time defending but The Punisher is punishing the shit out of people within the first hour. Way to live up to your name, show. There are lulls but he’s always planning a punishment and that’s the main thing.
Frank and David’s frenemyship was great. Very
Hitman’s Bodyguard. I love characters that have to be stuck together but can’t help being dicks to each other. That sentence came off more homo-erotic than I intended but hell, I ship it.
A paser to the neck could lead to some problems. Eyes on the other hand get two thumbs down.
Head bomb, head bomb, you’re my head bomb…
The Punisher’s parenting technique – hold a knife to a young boy’s throat. 60% of the time, it works every time.
Jigsaw is a creepy son of a bitch. Killing your girlfriend’s partner then bathing the blood off her like you’re a good person? Get real, you deluded bastard.
There’s just enough of the PTSD there, so that it serves the story and works as a heightened metaphor (well, it’s from actual war thus 1=1, so it’s more of a… is ‘phor’ a word by itself?) without it becoming a sermon or whatever.
There should be a PSA about tossing people off construction sites and drowning them in cement. Someone could get hurt.
The bulletproof window moment was both tense and funny. Cool trick to pull off.
Literally everything from this point forward:
Man, gifs take a while to make with Australian internet.“Where does one find dead Marines these days? Because he’s not on Facebook or Tinder. I already checked.”
“His name is Lewis and he drives a cab. Can you find him on there?”