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Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher (2014)
Directed by Ken'ichi Shimizu
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Overview
When the Punisher takes out a black-market weapons dealer, he stumbles upon a far-reaching terrorist plot devised by a group known as Leviathan.
Rated PG-13 | Length 83 minutes
Actors
Miyuki Sawashiro | Tesshou Genda | Hideaki Tezuka | Hiroki Touchi | Ryuuzaburou Ootomo | Junko Minagawa | Namikawa Daisuke | Masashi Sugawara | Yuuichi Karasuma | Hisashi Izumi | Keiji Fujiwara | Shuuhei Sakaguchi
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19/2019 | TV | Blu-ray | Library | 7 stars |
| (Average) 7 stars |
Viewing Notes
This is Japanese?! P cool that Marvel went to Madhouse (anime studio) to create this film. They wanted to go more R-rated action & violence and it works. I like the teamup with Punisher and Widow. This film also reminds me that for the live action films I wanted an actor that more resembled the comic book Widow bc she’s nearly perfect in that look (here she’s a little too overstylized but closer to the comic look/feel). Of course I like ScarJo but still think about what could’ve been.
The featurettes are good w/the Japanese crew discussing the characters and story along w/the Marvel heads. Would love to see more Marvel films done in this style by Madhouse or other anime studios. I listened to the Japanese dub which was interesting bc they don’t align w/the English subs, which are verbatim what the English dialogue is. They added more in the English version; for example when Frank Castle is brought to SHIELD and ppl are whispering things. Those aren’t on the Japanese track. Lots of stuff like that.
Since I don’t read the comics I don’t know where this falls in the timeline but it was weird seeing Captain Marvel show up with the Avengers. I love seeing glimpses of that Rogue’s Gallery and wish they had a bigger role in the film.
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