{"id":229143,"date":"2021-04-01T19:00:11","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T19:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/jon-bernthal-punisher-r-rated-mcu-solo-movie\/"},"modified":"2021-04-01T19:00:11","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T19:00:11","slug":"jon-bernthals-punisher-needs-an-r-rated-mcu-solo-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2021\/04\/01\/jon-bernthals-punisher-needs-an-r-rated-mcu-solo-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Bernthal’s Punisher Needs An R-Rated MCU Solo Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Netflix\u2019s library of Marvel series was one of the casualties of Disney launching its own streaming service with its own Marvel shows. Popular series like Daredevil<\/em>, Jessica Jones<\/em>, and The Punisher<\/strong><\/em> were canceled in one fell swoop. All of these series had pitch-perfect on-screen portrayals of iconic superheroes and a bunch of unresolved storylines. They deserved a lot better<\/a>, and now that the rights to the Netflix characters have reverted back to Marvel Studios, the MCU should bring some of them back.<\/p>\n

There are a number of ways that these characters could be ingratiated into ongoing storylines, like Matt Murdock defending Spider-Man in court<\/a> or Luke Cage leading the Thunderbolts, but some of them deserve their own standalone stories. After three Punisher movies starring Dolph Lundgren, Thomas Jane, and Ray Stevenson, this brutal character finally deserves to be done justice on the big screen. As long as the Punisher<\/em> series is no more (it seems unlikely that Disney Plus would revive such a gory property), an R-rated standalone movie would make a nice consolation prize.<\/p>\n

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Jon Bernthal\u2019s portrayal of Frank Castle \u2013 first introduced in Daredevil<\/em>\u2019s second season before being spun off into his own series \u2013 captured every aspect of the character perfectly, from his brute force to his drive to do bad things for good reasons to the simmering rage he\u2019s felt since his family was murdered. Across the first two seasons of The Punisher<\/em>, Bernthal offered a glimpse at Frank\u2019s complicated emotional state<\/a> that was primed to be developed and fleshed out during a rich, long MCU character arc.<\/p>\n

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Kevin Feige has said that Deadpool 3<\/em> is the only R-rated movie on the MCU\u2019s horizon<\/a>, which is a smart move for now, but the franchise might benefit from a handful of standalone R-rated efforts revolving around characters like \u2018Pool who are more suited to hard-R stories. Logan<\/em> proved that the freedom of an R rating is the only way to do the Wolverine character justice on-screen and Wesley Snipes\u2019 R-rated Blade<\/em> movies were so much fun that it\u2019d be a shame if Marvel settles for a PG-13 rating with Mahershala Ali\u2019s reboot.<\/p>\n

A solo Punisher<\/em> movie leaning into the darkest aspects of Frank\u2019s characterization could be a great way to shake up the MCU. Between the zaniness of the Thor<\/em> movies and the lightheartedness of the Spidey movies, a grim, ultraviolent Punisher<\/em> movie would offer an interesting counterpoint to the rest of a given year\u2019s MCU output. If Marvel expects moviegoers to buy tickets to see a new movie three or four times a year after Endgame<\/em>\u00a0already provided closure<\/a>, then it\u2019ll have to start doing more to keep things fresh and distinguish these movies from one another.<\/p>\n

Such a movie wouldn\u2019t be beholden to tying up all the loose ends from the series, as that would alienate viewers who never caught the show. It also has no burden to retell the character\u2019s origin story \u2013 it can jump right into the action. A Punisher<\/em> movie with an intense focus on Frank\u2019s complex characterization and his brutal vigilantism would attract fans of gritty action cinema<\/a> as well as fans of comic books. There are plenty of great storylines from the comics that a standalone movie could draw from, like \u201cThe Slavers\u201d arc, which sees Frank taking on a sex trafficking ring in New York\u2019s seedy criminal underworld.<\/p>\n

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There\u2019s no way that a blood-drenched, hard-R Punisher<\/em> movie would make the same kind of money as a family-friendly crowd-pleaser like a Black Panther<\/em> movie<\/a> or a Guardians of the Galaxy<\/em> movie, but it wouldn\u2019t need to because it wouldn\u2019t cost as much. The average MCU movie costs a whopping $200 million to produce. A Punisher<\/em> movie, on the other hand, wouldn\u2019t cost more than $50 million \u2013 it could break even before grossing the amount that the other movies cost to make.<\/p>\n

While Endgame<\/em> felt like a series finale, the bold experimentation in WandaVision<\/em><\/a> proved that the Marvel empire has the chance to continue growing. Franchise fatigue won\u2019t set in as long as the MCU keeps taking risks like a black-and-white sitcom in 4:3 aspect ratio or a multiverse-bending sci-fi odyssey that reveals the true identity of D.B. Cooper to be Loki. Releasing smaller R-rated standalone efforts like DC\u2019s own Joker<\/em> movie could be a great way for the MCU to keep expanding without inundating audiences with Avengers.<\/p>\n

If Feige decides to take the franchise in this direction (or introduces a side label for darker stories, like \u201cMCU Dark\u201d or something), then one of his top priorities should be a Punisher<\/em> movie with Bernthal\u2019s Frank Castle that leans as heavily into the comics\u2019 grisly violence as his canceled Netflix series. Bernthal is eager to return to the role, his spot-on take on the character<\/a> has an established fan base, and this character is too awesome for Marvel to leave him on a shelf to gather dust.<\/p>\n

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