Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher (2014)

After interfering with a top secret mission, THE PUNISHER is taken into custody by S.H.I.E.L.D. AGENT and AVENGER, BLACK WIDOW. At the orders of Director Nick Fury, Punisher and Black Widow... See full summary »

Director:

Kenichi Shimizu

Writers:

Ross Andru (character: The Punisher), Gerry Conway (character: The Punisher),

Stars:

Jennifer Carpenter, Brian Bloom, John Eric Bentley

Cast

Cast overview:
Jennifer Carpenter	...	Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow (voice)
Brian Bloom	...	Frank Castle / Punisher (voice)
John Eric Bentley	...	Nick Fury (voice)
Grant George	...	Elihas Starr (voice)
Kyle Hebert	...	Cain (voice)
Kari Wahlgren	...	Maria Hill (voice)
Eric Bauza	...	Amadeus Cho (voice)
JB Blanc	...	Orion (voice)
Fred Tatasciore	...	The Hulk / Ren (voice)
Matthew Mercer	...	Tony Stark / Iron Man (voice)

Storyline

After interfering with a top secret mission, THE PUNISHER is taken into custody by S.H.I.E.L.D. AGENT and AVENGER, BLACK WIDOW. At the orders of Director Nick Fury, Punisher and Black Widow are sent on a mission to stop LEVIATHAN, a global terrorist organization, that plans to sell stolen S.H.I.E.L.D. technology to the highest bidder. Now, the vigilante and spy must work together to prevent this technology from falling into the wrong hands. The fate of the world, and of the AVENGERS, hangs in the balance.

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Plot Keywords:

spy | vigilante | flash of light | cell phone | brainwashing | 

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Taglines:

All-New Marvel Animated Movie

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sequences of action violence

Details

Official Sites:

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment [United States]

Country:

USA Japan

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 March 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

Marvel Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher

Company Credits

Production Co:

Madhouse, Marvel Comics

Technical Specs

Runtime:

83 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

References Iron Man: Rise of Technovore (2013)

User Reviews

Marvel should rethink their strategy of the animated film.

"Marvel" should stop butchering our favorite heroes by badly reworking them as Japanese anime. I like anime (the good anime) but in this movie the plot, the dialogs, the direction were just as bad as the worst anime titles.

Illogical cuts, characterization of protagonists (especially Punisher), shallow Fury, shallow BW; unnecessary love twist and motivation of the evildoers is so bad that this film could easily be one of the worst comic adaptations ever.

All falls apart in trying to explain the moral code of the main characters and, as we know from the comics, the question of morality for Punisher and Black Widow is the shadow line if there ever was one.

Marvel should employ some good comic screenwriters for their animated movie section and make them see DC's "Dark Knight Returns 1/2" to be sure that the characters and the storyline will be treated properly. That is, if "Marvel" really care about animated section at all. With the last year "Iron Man: Rise of Tehnovore" , "Iron Man & Hulk: Heroes United" and now this; Marvel is making themselves a bad reputation as far as the animated movies go.

Terrible movie. Not recommended to anyone. It doesn't matter if you're comic book fan or not. The people who did it just don't have the slightest idea about the characters on which they were working, and I should say even about good Japanese anime either.