a5c7b9f00b Frank Castle, a.k.a. &#39;The Punisher&#39;, wakes up in a run-down neighborhood and leaves his van to do his laundry. On his way to the laundromat, he witnesses a gang led by Goldtooth assaulting a group of prostitutes, but minds his own business. But when the gang mugs a boy named DeShawn, Frank goes to a convenience store to buy a bottle of Jack Daniel&#39;s and use it to club the thugs to death before crippling Goldtooth and pouring the whiskey on him for one of the prostitutes to set the gang leader on fire. Frank then collects his laundry and has DeShawn keep one of his signature t-shirts before leaving the neighborhood. Frank Castle is staying in a bad neighborhood, where he encounters a gang that terrorizes its residents. A 40-something man(and is that…? No, it couldn&#39;t be, right…?) goes out to the laundromat in a bad neighbourhood, and notices the other allusion of the title - a gang, terrorizing the residents. At first, he goes about his business. Who wouldn&#39;t? Can&#39;t fix all the world&#39;s problems by yourself, right? As the tension mounts(consistently over the course of the well-paced 10 minute running time), however, he may find that he can&#39;t ignore what&#39;s going on in the street.<br/><br/>The YouTube(yes, this is available for free, legal viewing, so get to it) title originally didn&#39;t reveal who this is about, so while the IMDb entry&#39;s currently does, I will not give away what graphic novel icon this is about. It does, however, do them complete justice, something that, arguably, wasn&#39;t quite achieved by the silver screen attempts. The bleak tone and gritty realism are uncompromising, and fit perfectly. Yes, this is made for and by fans - if you aren&#39;t already familiar with the source material, you might not fully appreciate this, and really, when something has decades of printed stories, either you condense and disappoint, or assume that the audience already knows. And yes, if you go into this not knowing yet who it&#39;s about, it will, indeed, gradually become clear to you,with the more recent effort by the same team, Truth In Journalism.<br/><br/>Acting is spot-on. The gold-toothed bad guy, the leader, could easily be hammy, in his nuance-free evil(this is not a complaint), and yet he feels like he belongs in our world - near the end, this does go beyond that, but otherwise, the whole thing is firmly anchored there. We could see this happening. While there is not a lot going on character-wise, what there is, is established, developed and played just right. The score, borrowed from The Dark Knight, is used to great effect. FX are solid, and the reliance on practical ones serves the short well. It increases credibility further.<br/><br/>There is a lot of bloody, graphic, disturbing and violent content in this. I recommend this to any fan of comic books. 8/10 The Punisher: Dirty Laundry, is a short film that is nothing but awesome fan service. Seriously, I&#39;ve been waiting for the day that Thomas Jane embodies Frank Castle again. This right here is that sequel we always wanted. Unfortunately, it is only a 10 minute long short. But, we get some nice stuff here.<br/><br/>The Good: Tom Jane is the perfect Punisher. He is so dang good in the role! His performance is out of this world! Also, nice Ron Perlman cameo! Very cool. The story here is very Punisher-esque, along with the ideals of punishment and justice that Frank speaks of at the end and with Perlman&#39;s character. Nice photographywell. I love the new Punisher logo too!<br/><br/>The Bad: Since this is a short film, the blood and gun effects are pretty lousy. We also get some over the top violence that I think even Garth Ennis would not write into his books. It&#39;s violent alright, but not the violence I enjoyed from the 2004 film. It&#39;s bloody and gory, but too more gore and they lose me. Also, the score is the Dark Knight score. It pulls me right out of the story when I hear it used here. Wish they used something else, oh well.<br/><br/>Overall, this is Thomas JaneThe Punisher again. Need I say more?
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