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Punisher - War Zone : OMG what a movie... Not for the squeamish!
Advantages: Lots of guns, explosions, blood, bad guys dying!
Disadvantages: Unless you 'go with the flow' it might not be your thing
...this... I saw the first Punisher movie with Dolph Ludgren back in the 1980's, the next just a few years ago.... not a bad movie but lacked the Punisher's coldness, then came this movie! Wow, anyone who knows the character of the Punisher or has read the graphic novels will know that the Punisher is mean... real mean, but only to the bad guys! The reason this movie got a hard time at the box office is because people failed to see that it's a 'comic ...
...gore and violence is extreme, the characters are big and hammy, but thats the charm. If you want a seruious action flick then go and see the Bourne movies, if you want some fun and OTT action then this is for you. Look out for the DVD which will be out in June packed with special features ...
 Grindhousemaniac 24.04.2009 · Read full review
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One for the Fans
Advantages: It's aware of its own silliness.
Disadvantages: Wooden acting, dire scripting and very little story.
Ruthless vigilante Frank Castle, also known as The Punisher, sets his sights on an out-of-control mob boss called Billy Russoti. When “Beautiful Bill” is left disfigured by Castle, he is hell-bent on revenge in his new guise; Jigsaw. But in his attempts to bring a mob gang to justice, Castle inadvertently kills an innocent man. Wracked with guilt, he tries to help the dead man’s family, but brings them to the attention of Russoti and his thugs. Castle ...
...to have any chance of survival. But with the “Punisher Task Force” on his tail and the FBI unable to help him, he has to go it alone…
I laughed my way right through the Thomas Jane “Punisher” movie a few years ago, not because it was intentionally funny but because it was a ridiculous action movie that took itself way too seriously. So when my other half dragged me to this latest stab at a franchise I was expecting more of the same. So I was pleasantly ...
 afy9mab 22.06.2009 · Read full review
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Tomorrow is just another day for Bond
Advantages: Great modern work all round
Disadvantages: Ever so slightly lacks Cubby Broccoli's magic
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) is the 18th Bond film, and the second starring Pierce Brosnan as James Bond. Brosnan's first outing as Bond in Goldeneye in 1995 was a great success following a 6 year gap since Timothy Dalton's Bond in Licence to Kill in1989. Goldeneye bridged the gap following the end of the Cold War and the reduction of Soviet villains for Bond, and paved the way for a more modern Bond dealing with more topical issues, as we see here ...
...Goldeneye. While there was success, Tomorrow Never Dies did not rise straight to the top of the box office chart as it was released on the same day as Titanic - not necessarily an error on anyone's part, for who would have thought anything else could have outsold a Bond film? But it did, even though the total amount taken at the box office was more than Goldeneye.
Bond musical legend John Barry again opted out of adapting music for the film, but ...
 pmcds 27.05.2008 · Read full review
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Bond 20 is a pillar for the franchise
Advantages: Excellent villain, strong plot
Disadvantages: Slightly over the top with the special effects
Die Another Day is the 20th Bond film, and was released in 2002, the year of the 40th anniversary of the Bond film franchise. It was Pierce Brosnan's last outing as the MI6 agent, and was met with acclaim as well as criticism. The special effects take another step up and the action sequences are breathtaking.
The Plot
Bond liases with South Korean agents to prevent rogue North Korean officer and arms dealer Colonel Moon from starting an all out ...
...well.
My Opinion
Die Another Day is a very good film for many different reasons. Toby Stephens is one of them, but the other performances must not be overlooked. As the 20th film on the 40th anniversary, there were references to every single previous Bond film, which are too many to quote here, but can all be found by doing a single google search. I thoroughly enjoyed searching for them, though in the end I had to give up for some and look on the ...
pmcds 02.06.2008 · Read full review
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Oh, James, you do pick them!!
Advantages: Robert Carlyle is an amazing villain
Disadvantages: Slightly over the top
Glamour is increasing in the Bond productions, with the special effects and gadgetry associated with Bond, the famous Bond girls being portrayed by models or already well known actresses who are also treated as sex symbols, and Bond himself, here played by Pierce Brosnan for the third time. The new wave of the Bond team has by now set itself into a comfortable slot, and has attracted a good following with the style of filming and characterisation. ...
...another world domination plot.
The Plot
James Bond is sent to find the man who ordered the killing of M's friend, Sir Robert King, British oil tycoon. The assassin was under the employ of Renard, a man who had previously survived an assassination atempt by 009, but was left with a bullet in his head, leaving him impervious to pain. Believing King's daughter, Elektra, to be Renard's intended target, Bond is dispatched to protect her and the oil ...
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