Summary: The MCU tried to adapt Welcome Back, Frank and does what it always does.
This is why the MCU can’t make a Blade film, sometimes people just want to see badass characters being badass, not processing trauma, not having a crying, just being cool. You’re making a comic book film/made for streaming one shot, for God sake.
The first half of this is Frank being sad, the amount of time wasted herein becomes more and more noticeable later.
The second half tries to give the people what they want but then just abruptly ends with no how do you do, to maybe be picked up in Spiderman Brand New Day.
John Wick understands the badass factor, Mortal Kombat understands the badass factor, the MCU is allergic.
Plus as has been memed heavily since there is a God awful CGI shot of Frank falling, wherein they swap the stuntman’s face with John’s and my my it looks terrible.
Overall, it’s about twenty minutes of goodness wrapped in 30 minutes of disappointment.
Pros.
Some cool Punisher action
It leaves you wanting more of the good bits
Cons
The sad Frank sequences
The ending
The CGI
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