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The Punisher (2004)
Hollywood incompatence strikes again!
The film might not be so bad if the idiots that be had actually been remotely warm in reaching the character's persona. He looks like Frank Castle, is a bad ass like Frank Castle, has the tragic events of Frank Castle, but this is a "Greedo shoots first" fiesta as the moral code of heroes and sportsman like conduct is upheld by the one Marvel anti-hero that had zero concern for the sleeziest, most violent, unfair and completely unethical methods being questioned. He in fact was a creatively sinister opponent whose only self-control moments were in avoiding collateral damage, and even that wasn't on his mind.
And why can't they ever do his costume? viAnd what's with the nerdy characters? Plus no supervillains to imply a marvel world.
Like I said... Idiots! To stop on a positive note I will say that Thomas Jane looked the part. Too bad he worked for a special ed division of Hollywood.
The Hillside Strangler (2004)
The most disgusting pile of garbage ever made.
The Hillside Strangler's audience demographic would be the lesser intelligent side of men who have committed violent sex crimes. I saw this film in Cannes at a market screening, thinking it might be some art film about the infamous Hillside Strangler. What I found instead was a production of the lowest standards on virtually every level. I got up and left the theatre when Nicholas Turturro and C. Thomas Howell(may these two never work again) were threatening a girl into getting gangbanged by a couple of old men.
The Hillside Strangler is one of those rare pieces of crap that are so fundamentally repugnant that any and all members of the cast and crew should feel a deep shame for being any part of this revolting project. And one added note, it is pretty hard to offend me. I'm not a church goer or a censor. This film is really just too low to not hate! Mostly I think I hate it because in Cannes, where I saw it, there are so many better things you can do with your time.