Lexi Alexander Wants You to Know that Punisher: War Zone Contains Violence, No Dialogue

Posted by Neil Miller (neil@filmschoolrejects.com) on October 13, 2008

Punisher: War Zone

After the first trailer contained Ray Stevenson delivering the horrendous line, “Sometimes I’d like to get my hands on God,” it is clear that Lionsgate would like us to forget that Punisher: War Zone contains any dialogue at all, and remember only that it is going to be ultra-violent. Since said trailer astounded us with its B-movie one-liners, we have seen nothing but unbridled action — a hardcore, bullet-filled music video from Comic-Con and now the video seen below, a short clip from the film complete with an introduction from the film’s reclusive director Lexi Alexander. Once believed to be in a custody battle of sorts over the final cut of the film, Alexander appears to be in the edit bay, working diligently to get the film’s final cut finished for its December 5th release.

For more, check out the video clip below.

Now, I am not going to speculate as to why Lexi Alexander needed to introduce this clip, but if you have been following along with all of the rumors and hearsay going on around the web, you are aware that some damage control was probably in order. As of now, everyone involved in the project is standing together as if to imply that nothing was ever really wrong in the first place. In fact, when our own Cole Abaius caught up with producer Gale Ann Hurd last week, she was very tight-lipped about Punisher, showing little interest in commenting on the rumors. None of this, however, says anything about the quality of the film — in fact, not even the clip gives us any idea what to expect. Except for bullets, there will be plenty of bullets.

For more, including a blitz of sound effects, check out the film’s very loud official website PunisherWarZoneMovie.com


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  • big K
    Every attempt at The Punisher on film makes me think of William Hurt's line in "A History Of Violence": "How do you fu*k THAT up?"

    What Hollywood is trying to tell us is that a giant, green CGI monster, a man with spider powers, a guy in a metal suit and a dude dressed up like a flying rodent are all easier to convey onscreen than a non-powered Special Forces soldier with a buttload of guns exacting vengeance on the people who killed his family.

    You mean to tell me in the age of the blockbuster NO ONE has the ability in Hollywood to take that and make an awesome Punisher movie? Y'know, one not filmed on the "mean streets" of Tampa?

    Hell, Charles Bronson is the reason there is a Punisher, and "DeathWish" was made for bus fare!
  • Never fear, Big K...this is going to be The Punisher of your dreams.

    And, hey! Neil! Check this out. You may not like it, but it's straight from Frank Castle's mouth.

    http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u235/NomadsP...

    Nomad
  • Looks ok, but his moves are still too flashy to be the Punisher. Castle is not a running, sliding, fancy kind of guy. He's a smart kind of killer. That grenade launcher scene is kind of BS too, considering no Grenade would arm that fast and that blast probably would have killed him as well. Then again, it is a Punisher flick.

    The jury is still out.
  • Doesn't Frank ram his gun through the door or the wall and shoot the grenade from the next room with the wall between him and the blast? I think so.
  • Mladen
    In the mid-shots, with that hair, I thought he looked a lot like Steven Seagal...
    Not sure what to think of this movie. Didn't this whole genre get done to death in the 80s?
  • router
    Whaaaaat?!?!?!?!?!?
  • Told you, Max Payne is gonna blow Punisher: War Zone out of the water.
  • Mladen
    too soon for a reboot/sequel then?
  • Blade16707
    Theres nothing better than watching The Punisher do what he does best.I am so hyped to see this movie.I mean the REAL Punisher.I've been following The Punisher since I was a kid and I can honestly say that they've finally gotten it right this time,unlike the gay ass version back in 04'.I'm glad that their bringing back the violent 80's style of film making, because I think that people are pretty tired of all that Matrix shit.And to Rober Fure your complaining about how The Punisher is being to flashy?Dude are you serious?Which would you prefer:a guy who tortures people with popsickles,and takes photos of gay guys(hint 2004 version) or a straight up killing machine that fucks people up?
  • Bugs
    Yeah, Blade!
    Castle's a methodical and strategic killer. But a hardcore, grenade-launchin' killer he remains.
    Too flashy? Yes. The spinning chandelier scene has NO business in the Frank Castle repertoire.
    Personally, I LOVE the heavy-handed line "Sometimes, I'd like to get my hands on God." Over the top, but True Castle nevertheless. Hated Benz's line "Who punishes yoouuu?"
    I have no problem with no dialogue, but where's the constant inner narrative??? That's mostly where all the dark humor comes from. "Mobs are trying to make peace. Good luck. Grapevine says that Carbo called the meet to kill everyone and grab the last few scraps for himself. We live in troubled times. Wasn't hard to start the rumor."
    Castle!
    Peace
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