Synopsis:

After his wife and family are killed, G-Man Frank Castle takes it upon himself to distribute punishment to those responsible for the vendetta.

Intentions:

The Punisher character is dark story of revenge and murder and while the film remains faithful to it’s source material for me a lot of this didn’t work. Working from the extended cut in which the character Jimmy Weeks played a more important role, I removed other elements of the film focusing purely on Frank Castles lust for revenge.

Change List:

Key Cuts Removed the Frank Castle’s annoying neighbours and proposed love interest between Frank and Joan Removed Frank confronting his boss in front of media Family massacre scene cut so it’s just Frank’s wife, son and parents killed Removed Punisher logo in flames after the car lot explodes Removed Russian fight scene Removed Witch Doctor character Removed Popsicle from torture scene and Mickeys voice over. Continuity error removed scene during funeral. Travolta is seen with shades then without Roy Scheider speech at the party about both family’s being together Removed Frank and wife on beach having conversion as i felt it was to sloppy removed lame joke about Livia taking a train and Quentin been wrapped up in something after Howard had just killed them Removed continuity error of Howard on fire then not during end.

Additional Notes:

The 2004 Punisher movie had two of the worst characters in Spacker Dave (Ben Foster) and Bumpo (John Pinette). They were too stereotypical and brought unnecessary humour to film about revenge. They appear briefly in the cafe scene but have no other involvement. The character of Joan has also been removed and in doing so I’ve removed the proposed love interest between her and Frank. I didn’t like the idea that Frank could find love so soon after losing his wife. The film also has this morale tale that Frank could be a normal person if he choice’s to be. I wanted a Punisher movie were the main character had been tipped so far over the edge that they was just no way back for him. Because of the removal of Frank’s neighbours the Russian fight scene also had to be removed. It takes away a lot of the violence to the film but for me the fight was too cartoony. plus if Howard Saint knew were Frank was living to send the Russian then why not just send 20 of his men with guns (he did it before) Also removed is the scene were Frank relives himself to the media. He asks why no one has been arrested for killing his family then starts killing everyone connected and the police don’t do anything? The family massacre scene has been trimmed and is no longer two family’s that are being wiped out. The popsicle from torture scene has been removed along with Mickeys voice over. It makes Frank Castle character a lot more darker and shows the lengths in which he’ll go to the truth.

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