Bradley Cooper is Mack "The Executioner" Bolan

[terry78]

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=122007

Based on the series of novels focusing on a Vietnam vet who returns to America and takes on the Mafia. Never heard of the books before but I should check them out.

 

[gwynplaine]

Sounds like the Punisher minus the family tragedy and the skull t-shirt

 

[rogue trooper]

The Punisher was indeed Marvel's answer(or specifically Gerry Conway's) to Mack Bolan.

 

[Damage11]

He's getting typecast as the bad a## so and so. First Chris Kyle and Rocket, and now this!

 

[gwynplaine]

The Punisher was indeed Marvel's answer(or specifically Gerry Conway's) to Mack Bolan.

Interesting

 

[regnak]

Sounds like the Punisher minus the family tragedy and the skull t-shirt

He has that too:

Background

Mack Bolan is a Vietnam War veteran serving as a sniper. It is in these jungles where the young Bolan honed his military capabilities and his deadly accuracy. His 97 confirmed kills gave birth to the nickname he would carry for the rest of his life: The Executioner. Amidst the chaos of war, Bolan also earned the moniker "Sergeant Mercy", for his compassion and willingness to help innocent Vietnamese citizens put in harm's way or wounded by the conflict around them.
During his tour of duty, Bolan was called home on emergency leave to bury his family, who were killed by their father, Sam Bolan, in a triple-murder/suicide. Upon his return home, Bolan learned loan sharks from a local branch of the Mafia "family" had forced his sister Cynthia into a life of prostitution to pay back the family debt. Upon learning the news, his father could not bear it and committed the horrendous act. Only Bolan's 14 year old brother Johnny survived his wounds.
Bolan realized that the real enemy was not in the jungles of Vietnam, but at home. The Mafia's schemes affected everday innocent civilians such as his own family. Using the tactics he learned during his military combat, Bolan refused to return to Vietnam and instead took his war to the Mafia. City by city, he strikes ruthlessly to bring down the mafia and to clean the country of this horrific criminal organization. His actions would divide opinions. Some government and law enforcement officials were pleased with his efforts, while some sought to bring his war to an end.
In the end, the government offered Bolan amnesty under the condition he work for them. Bolan accepted and emerged under the name Colonel John Phoenix beginning his war against terrorism and the KGB.[2] Bolan works in conjunction with Hal Brognola, the Director of the Sensitive Operations Group and the liaison between Bolan and the Oval Office. Phoenix was chosen to be Bolan's new alias in reference to the mythological bird that would resurrect itself from the ashes of a former life, just as Bolan had done after the events of Executioner #38, Satan's Sabbath.




from



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Executioner_(book_series)

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

I like Cooper but I'm side eyeing Todd Phillips being the director.

 

[gwynplaine]

He has that too:

Background

Mack Bolan is a Vietnam War veteran serving as a sniper. It is in these jungles where the young Bolan honed his military capabilities and his deadly accuracy. His 97 confirmed kills gave birth to the nickname he would carry for the rest of his life: The Executioner. Amidst the chaos of war, Bolan also earned the moniker "Sergeant Mercy", for his compassion and willingness to help innocent Vietnamese citizens put in harm's way or wounded by the conflict around them.
During his tour of duty, Bolan was called home on emergency leave to bury his family, who were killed by their father, Sam Bolan, in a triple-murder/suicide. Upon his return home, Bolan learned loan sharks from a local branch of the Mafia "family" had forced his sister Cynthia into a life of prostitution to pay back the family debt. Upon learning the news, his father could not bear it and committed the horrendous act. Only Bolan's 14 year old brother Johnny survived his wounds.
Bolan realized that the real enemy was not in the jungles of Vietnam, but at home. The Mafia's schemes affected everday innocent civilians such as his own family. Using the tactics he learned during his military combat, Bolan refused to return to Vietnam and instead took his war to the Mafia. City by city, he strikes ruthlessly to bring down the mafia and to clean the country of this horrific criminal organization. His actions would divide opinions. Some government and law enforcement officials were pleased with his efforts, while some sought to bring his war to an end.
In the end, the government offered Bolan amnesty under the condition he work for them. Bolan accepted and emerged under the name Colonel John Phoenix beginning his war against terrorism and the KGB.[2] Bolan works in conjunction with Hal Brognola, the Director of the Sensitive Operations Group and the liaison between Bolan and the Oval Office. Phoenix was chosen to be Bolan's new alias in reference to the mythological bird that would resurrect itself from the ashes of a former life, just as Bolan had done after the events of Executioner #38, Satan's Sabbath.




from



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Executioner_(book_series)

Cool, thanks for the info