Ok, so I got around to watching Punisher Warzone, and you know what? It wasn't half bad, and I shouldn't have prejudged it based on it's review score. Gore was pretty awesome, Ray Stevenson was a good and more restrained Frank Castle, and Newman as Micro is both absurd but absolutely fitting. I still prefer the 2004 movie, but this one was certainly enjoyable. Shit's all over the Dolph Lundgren one easy.

@DM-MilkMan

Жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed Warzone. Not amazing but I agree, the 2004 is better.

@DM-MilkMan

Жыл бұрын

Oh, little known fact. The Russian fight in 2004 punisher, when Thomas Jane stabbed the Russian. They didn't use a prop knife by accident. He was actually stabbed. The guy who plays the Russian is also the bouncer in the first John Wick movie. Cheers for the video. Loving these. Brings back so much great gaming memories.

@ComicBookGuy420

Жыл бұрын

​@@DM-MilkManKevin Nash, played the Russian to perfection and no sold getting stabbed

@ComicBookGuy420

Жыл бұрын

Warzone was closer to the comics, but I enjoy all the punisher movies, faults and all Have you seen Punisher Dirty Laundry?

@paulcarpenter7844

11 ай бұрын

Rest in peace ray Stevenson

I love that the reason saints row exists is due to it initially being an in dev sequel to punisher that was cancelled and reused.

@suwatsaksri7191

Жыл бұрын

That's my favorite part of Saints Row 2, it felt like playing a Punisher game but as the villains

@PaRadaRada

Жыл бұрын

@@suwatsaksri7191Weird how it went to celeb criminals, the matrix with aliens, hell, a GI Joe game, and now a reboot with dialogue that feels more akin to a “Fast and Furious movie” for a “modern audience”

@NiCoNiCoNiCola

Жыл бұрын

@@PaRadaRada ah, yes, the Cycle of life

@emperortrevornorton3119

Жыл бұрын

Well it does have the only likable thing about the Ben Affleck DareDevil movie in it Michael Clarke Duncan pretty much playing a street gang version of the King Pin in Ben King on top of that fact you said makes me feel like the sequel already had decided to have the King Pin before changing title and game play a bit to street crime sim Blingbling then eventually getting named Saint's Row for release

@shortcakeemoji

Жыл бұрын

wait what

I'm glad SOMEONE appreciates Thomas Jane's Punisher movie

@villings

Жыл бұрын

gotta be dark under that rock..

@eldeadkilljohnkennedy3946

Жыл бұрын

So basically Thomas Jane punisher is basically the equivalent of Kevin Conroy is Batman.

@grizzakaful

Жыл бұрын

It wasn't the worst one imo, definitely captured the essence of punisher, like how Blade I and II did, and even the fantastic four with captain america playing human torch.

@wiwysova

Жыл бұрын

Its really pretty bad.

@redeyedrook

Жыл бұрын

Same here. I thoughf i was the only one who thought thomas jane was a great punisher. If youve never seen it theres an awesome video on youtube called dirty laundry staring thomas jane once again as punisher taking out some punks in amazingly gruesome fashion with a jack daniels bottle no less. Loved it and love this game too. Still own it

This was my favorite game when I was a kid right after watching Thomas Jane’s punisher movie. Sadly Ray Stevenson who played as Frank Castle in "The Punisher war zone" passed away, he was a brilliant actor.

@aleksanderandreassen9552

Жыл бұрын

Didn't know that he passed.

@isaac2718

Жыл бұрын

Both were perfect Punishers

Ray Stevenson passed away recently, so you should definitely honour his memory by watching Pubisher: War Zone. He's an underrated but badass Punisher, in my opinion.

@kendrickcunningham3168

Жыл бұрын

I agree it was a good movie

@johannesandersson9477

Жыл бұрын

I only learned this now. He was so bad ass in Rome too 😢

@YEETUSDAFEETUS

Жыл бұрын

y'know I get the hate of the movie at the time but war zone was so fucking fun and enjoyable as a movie that it'll always have a special place in my heart

@dayleclarke4433

4 ай бұрын

​@@YEETUSDAFEETUSit's just that it edges too much on the cheesy side, mostly with all the characters around him. It's nowhere near as bad as everyone made out though.

@YEETUSDAFEETUS

4 ай бұрын

@@dayleclarke4433 honestly the cheese adds to it for me it's one of the movies I just watch cause it's fun and a little goofy

Fun movie fact Kevin Nash accidentally got stabbed during his fight scene with Tomas Jane. Tom thought it was a prop knife he had where the blade retracts into the handle making it look like it stabbed someone but that wasn't the case it was an actual knife. Another great video keep up the amazing work

@mikepryor7467

Жыл бұрын

and kevin nash finished the scene stabbed. true kayfabe

@thebaccyman

5 ай бұрын

Stuff like this happens FAR too often on film sets lmao.

Glad to hear someone giving the Thomas Jane punisher film its well-deserved praise. This game blew my mind at the time, another underrated classic.

@John-X

Жыл бұрын

Punisher in the comics: strangles traffickers with their own intestines Punisher in Jane's movie: tickles bad guys with popsicle Give me a break, worst Punisher depiction of all time. The only good thing that came out of it was the Skull logo design.

@BirdGang6

Жыл бұрын

@@John-X you don’t have to watch the video if you don’t like it Trolly boy!

@John-X

Жыл бұрын

@@BirdGang6 ​ Ya dummy, that's why I _didn't_ watch it. I stopped watching as soon as the uploader said "Thomas Jane's Punisher was the DeFiNiTiVe Punisher." When he said that, boom, opinion discarded, instant dislike, watch history removed.

@dopekidrepublic

Жыл бұрын

@@John-X you're sad

@John-X

Жыл бұрын

@@dopekidrepublic no _ur_ sad if u think Thomas Jane was an accurate Punisher

Just as Robert Downey Jr was born to play Iron Man, Thomas Jane was born the be The Punisher. He is the definitive version of the character on the big screen and does an awesome job once again in this underrated game!

@TheDennys21

6 ай бұрын

Same thing with Peter Weller, great in the movies and great in the game.

Punisher: Warzone is badass. I'd definitely recommend giving it a watch. Ray Stevenson's Punisher is also fantastic. This game and Blade II need a remake by Insomniac Games.

@dutchvanderlinde2002

Жыл бұрын

Rip Ray Stevenson

@Dukesparrow1999

6 ай бұрын

Yo! Good news Blades getting a new game, u have to check out the teaser my guy

Punisher Warzone is definitely worth a watch. It's cheesy as hell but has some stand out moments of the Punishers brutality, I think Ray Stevenson did a great job as Frank too and is to my mind the best portrayal of him on screen so far. And you can take that to the bank.

@dutchvanderlinde2002

Жыл бұрын

Rip Ray Stevenson

@iamantieverything87

Жыл бұрын

Yep. Its let down by goofy writing but the Punisher in that movie is the most Punisher like of any live action portrayl

@hitmanmonaghan6633

Жыл бұрын

That killing in the beginning, blowing up the free runners with the grenade launcher, punching that guy’s head in, and the final assault in the hotel. It could have been God like if the story didn’t suck.

@jaysonspann8042

Жыл бұрын

The spinning in the shandleer thing was so dumb it really gets to movie off on the wrong foot. Like its hideous. The casting and most of the action however are very great!

I love both Jon and Thomas but I’ll always have bias for Thomas cause of the amazing voice work he did in the game, being 22 you know the game and movie were a big part of my childhood

@Assassino275

Жыл бұрын

SAMEEEEEEE

RIP Ray Stevenson Punisher Warzone is underrated

I don't know why but i remember the best aspects of the game was interrogating enemies before wasting them in the most brutal ways

The Punisher deserves more love than it actually gets as a serial; most of the time, whenever the average person thinks 'tragic backstory anti-hero with guns' they unfortunately get Deadpool. My guy went and killed the entire X-Men team plus Doctor Doom and Kingpin. As Maxim's Gene Newman said for the game. "The Punisher makes the Grand Theft Auto series look like Super Mario Kart."

The 80’s punisher movie rules. They honestly are all good in their own ways.

The rate you pump out videos helps keep my depression away

3:20 Punisher War Zone is fantastic and well worth watching. Ray Stevenson is Possibly my favourite iteration of the punisher so far.

@custardgannet4836

Жыл бұрын

Yeah same, I think Ray Stevenson was the bomb in it. Glad to see he will be in the upcoming Ashoka show.

@HALFSQUASHED

Жыл бұрын

@@custardgannet4836 I'd never heard of Ashoka tbh, just checked the trailer and it looks good👍, plus the big man seems like he is a main character in it

@VanguardDeezNutz

11 ай бұрын

@@custardgannet4836 Not anymore, sadly

Another great video, mate. Always enjoyed this game as a kid, and while it’s definitely flawed it was one of the better tie-in games (and arguably the best Punisher game) around then. Thomas Jane really loved the character, and he even starred in a Punisher fan film, ‘Dirty Laundry’, just because he wanted to keep the character in the public eye when Marvel didn’t seem to care. Also, weird trivia: Steve Blum doesn’t actually voice Bushwacker except for his very last spoken line, the rest was Philip Hayes. Kinda strange but there you go. Also, he doesn’t appear to voice Takagi, either. Although, maybe you were just doing a gag on how Steve Blum appears everywhere and it went straight over my head. In that case, my bad lol. Love your stuff.

Another banger video! Punisher was such a great game, and glad it became the catalyst for the Saints Row series existence. Also thank you for being someone else that appreciates the Thomas Jane Punisher movie, it had a lot going on for it

If you haven't seen it there's a 10 minute Punisher fan film that has Thomas Jane in it called Dirty Laundry.

ngl I played this game most recently on PC. I remember as a kid having a demo disc on Xbox, but couldn’t get the game because my parents didn’t let me play rated M games until I was teen, anyways years later I completely forgot about the game until one day it randomly popped up in my head and decided to play it on PC via emulator.

@gorilla5089

Жыл бұрын

How did you play it using an emulator?

@MRieber-yq7kj

Жыл бұрын

@@gorilla5089 Think he played it using an emulator

Jon Bernthal did a great job at portraying a broken violent man. His frank castle could be scary at times especially when tearing through a hallway of guys with nothing but his bare hands and the occasional shiv. The modern marvel character generally sand blast all the edges off but this guy could eat a dozen grown men for breakfast then keep on chewing.

The SBFP let’s play of this game is still their best

@utterlyumbral3694

Жыл бұрын

"Is that a rice cooker?"

Given recent events, only right to say RIP Ray Stevenson. Great video as always Fuzzy

You're becoming one of my favorite KZread channels, great content

YES SIR! I’m glad this game is getting the spotlight!!!

Fun fact The Punisher LED straight two Saints Row 1 volition before they were trash they had the rights to the Punisher game they were going to make a Punisher game it would have been an open-world sandbox which basically you could kill anyone anywhere they lost the rights to the Punisher so they couldn't make the game so decided to turn their Punisher game into Saints Row yes that's the true story of Saints Row 1 from Punisher 2 two legendary gangster game

Thank you for this video. This game is literally my childhood ❤

Absolutely wonderful game. Tons of fun and plenty of replayability!

Moral of the video, Steve Blum is a great voice actor

Loved the video, dropped a sub and about to binge your library 👍

I always like how they had a brief cameo of Iron Man in this game. That was before his marvel movie debut.

I played this game when I was 10 I still cant fucking fathom what my grandmother was thinking, but goddamn if I didn't love her for buying it for me.

Keep pumping out the ogs bro so nostalgic watching these

14:58 to 15:56 in an alternate universe i bet tom jane played Rorschach in watchman. he's got the right vibe and a good voice for it. also aside from being punisher this dude was in and carried the best shark movie other than jaws and made the mist watchable, voiced one of the first open world cowboy game characters in Gun so as a 90's kid there will always be a place in my entertainment heart for this guy.

always nice to see more videos of you. i have been going over stuff from before i found this channel too

I never heard of this game until recently but now I'm interested to try it out as it looks fun. Your analysis and keep up the good work. It was great to see frank working with the superheroes. Also this got me interested yo see the movie

As a lifelong Punisher fan, this was and probably still is my favourite game of all time

If a game needs a remake, is this one. Imagine the details and gore it could have with nowadays console/PC power. Too bad it won't happen, because it would probably won't sell that good

I'm so glad we share the same impression on this game. One of the most BADASS game ever created!

I always felt that the Punisher really dosent belong in the Marvel Universe. I would much rather see a cross collab with him and MAX PAYNE as those two characters are almost too similar to pass up.

This game was the first time i ever “glitched” a game. On the level where you put the guy in the car crusher, i took a human shield and threw him and he got stuck hanging in mid air. I remember i tried doing everything including shooting his individual limbs and all he did was swing it was hilarious. Crazy. I truly loved this game as a child who was way too young to be playing it. I miss games like this.

The 04 Movie had such an amazing soundtrack

Wow, Volition used to make good games that had an edge. What happened?

@custardgannet4836

Жыл бұрын

Same thing that happens at most studios, development studios typically have a high turn over where people leave and new people join. Is it the same studio anymore in anything but name if the majority of the staff are not the people who made the previous titles?

@Gruntvc

Жыл бұрын

The people who made their best games left. Plus they've repeatedly refused to listen to their paying customers ever since Saints Row 4 released. The Volition who made Punisher, Red Faction, and Saints Row 1 us long dead. I just hope someone else can make a great single player focused Punisher game.

Man I love this game so much i remember playing this for hours on end when I was younger I pray they remaster it

yall dont understand how often I rented this from Blockbuster and would play it after I watched The Punisher (2004) - this is one of my favourite games of all time, I got the PC port and the shit still goes hard

I remember me and I guy I was working with at the time both got the game simultaneously and I used to crack him up by coming into work saying "YOURE BARELY SCRATCHIN ME, CASTLE!" in a southern accent like the dude in the library

I was just saying that I loved the (2004) Punisher film, but I had the Game Cube, the Punisher was only a on PlayStation and Xbox. I liked the Punishers appearance in Daredevil season 2.

@Gruntvc

Жыл бұрын

Imagine if The Punisher 2005 got a GameCube release and it was uncensored too. Nintendo tried real hard to attract the hardcore audience with that underrated console. Unfortunately due to lower sales, some GameCube ports were cancelled. I know Area 51 2005 was gonna have a GameCube port, but it was cancelled and only released on PS2, Xbox, and PC.

So many Great Memories with this Game❤️‍🔥

I was 12 then this game came out and I remember playing it religiously, it was my favourite game back in the day! I hope they'll make a remake this game deserves a remake!

I remember playing game religiously. It was well put together. I also appreciate the cameos that show up in the game. Mind you this pre MCU era. When this game out. It would be dope if the PS4 had a rated M Punisher game. 🤯

The part about the interrogations is that funny about it is the fact that the punishers get deducted points because he kills them after doing it. And yeah it’s a game but we’re playing as the god damn punisher, Frank would’ve approved of such actions plus you’d get bonus points on the creativity of interrogation techniques

I miss this game! Oh, 3:28 The Punisher: War Zone was originally going to be a sequel to the 2004 movie, and was going to have Thomas Jane back in it, but he had some disagreements with the direction of the movie and character, and pulled out, which is why they cast the late Ray Stevenson.

No your right, Nick Fury Sr is white while Jr is black. Though now we're possibly having Sr back as the head of a possible new Shield.

Great game. Great video. Great channel. Great all around. Keep em comin man!

"I need a drink" - Known alcoholic Tony Stark

I enjoyed the AVGN refernece with Laughing Joking Numbnuts at the beginning, I am a huge fan of the nerd, and glad to see some people still remember him.

Jane and Bernthal I think capture the character much better. It's more nuanced. Warzone though I do think is a lot of fun. It captured a bit more of the brutality and idea that Frank will mow down just droves of people

its sad how that company went that way when they make amazing games like this like I was playing Saints Row 2 last nite

The Punisher is a REAL hero does what needs done

@Gruntvc

Жыл бұрын

He's the mirror opposite of Batman. Fun fact, there's a cross over comic with Batman and Punisher. The Joker was terrified of Frank. I doubt a cross over like that would happen now.

@BioshockDrill

Жыл бұрын

He's literally not a hero. The punisher himself would tell you that. If you think he is a hero you completely miss the entire point of the character

@wallachia4797

Жыл бұрын

@@BioshockDrill he's a hero

Recently played it on emulator, has some jank but its such a fun game, both as a huge Marvel fan and a videogame fan (Now that I remember I absolutely hated the last boss fight)

@morkgin2459

Жыл бұрын

Why emulator? It's on PC

@kvltizt

10 ай бұрын

@@morkgin2459PC version had some hoops to jump through but it was worth it.

I literally just started playing this. And OMG this game is a gem of a comic book game! Considering how old it is, it plays beautifully! I remember checking out the demo way back when but never picked it up. And I liked Thomas Jane as Punisher the movie wasn't that bad. But to find out he did the voice work in this game makes it even more awesome!!

To me Jane is Punisher, he was a perfect fit. an i even grew up with Dolph being the punisher hehe.

@ 16:30 when the car tries to run Frank Castle over, the license plate says “ASM-129” which is a easter egg and reference to Punisher’s first appearance in The Amazing Spider-Man. He was hired by The Jackal to kill Spider-Man in this issue.

Still my favorite ps2 game to this day, and I still own it. The mechanics were so ahead of its time.

Thomas Jane will always be my Punisher just like how Christian Bale is my Batman Tobey Maguire is my spider man it's not that I will always see them that way it's just that's what I grew up with

You are doing yourself a disservice not watching Punisher: Warzone. What it lacks in quality it makes up for in unintentional laughs and gore 😂

Now that Ray Stevenson passed away, you really need to go watch that movie, Ray is by far the best punisher out of the four and while I disagree that Dolph Lundgren was the perfect punisher for the time and gave a decent go at it with a more stoic and unapologetic Frank, Ray Stevenson is literally the punisher in both apperance and acting as well as having Microchip as his side kick and jigsaw as the antagonist. It's phenomenal and you need to watch it, I love Thomas Jane and Netflix punisher but Ray Stevenson to me was perfect.

You should most definitely check out punisher war zone. Best depiction of the punisher character, in my opinion, and a great movie with its own style at the same time. Shame it didn’t get more attention or a sequel

I liked the comics, i enjoyed the dolph lungren movie. absolutely loved the fact that biohazard sampled it for their music. thomas jayne was a better puniaher but the kills and comic book feel of warzone made it a more fun movie. Bernthals version of punisher was awesome. The characters been treated well.

Thomas Jane had the best voice for the Punisher, however, the best "body shape" is probably Dolph Lundgrens Punisher from 1989.

I love the punisher warzone it is such a violent and over the top action movie.

Much love to the 2004 Punisher movie but you should really give War Zone a chance. It’s a different, more violent take but it’s also a lot of damn fun.

Check out The Punisher: Dirty Laundry! It's a short film and Thomas Jane reprises his role!

They need to make a new Punisher game.

I'm glad this game is making a comeback, I've seen like 4 videos on it in the last day.

Still one of my favorite ps2 video games Happy it came out after the movie and Thomas Jane returned to reprise the role

I heard in the movie Thomas Jane ended up stabbing Kevin Nash with a real knife in the shoulder instead of a prop retractable one because someone handed him the wrong knife to use for the scene and Nash just kept on doing the scene like the badass professional he is, so that's the take that ended up in the movie. Damn dude.

OMG!!! I remember this game on PS2 I LOVE IT

What I'll always prefer with Tom Jane's Frank Castle/Punisher is how he was way, way more stoic and tactical with his decision-making in terms of combat (only gripe is how little gore/violence the film actually brought to the table)... along with the inclusion of his use of a war journal. He also had enough moments where you get to listen to his internal monologue, especially at the end of the film. The closest Jon Bernthal ever came to this level of straightforwardness was his first appearance in Daredevil, which I'd argue is the better take on the titular character than his own series. Always felt like Jon Bernthal got nerfed in his own show. He never had the chance to set his enemies up or hang them on meat hooks or anything similar there. The one aspect of Ray Stevenson (may he rest in peace) that I'll always prefer over any other live action take thus far was his size, his facial structure, and how his hairstyle mimicked the comics.

We need a new punisher game, imo open world , where he can punch and kick and shoot guns as well as customise and upgrade them.

one of my favorite games of all time

Disney ruined marvel marvel with the cinematic universe

Masterpiece from start to finish! The different kills level to level is the real treat. Such a shame we never got a sequel or even a remaster. No shit, I actually bought a 360 on Marketplace during COVID just so I could play this on backwards compatibility. Now that's a super fan! I also agree Thomas Jane is the most definitive Castle on screen. Stevenson, Bernthal and Lundgren just Don't quite have it. Travolta was a fantastic bad guy. 2004/2005 Punisher is the greatest by far. I can only imagine how good Thomas would've been in the Netflix series. His portrayal was a lot more crisp, clean, cold, and calculating. What a joy this game was. Long live Frank Castle!

Grant Albrect from Destroy all Humans is in this game he also voiced Vice Kings in Saints Row 2006

i would love if could try urban reign is such fun game

Honestly idk if you will read this but you should consider releasing a let's play series or live streams the game play as you record the game play for your retrospectives I think your commentary would be awesome to watch over the gameplay and be fun to go through that whole game as you do at the same time and then go back over the retrospective as you do I think that would be sick.

3:30 bro warzone kicked ass. Check it out. It's not as good as the 2002 but if you temper your expectations it's amazing. Easily the 2nd best Punisher movie.

Ennis’s Version of the Punisher was my favorite era of the comics.

16:30 missed the chance to point out the license plate of the car is ASM 129 aka Amazing Spider-Man Issue #129 which as you said earlier in the video is Franks first appearance

@monsterhunter66

Жыл бұрын

That’s a clever reference

This game was a masterpiece, true peace of video game artwork I wish to remaster this one

The sound of him smacking the door off the plane sounded a lot like the skyrim ice spike

I've seen all three Punisher films, the Netflix series, and one CGI anime starring him and Black Widow. Yeah, Thomas Jane's film was the best. Warzone is worth at least one watch for Jigsaw and gorey R rated moments. As for the game, this is definitely the best Punisher game. Wish it got the open world sequel, but instead we got Saints Row. Doubt Volition would ever make a game like Punisher 2005 now, how are they gonna relate it to paying off your college debt!? Blah. I truly hope Punisher 2005 gets remastered or even a remake/sequel and remove the censorship. Many modern games make Punisher 2005 look tame with their shiny realistic graphics. The comics that inspired both the game and Jane film are worth reading. Can't say the same for current Punisher comics. They messed him up, again.

Punisher War Zone is a great violent movie

I adore this game. Played it a lot in my younger days. Also they tried to get Thomas Jane for the Warzone film but he turned it down for being to violent. That aside Warzone is more accurate to the comics then even the Jane film. Bringing in Microchip and Soap as well. If the only thing stopping you from watching Warzone is the lack of Jane then give it a shot. I promise you will not be disappointed.

This game was awesome, even if the boss battles suck. Also were you ever able to get the gore patch to work on PC? i could never get it to work. I also remember the interrogation mini games not working very well on PC.

Punisher War Zone is awesome. And really captures the comic books essence.

This game is awesome really cool video and Channel dude be cool to see you do one for The Warriors or Max Payne

The Punisher: KEEPING FUNERAL PARLORS OPEN FOR BUSINESS 24/7

As far as other superhero games I'd love to see you cover, I'd love you see you cover the Marvel Ultimate Alliance games. Maybe even their precursors, the X-Men Legends games. Or at least Legends 2, since I have more nostalgia for that one in particular, and it seems to be the better of the 2.

@Mextlatec

11 ай бұрын

And the debut of Deadpool in video games in X-Men Legends 2