"Punishment 2" is simple and direct in this regard. According to the director's words, "The process of the protagonist's psychological transformation is completed with one or two minutes of footage; the rest is to focus on showing the 'means of revenge'. up" (to the effect). Speaking of which, I really don't know without reading the introduction of the film. It turns out that the director of this film is still a woman, which is a little bit beyond my expectations. The director's presentation of the violent scenes is very refreshing. What I remember deeply is the scene where the four villains broke into the house of the detective's wife who was killed by the Punisher. The Punisher and the black FBI came to save the siege. When the black FBI was thinking about what to do When dealing with the bald head tied to the chair, the Punisher shot the bald head to pieces, and it felt very crisp. He also killed the three who were jumping around before, went to the Broadway hotel to kill, and so on. Anyway, he never spared a bad guy. When he killed him, he was very fragile, but it was closely related to his own "punishment" action theme.
Speaking of which, it's time to focus on the shortcomings of the film, let's start with this "punishment" theme. When I watch this film, I always think of "The Dark Knight" unconsciously, even though I know that these two films are not of the same level. Batman, like the Punisher mission, punishes bad guys, but the two do it in opposite ways: one never kills and one must kill. The Punisher kills as if he is very smart and decisive, but in the long run, his intentions are not as clever as Batman. Batman has to punish the bad guys, not kill the bad guys, but also prevent his opponent from killing, even if the opponent wants to kill the bad guy. Therefore, this can attract a high-level opponent - the clown - to fight against him, and even the clown refuses to kill him, for fear that there will be no such good opponent to play with him again. But look at the two villains arranged for Frank in this "Punishment 2", the gap is too big, you can quote the translation of the characters in "Watchmen": These buddies are really worthy of being called "Harlequins" . Both are not only ugly in appearance, but also ugly in behavior, ugly as uncreative, ugly as stupid.
At first glance, the face of the chainsaw is really bluffing, but there are too many close-ups on the front of this face in the whole play, which makes it annoying to look at. The director uses this ugly face to repeatedly stimulate the audience. People look down on it. Looking at the double-faced people in "Dark Night" in turn, the portrayal is just right. It was also the first time that people gave a close-up of the front for more than two seconds when they scare the audience, but then they closed it when they saw it, and they only passed by the appearance, focusing on showing the ruthlessness of two-faced people through actions (killing two policemen). ghost and gangster Marcone).
That crazy James is even more worrying. At first glance, this character is portrayed as a clown, and he is also a lawless lunatic, but no matter how he looks at it, he is contrived, not only not like a normal person, but also not even a normal lunatic. It's also very frustrating to die. I mean, this character definitely has to die, but he also dies too...how to say, too quickly, in a flash, and then it's over, no more drama for him I thought he was going to have an official duel with the Punisher at the end.
But having said that, the final climax of the film was handled very creatively, that is, Frank said to the fat boy "Go all the way", then shot James in the head, and then blocked a shot for the mother and daughter. It was quite novel and did not fit the bill. Logical but reasonable, or in line with the logic unique to the punisher. This place is pretty good. The choice made by the Punisher at this moment immediately distinguishes him from the moral "greed for greatness" of other comic book heroes. It's just a pity that the director rushed the filming here. When the Punisher made this "very creative" choice, he was reluctant to give a few more seconds of close-up, a little soundtrack, and a few more seconds to Frank Hesitate a little mentally, and then give up the fat guy before it's too late (although I always hate the fat guy who always gets in the way in the movies).
Anyway, in general, Punishment 2 is such a valuable idea at the end, and the director - again - hastily blinded.
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