38315. [8], Saint joined Aircraft Transport and Travel, a subsidiary of Airco, as a commercial pilot, and on 1 May 1919 carried out the first civilian flight after the wartime ban was lifted. [22], During shooting, Lionsgate (then known as Lions Gate Films) purchased Artisan. Principal photography for The Punisher began in July 2003[18] on location in Tampa, Florida. The character of Microchip was originally included in an earlier Michael France draft (along with the character Jigsaw),[23] but was excised from later drafts because of director Jonathan Hensleigh's distaste for him. Jane went on to read as many Punisher comics he could find to understand the character, and became a fan of the Punisher in the process. The film was still under Artisan Entertainment.[17]. 5 (Naval) Squadron RNAS. He orders Castle killed at a family reunion, while his wife Livia requests that his family be killed as well. He openly attacks Saint's business and sabotages his partnership with his Cuban partners. Saint was born in Ruabon, Denbighshire, on 20 January 1893, the son of Thomas and Margaret Saint, his father was a mining engineer and surveyor, and later a Colliery Manager. [9], Saint returned to the Royal Air Force on 13 March 1922, when granted a short service commission at the rank of flying officer,[10] and served as a test pilot at the Royal Aircraft Factory. But he's a sad man—he drinks, and has bad memories always coming to him. In the game, the character is John Saint, the son of Howard Saint (the primary antagonist of the 2004 film and the man responsible for the death of Frank Castle's family). [29] Michael Rechtshaffen of The Hollywood Reporter said, "By the end, the Punisher's greatest adversaries emerge as an unwelcome trio known as jokey, hokey, and hammy. The Saints and Sinners Club shootout between Frank Castle and Howard Saint's goons was originally longer, but was cut because of pacing and explicit bloodshed. Biography. A trigger, a boot, a green beret. In the climax, Castle gets ready for the big assault on Howard Saint's nightclub, and once he's inside, he gets a request over the intercom for more champagne upstairs. He is mostly enjoying loving his wife Livia, antagonizing and trying to kill Castle, antagonizing the Turro brothers who are his own business partners and the film's minor villains, and also he is enjoying gaining much more power and money. Making his directorial debut after a successful run as a screenwriter and producer (on projects like Die Hard with a Vengeance, Jumanji, and The Rock) he has clearly conceived The Punisher as a throwback to the leathery, angry urban revenge movies of the 1970s. In Jonathan Hensleigh's 2004 feature film The Punisher, Castle (Thomas Jane) goes undercover as arms dealer Otto Krieg for his last mission prior to retirement.The mission sees Krieg fake his death, while the son of mob boss Howard Saint is killed. [47] The project lingered in development for over three years. "[5] On Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 33 based on reviews from 36 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". Howard Saint Quotes in The Punisher (2004) Share. [20] For inspiration, Hensleigh and cinematographer Conrad W. Hall looked at dozens of action films from the 1960s and 1970s, such as the Dirty Harry series, The Getaway, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The Godfather and Bonnie and Clyde. Punisher: Dirty Laundry Castle kills him by dousing his face with boiling oil and pushing him down a flight of stairs, breaking his neck. Despite being seen as an affable, sophisticated, and calm man for his family as well as for the Turro brothers, Howard Saint is actually an extremely ruthless, brutal, violent, murderous, greedy, callous, and destructive sadist from the most diabolical kind. Send. I felt like they even hinted at other scenes in the comic in the movie. Acest incident face ca FBI să devină dușmanul de moarte al omului de afaceri din Tampa, Howard Saint (John Travolta) și al soției lui, Livia (Laura Harring). Livia Saint (Laura Harding) is the wife of money launderer Howard Saint in 2004 action crime thriller film The Punisher. Somehow, they get the name and whereabouts of Frank Castle, who has retired and is at a family reunion in Puerto Rico. [5] Marvel Comics and Lionsgate began development on a sequel, The Punisher 2, which instead became the 2008 reboot Punisher: War Zone after Jane and Hensleigh left the project due to creative differences. The character was originally named Bruno Costa.A similar character who was responsible for the murder of Castle's family after seeing that they witnessed one of his assassinations. John is one of the participants that heads to Puerto Rico to assassinate Frank Castle and his family. Lightning flashes of USMC basic training filled his head like ghosts of a distant past. The explosion at the end of the film did not kill him, but instead launched him through a window and disfigured his face. 33602. Punisher; Is Howard Saint a Comic Character?? [61], In July 2012, Jane reprised his role as Frank Castle in the unofficial short film Dirty Laundry, which premiered at the San Diego Comic-Con International. An extended cut DVD was released on November 21, 2006 with 17 minutes of additional footage, most of which revolves around the character Jimmy Weeks (Russell Andrews), and Castle realizing that it was his friend who had sold him out to Howard Saint. The burning cars in the parking lot make a shape of the skull similar to the one in his T-shirt. The underlying events that give rise to Frank Castle's vigilantism are not from the comic. John Travolta portrays Howard Saint in The Punisher. Like. Watch The Punisher Movie Online Free | Download The Punisher 2004 Full Movie hdpopcorns HD Popcorn is The Best Website/Platform For Bollywood And Hollywood HD Movies. The Punisher (2004) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The only two scenes that were altered because of violence were: 1: The point-blank head shot featured blood squirting from the back of a thug's head. There's a lot in the film, and at times it is like a modern version of a classic tragedy—like Othello. The Punisher - Justițiarul. [4], On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 29% based on reviews from 170 critics, with an average rating of 4.5/10. The Punisher retaliates by using his fake fire hydrant to give Quentin and Howard Saint's wife a bunch of parking tickets that marginally prove they're sleeping together. It has a 29% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. [2] On 27 July 1915 he was granted a temporary commission in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve with the rank of sub-lieutenant. - 2004 Trailer on YouTube The Punisher is a 2004 film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, starring Thomas Jane as the antihero Frank Castle / The Punisher and John Travolta as the villain Howard Saint, a money launderer who orders the death of Castle's entire family. Share. The Punisher (2004 Film) Howard Saint is played by John Travolta. Forum Posts. With the police and FBI unwilling to pursue the killers due to Saint's power and influence, Castle moves into an abandoned apartment occupied by three outcasts—Joan, Bumpo, and Spacker Dave—and begins his mission to bring the Saints down. Will Patton confirms his status as an underrated character actor as Saint’s second-in-command Quentin Glass. Leider handelt es sich dabei um den Sohn des wohlhabenden Howard Saint, der dem Verantwortlichen daraufhin Rache schwört, denn hinter Saints Fassade lauert ein Magnat des Verbrechens. The Punisher, made in 2004 and directed by Jonathan Hensleigh, tells the origin story of the Marvel Comics character of the same name.FBI agent Frank Castle, played by Thomas Jane, is involved with an undercover operation that goes wrong and leaves the son of crime boss Howard Saint, played by John Travolta, dead. Castle's encounter with Harry Heck. "[45] Jonathan Hensleigh said that he was interested in working with Thomas Jane again for The Punisher 2. Enraged over the death of his son, Howard Saint acquires confidential information regarding Krieg and learns of his true identity. [27], Film critic Roger Ebert gave the film two stars, stating, "The Punisher is so grim and cheerless, you wonder if even its hero gets any satisfaction from his accomplishments. [2] He was transferred to the Reserve of Air Force Officers (Class A) on 1 February 1927,[11] and was then appointed chief test pilot of the Gloster Aircraft Company. Etichete: the punisher justitiarul 2004. Ivre de vengeance, Saint organise le massacre de Frank et de toute sa famille. Castle, the last of his family, barely survives. He ties Saint to a car and sends it into the club's parking lot which is rigged with explosives. The first, Harry Heck, ambushes Castle on a bridge until he crashes his car, but is killed when Castle stabs his throat with a ballistic knife. John Saint is a supporting antagonist of the 2004 film The Punisher.He is the son of Howard and Livia Saint and the twin brother of Bobby Saint.. "[34], The film was released via DVD on September 7, 2004 and sold nearly 1.8 million copies in its first five days[35] and netted $10.8 million in rentals its first week, making it number one in DVD sales that week.[36]. He became the chief test pilot for the Gloster Aircraft Company in the 1930s. In the climax, Castle gets ready for the big assault on Howard Saint's nightclub, and once he's inside, he gets a request over the intercom for more champagne upstairs. Somehow, they get the name and whereabouts of Frank Castle, who has retired and is at a family reunion in Puerto Rico. "[33], Drew McWeeny of Ain't It Cool News said of the style of the film that "The Punisher has more in common with the work of Don Seigel and John Frankenheimer than it does with the work of Michael Bay or Simon West. [9] He turned down the Punisher twice, as he did not see himself as a superhero actor. Share. [51][52] After reading the new script by Kurt Sutter, Jane stated: What I won't do is spend months of my life sweating over a movie that I just don't believe in. [48][49] In a statement on May 15, 2007,[50] and in two audio interviews Thomas Jane said that he pulled out of the project due to creative differences and the budget of the film being cut, in addition to director Walter Hill being turned down as director by Lionsgate. Cuando su hijo, Bobby, es asesinado durante una acción de FBI, Howard descubre que el principal responsable de su muerte es Frank Castillo, un agente encubierto que Bobby cree que un comerciante de armas, Otto Krieg. Stern Handling 'Punisher' Novelization", "Rebecca is quiet at 'Punisher' premiere", "John Dahl Says 'Punisher 2' Script Not That Good", "AICN Exclusive: Thomas Jane dropping out of Punisher 2?!? The Punisher is pulp, served up gritty and ugly and brutal. Filming locations for The Punisher was filmed on location in Tampa, Florida. Inflamed by the death of their son, the Saints are on a mission of blood vengeance. Filming finished October 14, 2003 after 52 days of filming. The 10-minute film also stars Ron Perlman. Even Howard Saint's death reminded me of Ma's. He comes through that slaughter, and becomes a punisher. The score to The Punisher was composed and conducted by Italian composer Carlo Siliotto. I had to ask myself intellectual questions like, "To what extent do crimes against a person become so unconscionable, so heinous, that even a person who does not believe in vigilantism can resort to vigilantism in a more just way?" Reviews: 2. Tweet +1. [14] The story and plot were mainly based on two Punisher comic book stories, Welcome Back, Frank and The Punisher: Year One. [59] The reboot was released on December 5, 2008. He was portrayed by James Carpinello. ", "Official Sequel Title Now 'Punisher: War Zone, "Punisher 2 Working Title and Start Date", "Punisher Will Enter War Zone 3 Months Later", "Watch DIRTY LAUNDRY, the PUNISHER Short Film Thomas Jane Brought to Comic-Con; Plus 10 Images and a New PUNISHER Logo", Live-action theatrical films based on Marvel Comics, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Sony Pictures Universe of Marvel Characters, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Punisher_(2004_film)&oldid=1007524075, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with unsourced statements from March 2010, Articles with unsourced statements from January 2019, Articles needing cleanup from January 2019, Articles with sections that need to be turned into prose from January 2019, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat-LCCN identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. As … Followers. [2] Saint eventually relinquished his reserve commission on completion of his term of service on 1 February 1931. The website's critical consensus states: "A good cast fails to elevate this overly violent and by-the-numbers revenge flick. Howard Saint orders his men to discover what they can about Otto Krieg, eventually uncovering his true identity as Frank Castle. I've always loved the Marvel guys, and wish them well. The tenants treat Castle's wounds and hide him in his hidden elevator as Saint's men arrive for him. The burning cars in the parking lot make a shape of the skull similar to the one in his T-shirt. I wanted to ramp everything up. Stern and released in March 2004. On 31 December his unit was redesignated No. When Saint finds the earrings, he stabs Glass to death and, despite her protest that Glass was gay, accuses Livia of having an affair with his best friend. User Lists: 1. With Saint despondent, Castle assaults Saint's club and kills every member of his mob, including his remaining son John. 5 Wing RNAS, in September 1916, flying Sopwith 1½ Strutters, engaged in bombing enemy-held ports. The Punisher is a 2004 American vigilante action film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, starring Thomas Jane as the antihero Frank Castle and John Travolta as Howard Saint, a crime boss who orders the death of Castle's entire family. Saint was a student at Manchester University at the outbreak of the war, but gave up his studies to join the Royal Navy, serving with the Royal Naval Air Service's Armoured Car Division in France with the rank of chief petty officer. I invented a lot of that. [26] Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade of B+. 0. They leave one of their men to intercept Castle, but Castle kills him after they leave. Frank Castle, Jr. is an FBI agent and a former U.S. Army Delta Force operator who became the vigilante known as the Punisher, after his family was slaughtered by gunmen hired by Tampa crime boss Howard Saint. After deciding to take revenge, Saint’s wife decides they should get his whole family. Saint retired to Hove, Sussex, and lived there until his death in September 1976 (although the Probate Records state that he died on 10 Aug 1976 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire). Marcus Johns è Will Castle: il figlio di Frank, viene brutalmente ucciso. I deemed that too complicated, too lacking of the spirit of the sort of urban vigilante. Pin. The Punisher is a 2004 American vigilante action film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, starring Thomas Jane as the antihero Frank Castle and John Travolta as Howard Saint, a crime boss who orders the death of Castle's entire family. That was the equation for me. He views the Punisher/Frank Castle as responsible. When the Punisher got his second movie adaptation in 2004, it came with a new origin story for vigilante Frank Castle. Howard Saint was the main antagonist of the 2004 film The Punisher. Which isn't to say that it's the equal of those classics, but at least Hensleigh's got the right idea. 2139 after soloing a Grahame-White biplane at the Grahame-White School at Hendon Aerodrome. He orders Castle killed at a family reunion, while Saint's wife Livia requests that Castle's family be killed as well. Castle's encounter with Harry Heck. He was portrayed by John Travolta. Meanwhile, I'll continue to search for a film that one day might stand with all those films that the fans have asked me to watch. But Castle, to his everlasting torment, survives. He had heard the stories of the boogeyman. Sinoposis The Punisher: Răzbunătorul de neoprit al colecției Marvel, Justițiarul, apare în forță pe marele ecran într-un nou [19] The Florida location was first chosen at the insistence of screenwriter Michael France, who advised Marvel and Artisan that "it would be cheap to shoot [there]—that they'd get a lot more for their money than in New York or Chicago" as well as wanting to use "both sunny locations, and dark, industrial locations" in the screenplay. Když jeho syn, Bobby, byl zabit během akce FBI, Howard zorganizoval masovou střelbu ve středisku FBI. 8 Flight, "B" Squadron, No. 33715 (Fort Desoto Gulf Pier) Mickey's bailed out - 601 N. Florida Ave. Tampa, Fl. 33602. Anyways, a son of Howard Saint (John Travolta) is inevitably killed, which makes both Howard and his wife, Livia Saint (Laura Harring), thirst for revenge against those responsible. 33602 (Frank Castle's Apartment - Now demolished since 2011) Google Maps Co-ordinates: 27.952526, -82.451545 428 W Kennedy Blvd, Tampa, FL 33606,… Jane trained for six to seven months with the United States Navy SEALs and gained more than twenty pounds of muscle for the part. The second, a behemoth called the Russian, nearly beats Castle to death in his own apartment. With Mickey's help, Castle poses as an anonymous blackmailer and arranges for Glass to be at certain places while planting Livia's car in the same location, and ultimately placing one of Livia's earrings in Glass's bed. Glimpses of how it all started. [14] The Punisher marked Marvel's first major independent release as an equity owner, whereby it contributes characters and creative support to lower-budget pics in exchange for a financial stake in the negative cost. Désormais, il n’a plus qu’un but : faire payer le coupable à hauteur de son crime. your own Pins on Pinterest - Ain't It Cool News: The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news", "AICN Exclusive: Thomas Jane dropping out of PUNISHER 2?!? Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Howard_Saint&oldid=848843207, Recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom), Pages containing London Gazette template with parameter supp set to y, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 4 July 2018, at 18:41. Hensleigh and Arad have said in many interviews that Jane was the first and only actor to be asked to play the title role. After becoming the Punisher, Livia was his second target in his mission to topple Howard Saint. Saint was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, which was gazetted on 30 October 1917. Features also include a black-and-white stop-motion animated scene, set in Kuwait, based on and partially done by artist Tim Bradstreet, and a Punisher comic book gallery. Frank Castle's apartment building - 700 N. Nebraska Ave. Tampa, Fl. Roy Scheider è Frank Castle Sr.: il padre di Frank, viene brutalmente ucciso. or are they original creations of the movie? Lions Gate Entertainment planned to produce a direct sequel titled The Punisher 2, with Avi Arad, chairman and CEO of Marvel Studios, stating that the second film would "become the fifth Marvel property to become a sequel. Saint discovers Castle is alive and sends assassins to kill him. If you see the skull you'll see a body bag. This or That Edition", "SoundtrackNet : Interview - Carlo Siliotto - Music for Punishment", "D.A. He was a corrupt businessman and a powerful mob boss, involved in trafficking weapons and drugs throughout the state of Florida. Lors de son ultime mission, les choses tournent mal et le fils de Howard Saint, puissant businessman et magnat de la pègre, est tué. [8] Arad had previously pursued Jane for other roles in Marvel Studios films. The Punisher is the 2004 feature film adaptation of the Marvel Comics comic book series.Thomas Jane stars as Frank Castle, a former Special Forces operator and FBI agent whose entire family is massacred by gunmen employed by Howard Saint, a Florida crime lord and money launderer. [21] In an interview, Hensleigh also stated the film pays homage to Mad Max and William Shakespeare's Othello, though while he was inspired by Othello, the characters were reversed for the film, making the Punisher the instigator of the jealousy which leads to Howard Saint murdering his best friend and wife. It was distributed by Lions Gate Films in North America, although Artisan Entertainment, which released a 1989 film adaptation of the same name on DVD, financed and co-distributed the film with eventual Artisan owner Lionsgate, while Columbia Pictures distributed the film in non-North American territories. Filme care s … [1] He became the chief test pilot for the Gloster Aircraft Company in the 1930s. -Howard Saint didn't kill his parents, it is probably not well known to many but in the Comic Books the Crime Family that killed the Punisher's Family was the Maggia Crime Family. The Punisher is a good adaptation of the comic and it stands well on its own as an action flick despite a few missteps. Implicating that Livia was having an affair with Howard's gay best friend, Howard killed the man and then threw his wife over a bridge and onto train tracks. [15] Screenwriter Jonathan Hensleigh signed on in April 2002, and The Punisher also became his directing debut. Mais ce dernier survit. An extended version of "In Time" by Mark Collie also appears in the closing credits of the extended-cut DVD. He leaves some of Saint's money as a farewell gift to the tenants for protecting him. Saint was eventually transferred to the Royal Air Force's unemployed list on 3 January 1919. Leydon praises Jane for his "appropriate physicality and brooding gravitas" but criticizes Travolta, saying he does "nothing to inject fresh life into bland archetype". He was only given $33 million, with only $15.5 million going towards the shooting budget and post-production for the film,[17] with only 52 days to shoot, which is half the time allocated for most action pictures. Saint escapes the building albeit wounded. Když bratři Torovi, dvojice kubánských mafiánů, si… When scoring the film Siliotto saw Frank Castle as a tragic figure stating, "This man, Frank Castle, is somebody who has a slaughtered family. [10], Marvel Studios began development for a new Punisher film as early as 1997. O tomhle se dozvěděl Punisher a vybral si ho jako svůj příští cíl. He was portrayed by James Carpinello. Early life. Regarding the exclusion of Microchip, Hensleigh had this to say: There are a couple of years where I didn't want to go; Microchip, the battle van, all that stuff where it got really high-tech; we're not going there at all. Distributie Thomas Jane, Samantha Mathis, John Travolta. In an interview with Hensleigh, Hensleigh said that even though the film is distributed under the Lionsgate imprint, they had nothing to do with the film. Enraged about the death of his son, Saint orders his men to learn everything they can about Krieg, and acquires access by bribing corrupt federal law enforcement officers for his federal service history. The rest pretty much writes itself. His revenge is taken, but now will continue his vigilante mission against others who deserve punishment, known only as The Punisher. Jonathan Hensleigh completed a first draft of the script before pulling out around 2006. Shortly thereafter, Castle celeb…