The Punisher’s Movie List

I was recently on Ain’tItCool.com trying to find some new details on the new Rambo movie and saw a bit on the back and forth on the new Punisher film.

To go ahead and spoil everyone’s fun, it looks like Thomas Jane won’t be in the new film. Crap. That makes me not even want to see it or even be interested in the project. Next thing they’ll say that Joel Schumacher is taking over the project (nipples on Batman, anyone?) and he’ll be introducing Tom Arnold as Microchip (no offense, buddy – loved you in True Lies) and the ridiculous Punisher Battle Van. Not that I am really against Vulcan mini-gun-mounted anything, but come on – how many mobsters are there really in New York City? And how long can you really drive around with a giant van sporting a big “Hey – I Have Some Crazy Armaments Here – Please Call the National Guard” sign? And you have to capture a lot of contraband to pay for that freakin’ ammo bill.

Ok – I am completely off topic now.

In either case, the site published an email from Thomas Jane that talked about his preparations for the role and a completely badass list of films he watched to get into character.

Here is the list of films:

Leon the Professional, Oldboy, The Seven-Ups (GREAT flick), Point Blank, Escape from NY, The Driver, Magnum Force, The Mechanic, The Great Silence, Sexy Beast, Nighthawks, Cry Vengeance (check it out), Road Warrior, Man on Fire, Outlaw Josey Wales, Rocky (think about it), Serpico, etc etc etc.

I would also add a few from the John Woo canon of films (Hard Boiled, The Killer), some John Milius (Conan the Barbarian, Red Dawn), anything by Walter Hill, and Mad Max – the George Miller film that started the whole Road Warrior phenomenon.

Overall that is an awesome list of movies. Netflix, here we come . . .