I'd actually love to see some Nick Cage stuff but I'd want to see "Pig" cage. Cage can act very well, and I'd love to see him show that ability more because I think people only remember the more recognizable type of acting that Cage does. I do not want Cage for Hammer though, just general thoughts.
Punisher: War Zone
Released on: December 5, 2008 Directed by: Levi Alexander
Written by: Art Marcum
Starring: Ray Stevenson, Dominic West, Doug Hutchinson, Wayne Knight and julie Benz
Domestic Box Office: $7,302,197
International Box Office: $1,539,296
Production Budget: $35,000,000
Net Worldwide Gross: $-26,158,507
What...what was that?...What did you just saw?!?!!
This...movie... is basically just an excuse to have The Punisher kill as many people as possible with the most amount of gore allowed without it being rated 'R'. Seriously, this is supposed to be an action movie, yet the amount of blood would have you think it's more suited for a Horror film.
The worst part ifs that it could have been better...you know it could have been better. There were signs all over the movie that the story could have been so much more than what was given. The Punisher's growing guilt at having killed an FBI agent could have been better developed and served as the backbone of the entire film, the concept about "Who punishes the Punisher?" could have made for an excellent message on vigilante justice, and it's all wasted on just glorifying more and more violence!
Well, at least no one will be associating it with your movies! Many people went in expecting a thought-provoking, action packed adventure as Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk, and were given...this! Forums and interviews made sure to let everyone know this was made by Lionsgate, not Marvel. Let them deal with it!
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Released on: May 1, 2009 Directed by: Gavin Hood
Written by: David Benioff
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Ryan Reynolds, Liev Schreiber, Danny Huston and Lynn Collins
Domestic Box Office: $179,883,157
International Box Office: $194,942,603
Production Budget: $150,000,000
Net Worldwide Gross: $224,825,760
What have they done to my boy!?!?!?!?! Those claws look awful!!
Aside from that, if you had to describe this adventure by Fox into the X-Men franchise, you'd just give it a 'meh' followed by a 'what the fuck did they do to Deadpool?'. Seriously, how did they came up with the idea that the 'Merc with a Mouth' should have no mouth! Probably the same genius who decided that Sabretooth and Wolverine should be brothers.
They are mortal enemies jackass!!!
Aside from chracters being removed as fast as they are introduced, the entire thing is just all over the place. At one moment it seems to want to show Wolverine's origins and how he developed his powers, but then it jumps into the Weapon X program and how he meets different mutants who are connected to the X-Men, and then it's supposed to be about...revenge? Because they killed his love? She did not even exist for the first 20 minutes of the movie! She just suddenly appears!
God, it's like they tried to ram in three movies into a single one!
Superman: The Last Son of Krypton
Released on: May 7, 2010 Directed by: Taika Waititi
Written by: Grant Morrison
Starring: Tyler Hoechlin, Amy Adams, Jude Law, Ernie Hudson and Viggo Mortensen
Domestic Box Office: $498,701,356
International Box Office: $436,619,583
Production Budget: $200,000,000
Net Worldwide Gross: $753,320,939
...You're not crying…You're not.
How...Where did Kevin find this guy? How did they even manage this? You thought that you'd managed a breakthrough in Superhero films with Iron Man, it had garnered excellent reviews and an incredible support from the fan base, you'd found the perfect actors to play the roles…
Only for Kevin to bring back to life a franchise thought dead in the water after its failure just four years back. Superman is considered a classic, the first superhero, and yet also a character that many struggle to adapt into film. Not since Christopher Reeves and Richard Donner at least.
Yet it seems that Taika Waititi and Tyler Hoechlin finally did it. The movie is funny, dramatic, the romance elements are not thrown into everyone's faces, and Superman is finally interpreted as he should have always been; as a man.
The overall story is simple, Clark Kent has to find his way into this new more cynical time, struggling with being out of place and as to whether the world would accept him, and at the same time trying to stop General Zod from taking over earth.
You know this is just the beginning…that bloody post-credit scene at the end all but guarantees it.