Seen #DIRTYLAUNDRY yet? Do so NOW.
You may have seen the hash tag for Dirty Laundry on Twitter already and, if you haven’t, you will do. It’s trending worldwide for a very good reason and it deserves every bit of your attention. And then some. And then some more - you get the idea, watch it right now, right here.
The first part of this article is a SPOILER FREE review. So it’s incredibly vague. I advise you to take ten minutes out of your busy schedule (you’re not busy, admit it) and watch the short right here, below. (WARNING: this video contains graphic violence and is definitely not suitable for work, unless you work solo, or you're a butcher or something)
SPOILER FREEEEEEE!!! Thomas Jane is a fantastic actor. At least, he’s a fantastic “badass.” He has the perfect voice for a gritty anti hero and his miserable yet charismatic face makes him memorable. So... pair him up with Ron Perlman and what do you get? BANG! A loud noise. The noise of awesome violence. And wow is this short violent. The direction keeps the violence off screen as messed up and effective as the violence shown on screen as the film progresses. And, as I’m sure you’re aware, this is something that a lot of film makers need to learn. The makers of the short ask us this question: "What's the difference between justice and punishment?" And that's certainly something that comes to mind when you watch the film. You can discuss it all you want in our nifty comments section! Phil Joanou May well be a name you need to look out for soon. Since this is the first thing he’s done for A WHILE. So, yeah... vague. Acting’s good, the directing’s good, the violence is good, the writing is good, the dialogue is good; it’s all good. A bottle of Jack. That’s it. Go watch. Now for the spoiler filled review. Spoilers. Have you seen it yet? I’m serious, if you haven’t seen it yet you’re stupid and need to go away and watch it. Stop being stupid. You don’t want to be stupid, right? Right. 
SO, HERE'S THE SPOILER-FILLED SEXY REVIEW Ready? ...Are the stupid people who haven’t seen it gone? Alright, ok, I’ll get on with it. Frank Freaking Castle, people! The Punisher! I’m gonna admit to you something that some may find offensive - I loved the 2004 Punisher film. I think Thomas Jane is the perfect person to play Frank Castle and, despite the numerous flaws in the film, he showed his skills as an actor pretty well in it. But only now has a creative team who actually care about making a decent Punisher film, actually made one. The three films were directed by people who... weren’t huge Castle fans. And, let’s face it, nobody wanted to let Frank Castle loose the way he should be. But, in this fan film, we get Castle the way he should be. The film opens on a dirty, rust covered van. Inside, Castle wakes up from the sound of his family dying. A dream that won’t leave him alone. So he steps out to do some laundry. Because Castle likes clean clothes when he kills. Cut to a very angry looking Gangsta (Yeah, Gangsta!) and his friends about to harass prostitutes. The lead gangsta takes one of the prostitutes to a deserted place and rapes her while she protests saying she already “took care of him.” And Frank does nothing. A boy crosses the street where the Gangsta’s friends are destroying a car and it’s clear by their reaction that they don’t like this boy. So, when the Gangsta gets back, they begin hurting him pretty bad. And Frank does nothing. Well, he doesn’t do nothing. He IS doing his laundry while all this is happening. But, while the clothes spin, he steps out. Looks at the scene, takes the Gangsta’s warning and continues towards a general store where Ron Perlman is in a wheelchair, telling Frank about how he’s an example of what happens when people interfere with situations like these. It’s here where we find out why Frank is avoiding a confrontation. When Ron Perlman tells Frank about an offer on vodka, Frank tells him he’s six months sober. Well, it doesn’t take a genius (I mean, I did it, so...) to figure out that this is code for “I’m not sure I want to be the Punisher anymore.” But he watches the scene with the boy unfold. And he buys a bottle of Jack Daniels. And then he proceeds to beat the crap out of the bad guys. Violently. It’s fast, brutal and glorious, just the way a Punisher fight scene should be. And the ending is a perfect Punisher ending. Fire! A T-Shirt reveal! A van!!! This is a Punisher one-shot that, in my opinion, is more true to the source material than any other comic book movie. Except for Sin City, obviously. But that was just exactly the same shot for shot so it doesn’t count, right? Here's what Tom Jane had to say about this short:
But is this glorious creation a one off? According to Thomas Jane, they aren’t “pushing anything.” Good God, I hope they push things... 
You can keep up with how things proceed by following the creative team on Twitter! #DIRTYLAUNDRY https://twitter.com/thomasjane https://twitter.com/adishankarbrand https://twitter.com/chadstjohn https://twitter.com/pjoanou 
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