15 amazing moments and performers from not so amazing comic book movies
By Mark Lynch
8. The Mall fight in Wonder Woman: 1984
Wonder Woman 1984 should have been better than it was. Gal Godot was the right person to play Wonder Woman and she started things off in an exciting way. Wonder Woman fought off a bunch of goons in a mall with ease, saved the day, and may have inspired a new hero.
The scene was bright, and entertaining, and led viewers to expect this going forward. That wasn’t the case. The rest of Wonder Woman 1984 was, for the lack of a better term, boring. Considering the writer and actors in this project, it’s a disappointing statement to make.
7. Dominic West in Punisher: War Zone
Punisher: War Zone is an underrated action movie and a good interpretation of the Marvel Comics vigilante. Should it win any awards? Probably not. Most of the acting was embarrassingly bad. It’s why people forget about the good in it. Ray Stevenson’s flawless portrayal of Frank Castle wasn’t shocking. He was so good that Dominic West’s Jigsaw flew under the radar.
Playing Billy “The Beaut” Russo is one thing. Playing a narcissist seemed to come easy. However, transforming into Jigsaw like Jack Nicholson did the Joker is another. Dominic West was Punsher’s greatest antagonist in any live-action project to date. Ben Barnes was great, but he wasn’t West.